What are the Thomas Skills Online Assessments?

The Thomas Skills Online Assessments are a series of over 100 tests designed to measure hard competencies and skills. Once skill levels have been ascertained, there are also a number of training modules to bridge identified skill gaps.

What form do these assessments take?

The assessments are done online, and only take 3-15 minutes each to complete. Assessments are available to measure competencies in MS Office and computer proficiency, call centre and secretarial skills, and basic literacy and numeracy levels. There are Basic, Intermediate and Advanced tests, designed for varying levels of skill, experience and relevant work exposure. Please click here for the full list of assessments available.

What will the results show?

You are provided with an overall percentage, number of questions attempted, number of correct answers and the total time that it took for the candidate to complete the test. Not all test results are the same however, as certain categories of tests also reflect additional scores, such as: quality, productivity indices, mean reactive times, number of repeats, average words per minute.

When would I use this in my organisation?

The Thomas Skills Online Assessments are a perfect complement to your recruitment process to provide an objective measurement of hard competencies, in addition to the information that your candidate provides in their CV and interview. Thomas Skills Online training can also be of great assistance when inducting a new employee, training prior to promotion, or simply ongoing skill development.