Gatto Associates, LLC, provides customized pre-hire assessments to guide our clients in the talent acquisition and talent management process. Our assessments serve as valuable tools when managers must decide whether a particular candidate has the aptitude, ability, personality and temperament to ensure success in a job and a good cultural fit within their organizations.

1. The Pre-hire
Assessment Process
Gatto Associates, LLC.
750 Washington Road Suite 14
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
412 344-2277

2. Pre-hire Assessments (Online)
Gatto Associates, LLC, provides customized pre-hire assessments to
guide our clients in the talent acquisition and talent management
process. Our assessments serve as valuable tools when managers
must decide whether a particular candidate has the aptitude, ability,
personality and temperament to ensure success in a job and a good
cultural fit within their organizations. A better well-rounded picture
of a candidate emerges when managers couple pre-hire assessment
with the interview process. Equipped with better information,
managers are thus in a position to make better decisions.
Gatto Associates Pre-hire Assessments are customized to meet a
number of specific job requirements set forth by our clients. We
select the assessments that measure attributes directly related to a
specific job performance. Pre-hire assessments take the guesswork
out of hiring!

3. Background Information
for
Pre-hire Assessment
Categories of Assessment:
Tests - Self-reporting tests have right or wrong answers to assess
knowledge or performance (for example, a math problem is either
right or wrong).
Inventories - Identify preferences, mannerisms or style (for
example, there is no one right Leadership Style)
Types of Assessments
Aptitude - knowledge, ability to apply skills (math, language,
logic, and reasoning)
Cognitive Ability - analyze, solve problems and draw
conclusions: potential to learn and think
Personality - characteristics, job fit, emotional intelligence
Integrity - honesty, attitude toward theft, drugs, etc.
Psycho-motor - coordination and manual dexterity
Physical - capabilities (lifting)
In all of these types of assessments, a series of questions are asked
to assess the person’s:
• knowledge
• skills
• abilities
• other characteristics

4. Why Use Pre-hire Assessments?
Pre-hire assessment has becomes more prevalent in recent years
for a number of reasons:
• When using assessments, the hiring decision becomes more
objective and quantifiable.
• The hiring decision is defensible as a valid and reliable
predictor of success in the job position.
• The cost of bad hiring decisions ranges from 20% to 200% of a
given position’s salary. (HR Management, www.cvrdallas.com, March 12, 2010)
• Regular interviews alone have a predictive accuracy as low as
5% (Prehire assessments, K. Nash, Ezine Articles.com)
Supportive Data
Using a variety of assessments increases the probability of
selecting the right employee:
• Assessing behavioral traits alone - 38%
• Assessing behavioral traits AND thinking abilities - 54%
• Assessing behavioral traits AND thinking abilities AND
occupational interests – 66%
Outcomes of Using Pre-hire Assessments
• Put the right person in the right job - placement of greater
numbers of superior performers
• Reduce employee turnover and increase productivity
• Provide employees with needed training based on their
characteristic profile results
• Give managers insight into employee characteristics and styles
• Promote people into positions where they will succeed

5. Categories of On-Line Assessments
The Executive Level Customized Assessment is a comprehensive
format focusing on general acumen, intelligence, work-related
skills and abilities. The participant completes the assessments
online, which takes approximately three to four hours. Gatto
Associates then scores the assessments, writes a report, and
presents the findings via a conference call.
The Manager Level Assessment is a specific format indicating
general acumen, specialized skills, and abilities. The participant
completes the assessments online, which takes approximately two-
and-a-half to three hours. Gatto Associates then scores the
assessments, writes a report, and presents the findings via a
conference call.
We can customize the assessment process to any format you
would like, based on specific job responsibilities. We will submit
to you a 15-20 page report indicating individual results, job traits,
a “quick-hit” summary, best ways to work with this person, and
follow-up interview questions for you to utilize.

6. About Dr. Gatto
Rex P. Gatto, Ph.D., is the founder and
President of Gatto Associates, LLC. Dr.
Gatto’s practice has been dedicated to
helping people in the workplace to enhance
productivity through a better
understanding of themselves. He has done
extensive research in the area of individual
working, thinking, personality, leadership,
teamwork and communication styles and
their impact on the working environment.
As a behavioral scientist and counselor he
has devoted his energies to helping all
levels of business people: CEO’s, vice
presidents, managers and professionals to have an enriched work life.
Dr. Gatto consults on matters of organizational effectiveness, talent
acquisition, conducts training programs and also conducts one-on-one
and group counseling.
As a business consultant and lecturer, he has presented to business
people throughout the United States and Canada. He has presented
for many professional organizations and received an outstanding
speaker letter from the American Society of Training and
Development acclaiming him as a dynamic and thought-provoking
speaker. He has developed customized training workshops for many
corporate 500 companies, hospitals, small businesses, universities and
colleges, and has trained and facilitated all positional levels of
business people. As a change interventionist, he has written and
presented for business teams, corporations and helped people achieve
an enriched, productive, and enjoyable work life. He is a licensed
professional counselor, nationally certified psychologist, cognitive
behavioral therapist, and national board certified counselor.

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Gatto Associates, LLC.
750 Washington Road Suite 14
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
412 344-2277