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Prevue APS Pro FAQ

What is the Prevue APS Pro?

Prevue APS Pro is a complete applicant processing system that gives a customer an online career center that is attached to their corporate site. It not only advertises and processes job applicants but administers Prevue Job Fit testing.

Prevue APS Pro includes complete back end management system which allows the customer to create unlimited job postings, add up to 25 unique screening questions to each job, assign a Prevue benchmark for the position, post job openings to over 1000+ Job boards and manage all applications through an easy online dashboard.
How does The Prevue APS Pro fit into the Prevue Hiring System?

The Prevue Hiring System provides holistic HR Tools that support your company’s hiring efforts. Prevue Assessments provide the pre-employment testing portion of the hiring process but there are many steps to the process that occur before a company tests job applicants. A company must create and post a job advertisement on multiple job boards, and or social media sites as well as their own company website. Once a job is advertised applicants must go through a process of providing specific information that a company requires such as demographic details and work and education history. Many companies want applicants to answer screening questions such as whether the applicant has a valid driver’s license, will travel 50% of the time, enjoys cold calling etc.

The Prevue APS Pro provides companies with an easy to use system that supports job postings and data collection surrounding a recruiting campaign. The system also sync’s with Prevueonline which allows a company to integrate Prevue testing at the time of application. Essentially companies can now have a hands free career center that manages all aspects of the job application process.
What are the key features of the Prevue APS Pro?

Prevue APS Pro provides the following key features:

A branded Career Website
• Your Logo and corporate colors
• Integrated with your corporate site or can be available as stand-alone site.

Centralized Job Posting
• Unlimited posting of job openings
• Capable of auto-posting to 1000+ job boards

Automated Online Applications
• Easy to use and friendly process for applicants
• Customized candidate data collection- what do you want

Candidate Screening
• Job Specific Screening Questions selected by you
• Prevue Job Fit Testing Technology - Applicants take Prevue Assessments and are matched against your customized Job Fit Benchmarks.

Easy Candidate Management
• Prioritizes candidates based on corporate screening and Job Fit testing
• Provides candidate tracking and organization
Are unlimited use licenses the only way Prevue APS Pro is offered?

Currently the only way to purchase a Prevue APS Pro account is through an unlimited Use license. Future versions of the product will allow for purchasing based on a number of job postings and/ or login requirements.
What are the steps to setting up a Prevue APS Pro trial account?

The first step is to contact us online or by phone (1-888-277-3883). You will be asked to fill out an account set up form. Prevue will have the account and accompanying branded career site setup within 48 hours of receipt of the order form.
Can I just buy the APS or does it always come with Prevue Assessments?

Prevue APS Pro can be purchased as a stand-alone product. Prevue Job fit testing can be turned on at a later date if desired.
Can I have Prevue testing turned on for some Postings and off for others?

Yes, Prevue APS Pro allows you to advertise all your job openings but only have Prevue Assessments administered on some postings and not others. Many companies choose to use Prevue with some hires and not others so the Prevue APS Pro was designed to accommodate this.
Why do I NEED Prevue APS Pro?

Companies should be advertising potential job openings 24/7. If companies take a reactive approach to the recruiting process they are limiting themselves to finding qualified candidates in specific and limited windows of time. This greatly reduces their chances of success and almost guarantees that top talent ends up with their competitors.

Prevue APS allows companies to create an immediate branded career page that can stand-alone or be attached to their existing website. Job openings can be pushed to over 1000+ job boards all over North America and the system will process all applications. Any company that is serious about finding and hiring the best and the brightest must always be in a active recruiting state. Prevue APS Pro provides 24*7 recruiting that handles all the heavy lifting of screening and organizing job applicants.

For jobs that attract a lot of applications Prevue APS Pro allows companies to receive 500 applications but only focus their attention on the 50 that the system screens as Job Fit suitable. For Jobs that have few applications Prevue APS Pro provides full time recruiting with the opportunity to respond immediately to the best applicants.
What size of company is Prevue APS Pro suitable for?

PrevuePRO offers license packages for companies of all sizes.

Prevue Assessments FAQ

What are the Prevue Assessments?
- A Proven Pre-Employment test designed to determine an individual's Job Fit.
- Prevue Assessments are valid and reliable psychological tests designed to analyze a applicant's job suitability.
What does the Prevue measure?
The Prevue measures an applicant's Abilities, Interests and PersonalityTraits to determine Job suitability.

Prevue Abilities Tests
General Mental Ability provides a measure of an applicant's learning speed. It is the single best predictor of job performance. Matching an individual's strength in Numerical, Verbal or Spatial reasoning to that required in a particular job is vital to making a good hiring decision.

Prevue Interest Inventory
How does a company determine if an Individual is motivated and interested in performing the tasks or types of work required in a particular job? Many companies are frustrated with applicants who have the skills and knowledge to do a job but show little or no interest in performing well once hired. The Prevue Interest Inventory matches a person's interests to the types of tasks the individual will need to address in a particular job.

Prevue Personality Inventory:
Personality is a major factor in evaluating job fit. The Prevue Personality Inventory determines if an individual is a good personality match for the requirements or demands of a particular job. It is a good predictor of an individual's long term job satisfaction and productivity.

The Prevue Personality Inventory measures an individual's inherent personality traits and matches the individual to a benchmark traits that have proven to be effective in a particular job.
What are the benefits of using Prevue Assessments?
Companies who use Prevue Assessments as part of their hiring process receive the following benefits:
- Added structure to the hiring process: Many companies have no hiring process. They leave much of what occurs up to the discretion of the hiring managers. Implementing Prevue Assessments as part of the hiring process establishes a proven structure for evaluating applicants.
- Targeted Interviewing: By testing and comparing an applicant against a job fit benchmark companies are provided with interview questions that focus on areas off the benchmark. This keeps the interview focussed on whether the applicant is suited for the role.
- Increased Hiring Success Rate: Companies who use Job fit testing experience a 25 - 75% increase in hiring success.
- Reduction in Employee Turnover: A common expression is that "People are hired on skill but quit or are fired because of bad fit". Integrating Job Fit testing will ensure that the applicants with the best job fit are hired and therefore result in a reduction of employee turnover.
- Increased Employee Productivity: Hiring applicants with the best job fit result in happier, better adjusted employees that in turn leads to higher productivity rates.
- Increased time to hire: In a competitive job market companies need tools to make quick decisions with minimal mistakes. Using a valid and reliable Job Fit testing tool mitigates the risk of making a bad decision under these circumstances.
What is the cost of a bad hire?
The hard cost of a bad hire has been conservatively estimated at $5,000 - $10,000 for hourly workers and a full year's salary for salaried employees. This does not take into consideration the indirect cost such as;
- Lost productivity - a new hire who produces in the bottom quarter of employees in a given position produces between 25% and 600% less than a top performer. The quality of their work may even be lower than the volume of their output.
- Reduced revenue - if the new hire happens to be in a revenue-generating or revenue-impact position, the loss of revenue could be significant.
- Lost innovation - in a fast-moving world, high rates of innovation are critical to maintaining competitive advantage. Organizations cannot tolerate employees who are resistant to change and whose work may actually distract other employees.
- Customer impact - customers know when they are dealing with a weak employee, so hiring a subpar employee into a role that interfaces with customers can measurably reduce sales and customer satisfaction while increasing customer turnover.
- Error rates - poor performers make mistakes resulting in work that must be redone. Weak employees may also cause more accidents, hurting themselves and others.
- Slower time-to-market - weak employees are slower in both their work and their thinking. As a result, they can slow the progress of the entire team, especially in important areas like product development.
- Competitive advantage - hiring weak employees sends a message to competitors that you are getting weak. This might encourage and empower them to become more competitive and confident.
How long has the Prevue Assessment been around?
Prevue Assessments has been around fo almost 20 years and is used by companies of all sizes in North America, Europe, Australasia, South America, Africa and the Middle East.
Who is the competition?
Prevue's major competition is The Hogan, Caliper, OPQ, 16PF, HR Chally and McQuaig.
How does Prevue compete with the competition in offering?
- Most competitive products are Personality based while Prevue measures Abilities, Interest and Personality. Companies are therefore armed with more information to measure an applicant's job suitability and determine what is required for success in the job.
- Many competitive products were designed for clinical use or coaching and then repackaged for use in hiring. Prevue was designed as a hiring tool from its inception.
- Prevue constantly gets praise for its easy to use and focused reports.
- Many competitive products do not use benchmark technology which is fundamental to determining an applicant's job fit.
Is Prevue competitively priced?
Most products of the same calibre as Prevue are typically priced 25-50% higher.
Note: cheaper Disc based products do exist but these are coaching tools being used in selection and will not be as effective.
Does Prevue comply with all the employment laws?
Yes. We take the science behind our assessments very seriously and invest heavily to do so. Our Occupational Psychologists conduct ongoing research and development to ensure that our assessment instruments exceed all employment assessment guidelines. Our assessments exceed the requirements set by the Department of Labor for assessments and meets all of the EEOC, ADA, DOL and Human Rights legislation. The assessments are also continually monitored to ensure there is no gender, age, or ethnic bias. Our assessments are reliable and valid based on rigorous scientific standards.
What Languages are the Assessments available in?
Prevue Assessments are available in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Russian, and Arabic.
How long after someone completes the tests are the result made available?
An applicant's results are instantly available within seconds of their completing the Prevue. The system will compare the applicant to the position benchmark identified at time of test invitation
How much weight in the hiring process should I give Prevue?
Typically companies will weight 1/3rd on an applicant's resume (education and past work experience), 1/3rd on how an applicant does in the interviews and 1/3rd on an applicant's Prevue scores. Prevue is a part of the process but not the whole process. It is intended to support and improve a company's hiring decisions - not replace them.
Should I test everyone who applies for a job?
It is recommended that applicants are tested prior to being invited to a face to face interview. Many companies do telephone interviews as a first step and then invite applicants to take the Prevue if the applicant passes the telephone screen.
Can I use Prevue for any position in the company?
Prevue can be used for any position in a company because the benchmark requirements change for each position. Many companies use Prevue to hire labourers and hourly employees as well as for leadership roles.

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