Career Calibration and the Treasurer Test
31-03-2022 | Pieter de Kiewit | Treasurer Test | LinkedIn |
On a regular basis, we write about your career planning in treasury, our opinions, and observations. Two articles on the website of Treasurer Search that are strongly related to this and very well viewed are:
- Let’s have a career calibration call or meeting
- Treasurer Search: Help in every stage of your job search
Also, you might have noticed that we are big fans of the Treasurer Test, which helps treasurers in visualizing their skills and personality.
The original thought behind this online assessment stems purely from selecting the right candidate for the treasurer position, based on the fact that not everyone working in treasury has completed a dedicated treasury course or the right treasury knowledge. So how do you know if the candidate you hire is the right one?
Over time, the applications of the Test have expanded beyond recruitment purposes. Entire treasury teams took the assessment tool, and consultants were able to design treasury departments based on the clear visualizations of the treasury skills and personality traits that are shown in the report. In all of these cases, Tests have been acquired by employers.
Increasingly, we find that employees come to us, also in career calibration meetings with various questions like:
- “How am I doing in comparison to others in the treasury labour market?”
- “I am considering investing in a treasury training program, which one is the best fit for me?”
- “Do I have the personality type that matches people management tasks?”
With objective measurement through the Treasurer Test, combined with an extensive (telephone) meeting, these types of questions can be addressed even better than with a normal career calibration meeting. Both Kim and I are trained in the interpretation of the result report, the technical as well as the Big5 personality part. Together, we can discuss your path forward.
We know that the price of the Test for personal use is considered relatively high. For employers that makes sense: hiring the wrong candidate causes substantial higher costs. Together with team treasuryXL, we decided that in many career calibration situations we can work with a substantial discount.
So what does this look like?
In addition to the candidate receiving the results of the test, Team Treasurer Search will also receive the Test results. With their know-how in interpreting the results of the Test, they will discuss these with you and will go looking for the best match for your next job in Treasury. They are first and foremost search consultants, not career counselors. If you want to know more, just let me know. We are happy to inform you further. You can also find more information about how to use it and what to pay at this link.
Pieter de Kiewit
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