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#128 Justin McNamara, Psychometrics Guru on Improving Recruitment Selection, Performance Prediction and Acing Psychometric Tests
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In this episode, we meet Justin McNamara, Psychometrics Guru on improving recruitment selection, performance prediction and acing psychometric tests.
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Justin trained as an Occupational Psychologist.
He has worked with a variety of businesses in most industries to improve the performance of their people in Europe, the Middle East and Australia.
He has a side-business, Advantage Punter which focuses on Machine Learning, with their product correctly predicting the 2018 Melbourne Cup winner!
In this episode we talk about:
- What Psychometrics are and aren't and which ones are useful in the recruitment process;
- Knowing the markers for success for predicting both performance and leadership;
- The future of Psychometrics and big data; and
- The key factors in ensuring you can ace a psychometric test.
Connecting with Justin McNamara
You can reach Justin on LinkedIn. You can also view the People Excellence Ltd website to see what his business is all about.
Books and resources mentioned in the episode
- Practice psychometric tests:
- Talent Intelligence - by Nik Kinley
- Mind Over Mood - by Dennis Greenberger
- Advantage Punter - To learn more about