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What are Psychometric Assessments?

Psychological assessment is any procedure on the basis of which inferences are made concerning a person's capacity, propensity or liability to act, react, experience, or to structure or order thought or behavior in particular ways.

Advantage of Psychometric Assessments

MANAS uses psychometric tests which are standardized and scientific.

The tests are administered and interpreted by certified
psychologists,which guarantees absolute objectivity.

They provide robust framework and structure.

Increase the likelihood of being able to predict future performance.

The tests are prescribed by psychologists only based on the nature
and need of the individual.

Assessments also can be tailored based on the needs of the
individuals.

Elaborate reports are generated based upon the interpretation and
followed by feedback with adequate explanations and future directions.

Benefits

Assessments increases self-awareness, which is the first step for personality development and success.

Enables student to set career goals and work towards it with conviction.

Helps a student to understand what he is really capable of, also what he really wants and whether he can adapt to the career he has chosen.

Test scores help parents have clear idea regarding what to expect and what not to expect from their children.

Accordingly, parents gain confidence in their personal observations or the opportunity to correct their expectations appropriately.

Serves as a guide to confused students, to take important decisions about their career path, which shapes their future success and happiness.

Helps students to focus their attention on careers best suited for them, rather than wasting time and money by wrong decisions about courses and
career.

Builds confidence among parents and students by learning about various appropriate career options, when the popular career options are not
suitable.

Provides adequate knowledge about the pros and cons of selecting a particular career.

Aptitude tests help students to raise educational or career aspirations.

Intelligence tests helps students and parents to sort out the reason behind poor academic performance of the students, and identify if they are
underachievers.

Assessments identify areas of strength and weakness of professionals, so that training and coaching can be designed accordingly.

Enhances personal and professional development.

Scan, blood tests, X-Ray are generally used to diagnose physical ailments. Similarly, in order to diagnose various mental health conditions such as Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Behavioral and Emotional problems, psychometric assessments are used. Adequate decisions about the directions of therapy are taken based on these tests.

Some of the Psychometric Assessments offered by MANAS

Mental Health Assessments : Assess psychological well-being of an individual and screens for mental health issues.

Stress Levels : Assess the level of stress and the physical, behavioral, emotional and cognitive symptoms of stress.

Behavioral and Emotional problems : Objectively assess the various behavioral and emotional problems of Children and Adolescents.

Internet Addictions : Assess the level of addiction and suggests
appropriate direction for intervention.

Anxiety : Assess the levels of anxiety and suggests appropriate
direction for intervention.

Coping Styles : Assess the cognitive-behavioral coping style followed by an individual during times of stress; gives feedback on using adaptive coping styles for better functioning.

Depression : Assess levels of depression and suggests appropriate direction for intervention.

During important life transitions like 10th standard and 12th standard, it becomes pertinent for students to make decisions regarding the courses to opt/career choice. At this point, they face lot of dilemma and confusions regarding which career directions to proceed. The decisions are generally taken by student's parents resulting in shirking of responsibility in students. Most of the times, the decisions taken by students are also influenced by their parents, friends and society. During such occasions, students may be forced to take up a career due to pressure which may actually not complement their personality and passion resulting in stress, dissatisfaction and poor performance. There are even extreme incidences where students resort to drinking, smoking, and attempt or even commit suicide unable to cope with the academic requirements of the course they have chosen due to various reasons.

Besides, some students would like to follow their passion not actually knowing their capability, strengths and weaknesses, which may again result in trial and errors/failures. Hence, it becomes pertinent to explore one's ability, aptitude, interests and personality as all these are the major ingredients for having a successful and fruitful career.

Some of the Psychometric Assessments offered by MANAS

Intelligence : Assess variety of mental functions, such as reasoning, comprehension, judgment etc. It gives an idea of individual's potential.

Interests : To assess the interests and determine what job
area/career one likes the most.

Aptitude Tests (Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Ability, Clerical
   Ability, Psychomotor Ability, Abstract Reasoning, Mechanical
   Reasoning, Spatial Reasoning, and Closure Ability) : Assess a
   person's ability in a particular skill or field of knowledge and    predicts how well a person can perform in certain tasks.

Personality : Assess individual's "hard wiring", or built-in preferences for dealing with various situations and other people. Useful to make career choice, based on one's personality type.

Psychometric assessments is useful for job seeker to find out whether he/she has the necessary skills/abilities, aptitude, personality fit for the type of job/career they seek. It provides him/her insight into one's strong and weak areas. Based on the test reports, the candidate can develop his skills to improve one's Employability Quotient for success in getting selected/career success.

In life, successful work and marriage determines one's happiness and quality of life. A person spends most of his time in one's job, hence it becomes important that it is satisfying. However, due to various reasons, generally people land up in jobs they don't enjoy or find it difficult to cope with the job demands. To prevent this from happening, it is pertinent to set appropriate career goals before choosing any particular job/career. Apart from routine, psychometric assessments, MANAS offers assessments to find out one's needs and values. The resulting self-awareness help an individual to look for jobs that would satisfy his dominant needs and those that align with his/her values.

Similarly, psychometric assessments are also relevant for dissatisfied personnel or personnel who would like to explore their career goals, in order to obtain job satisfaction, personal and professional development.

Some of the Psychometric Assessments offered by MANAS

Self-discovery : Helps one to understand and appreciate one's own motives, values, needs etc. in order to make important personal and career choice in life.

Emotional Intelligence (Important than IQ for personal and professional success) : Evaluates several aspects of one's emotional intelligence and will suggest ways to improve it.

Employability Scale : Identifies the skills of a person and gives report about skill areas which may requirement development, for better job prospects.

Leadership Skills : Assess one's leadership skills and provide directions for improving one's skills for career growth.

PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENTS