Optimize Hire for Health Care

Psychologists at the Wharton School typically recommend adding traits like grit, perspective taking and empathy to standard cognitive ability, personality and motivation tests when hiring for positions in healthcare. Give us a call or contact us online to tell us more about your business so our expert partners can offer company-specific customizations.

Why Optimize Hire?

Optimize Hire behavioral tests are 8-10 minutes long and have a 96% national completion rate. Created by Dr. Adam Grant and customized by experts at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania our tests have been validated to show improvement in turnover and other job performance outcomes.

What experts recommend

All applicants are tested on behavioral traits and ranked by score. Psychologists recommend choosing the highest scorers to go on to resume review and interviews. It works the same way as the SAT; the higher the score the greater likelihood, on average, of success.

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Traits of a reliable health-care employee

The following traits are proven predictors of job performance and turnover for health-care employees according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and decades of psychology research. The Optimize Hire Health Care Pre-Employment Tests can assess any combination of these traits and others that are specific to your company needs.

Dependability — being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations

Integrity — being honest and ethical

Cooperation — being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude

Adaptability/Flexibility — being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace

Independence — developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done

Initiative — willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges

Concern for Others — being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job

Popular healthcare positions tested

Nurse, Doctor, Nurse Practitioner, Physicians Assistant, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Community Health Program Representative (Community Health Program Rep), Educator, Technician, Certified Nursing Assistant

Our clients

To learn what we can do for you, give us a call at 800.330.2020.