MindMill Assessments and Career Guidance

MindMill assessments aim to help young people and adults become aware of their personal skills, qualities, aptitudes and interests in order to make the most of their life choices and follow a career path which best suits them.

Below are 4 effective ways MindMill can guide you through your career choices.

  • Motivation – Determining individuals motivations can help give direction and help them manage and understand their expectations. Motivations and interests can be assessed through the use of psychometric assessments to identify personal interests and career options to pursue.
  • Career Guidance  –  Finding it difficult to know what career you want to pursue? Think about the type of tasks you would not want to do on a daily basis, just because you can do something and do it well, doesn’t necessarily mean you want to do it day in, day out!  This can help rule out some career paths and guide you closer to the goal of finding a career suited to you.
  • Personality Preference – How do you interact and relate to others, what is your work style and can you work unusual hours? MindMill assessments can be tailored to each specific learning environment to look at the following areas- leadership potential, interacting with others,  following rules, thinking styles, concern for others and ability to cope under pressure.  MindMill also have an assessment which can determine when you can perform best e.g. morning, evening, 9.00 to 5.00 or shift work.
  • Ability – MindMill offers a range of assessments to help to identify where your abilities lie. Are you good at problem solving, applying logic or learning new things quickly?

MindMill offer a range of online assessments which can be completed in 40 minutes. Automatic reports are generated and sections of the reports include links to various recruitment sites to allow individuals see what roles are related to their career interests.

Want to find out more information? Click on the following link www.mindmill.co.uk or contact us directly on +44 (0) 28933 69844.

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DFPF Ltd successfully using MindMill Assessments for Career Advice and Guidance

DFPF Ltd (trading as Dairy Farm Training & People 1st) is a training establishment based throughout Northern Ireland offering Government funded training schemes such as Training for Success, Apprenticeship NI and Steps to Work for the unemployed.

DFPF Ltd wished to help trainees to understand their strengths and weaknesses better to enable them to make more informed choices when seeking employment and training opportunities.

MindMill assessments were used as part of the career guidance process. The MindMill system helps young people and adults become aware of their personal skills, qualities, aptitudes and interests in order to enhance their decision making ability when establishing future career paths which best suit them.
Every trainee receives a MindMill report which can act as a discussion aid between the trainee and mentor. DFPF Ltd Job Mentors are now fully trained on using the MindMill system to help them match Training for Success learners and Steps to Work participants to their natural vocational training areas.

After the first quarter of using the assessments, DFPF Ltd carried out a review to determine the success of using the MindMill Assessments. 75% of the trainees indicated they found the assessments useful. When asked why they found it useful, various reasons included;

• ‘It helped me to find my career choice’
• ‘Was useful to find out what other jobs I might be interested in’
• ‘It confirmed I am on the correct career path’
• ‘To help me find the job I want’
• ‘To see what I would be good at’

Trainees were asked if they agreed with their results and 85.7% answered yes. Lastly, the trainees were asked if they would like to complete the assessment at some stage in the future to see if their results have changed and 85.7% indicated yes.

Overall, the use of assessments to help align trainees to suitable career paths is proving to be successful within DFPF Ltd.

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MindMill (HR) Software Ltd – What We Offer Our Clients

Flexible, Cloud Based, Appraisal Systems

MindMill offer technology and psychology services to empower organisations to make informed and effective decisions.

Psychology: We specialise in online psychometric assessment tools that help to define and measure personality preferences, natural aptitudes, abilities, and motivational interests. Our profiling assessments meet stringent guidelines in achieving technical excellence regarding test construction leading to high levels of validity. The assessments are administratively convenient with minimal overheads associated with profiling vast numbers of people over a limited time scale. As a test construction company, we continue to develop our products and on request, can design bespoke assessments for specific client requirements.

Technology: MindMill’s assessment and questionnaire platform is a cloud based system; this allows it to be accessed anywhere in the world where there is a reliable internet connection. MindMill’s tools can be accessed from any modern computer and have been tested on all of the most popular web browsers. MindMill’s tools offer a fully automated service with immediate access to impact and statistical data and has a number of reporting options for administrators. MindMill’s assessment and questionnaire platform can be integrated with an organisations existing HR / Productivity software solutions.

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