Leader in workplace psychology, OPP, has today launched Sirius – a unique competency-based online platform that allows companies to streamline and dramatically improve their selection process. The product helps recruiting managers identify candidates who are the best possible fit for the job, and ensures a fair and objective recruitment decision is made.
Sirius has been developed to help organisations of all sizes avoid hiring mistakes. According to a recent careerbuilder.com survey, bad hires negatively impact 62% of UK companies, with 27% reporting related costs in excess of £50,000. The effects of recruiting the wrong people include lost productivity, damage to employee morale and damaged client relations.
Using a unique combination of personality assessment and ability testing, Sirius compares and rank-orders candidates based on the competencies required for a specific role. The platform provides recruiters with an innovative way to select the most important competencies, based on criticality and frequency for a given job role. A range of comprehensive reports then supports screening, shortlisting and interviewing candidates, which provides competency-based questions to support structured interviews. Further reports can be generated to provide feedback to candidates, and to set out development areas for each new recruit as they come on board.
Melanie Francis, Head of HR at Saïd Business School, The University of Oxford, who has trialled the product, comments: “Sirius is a great tool for anyone involved in selection. It has enabled me and my team to support our managers in adopting a competency-based selection process, where interviews previously tended to focus on the technical aspects of a role. I highly recommend this tool.”
The insights provided by Sirius are generated by OPP’s widely renowned 16PF® assessment and Assessio’s Matrigma cognitive ability test. With affordable licensing, Sirius is geared to benefit businesses of all sizes. Small businesses benefit from support with HR processes and can safeguard against the cost of bad hires. Large enterprises can use Sirius as a cost-effective way to screen volume applicants, as well as a means to routinely apply psychometric assessments to candidates at all organisational levels, extending existing HR capability. It requires no special training or qualifications to use, and features an intuitive interface to guide users through the hiring process, providing clear and objective recommendations.
Penny Moyle, CEO at OPP, comments: “Sirius is a ground-breaking product that helps companies avoid the cost and damage that can result when the wrong person is selected for a job. It offers a true and objective appraisal of a potential employee’s strengths, skills and abilities before an offer is made.
The launch of Sirius is an important step for OPP, and continues our mission to help organisations unlock potential and make the most of their people.”
OPP announces unique online platform to support hiring decisions
Leader in workplace psychology, OPP, has today launched Sirius – a unique competency-based online platform that allows companies to streamline and dramatically improve their selection process. The product helps recruiting managers identify candidates who are the best possible fit for the job, and ensures a fair and objective recruitment decision is made
