(1) Are Summit advisers trained?
Summit advisers are trained, experienced and qualified psychometric testing assessors (to the internationally recognised ‘British Psychological Society’ Level “A” and “B” standards) who administer and interpret the results.
(2) What if I register but then change my mind?
Candidates can de-register at any time. Summit will then take you off the actively seeking list of candidates. If you later decide to use Summit services you can contact us and we will put you back on our actively seeking list
(3) How do I register?
You call or email us to register. You will then be invited to attend an initial meeting with one of our qualified recruitment consultants. During the meeting you will be required to complete a Summit Recruitment Application Form. Thereafter an agenda will be developed and appropriate action taken
(4) Is it expensive to use Summit recruitment services?
All of our recruitment services to registered candidates are completely free of charge. Summit bills the Employers that use our services and not the candidates that register with us.
(5) Will using Summit Recruitment Services give me an advantage?
Absolutely . Summit has helped hundreds of people find employment. Summit has a large data base and has access to many jobs that are not advertised in the media or on the internet. Summit has good relationships with many Human Resource departments and can ensure that your CV is sent to the right person, thereby securing interviews for you.
(6) What is a mock interview?
A mock interview is one of the services that Summit provides to candidates who are actively seeking employment. A mock interview resembles a real interview and provides interview experience for the candidate.
(7) What does it cost to register with Summit?
There is NO cost to register with Summit
(8) How can assessment assist decision making?
Properly designed methods of assessment can provide meaningful information about aptitudes, skills and personality that are relevant if you are either seeking to take decisions about the career would suit you best, or if you are an employer seeking to recruit or to develop the best people
(9) Which method of assessment can help?
Following a free personal consultation, your Summit advisor will recommend the assessment tools and methods to help you get the answers you need.
(10) What is psychometric testing and assessment?
Psychometric testing can provide a valuable insight into character, intellectual ability, personal values and aptitude. Using Summit consultants, psychometric assessment can provide are an understanding someone’s strengths as well as development needs; a clear impression of skills compared to others; an insight into personality; an understanding of interests; a robust foundation for making career decisions; an insight into the aptitudes needed to carry out a particular role and the ability to help teams understand what each member contributes.
(11) What can be measured by psychometric assessment?
A) Personality: powerful methods of predicting how someone will typically behave.
B) Ability: measure aptitudes such as how someone will perform when solving problems or reasoning with verbal information; many measure potential rather than current level of knowledge.
C) Career interests: help to identify the types of work to which someone would be suited.
D)360-degree feedback: gather feedback on an individual's performance or personal attributes from a range of sources, from juniors to superiors.
An individual’s results are compared to how someone performed when compared to a relevant group (for example Emirati Nationals).
(12) If I am an employer, why should I pay you?
Summit offers quality individual services. We assign a recruitment consultant who will Listen carefully to your requirements; put a strategy in place to match you vacancies with the best candidate from our database either a fresh or experienced candidates who will meet your expectations.
Summit Recruitment Team does this by using the 3 process approach which is:
The Recruit - The Offer - The Transition
For further information on this process please fell free to contact Summit Recruitment Manager.
(13) How can psychometric assessment assist selection decisions?
Having a defined list of qualifications, skills, experience and behavioural characteristics ensures that the hiring process is ‘performance-based’ while being objective, transparent, and efficient.
(14) What is the qualification I will gain from BTEC training?
The qualification is a BTEC Level Four Diploma in Careers Advice and Counselling.
(15) Are the assessment methods used in Arabic or English?
Most of the methods of assessment used by Summit are available in both Arabic and English language.
(16) Will psychometric assessment give me easy answers?
The results from psychometric assessments will provide objective information to help you to take decisions based on the best information available.
(17) Which tests do Summit use?
Summit carefully select the most reliable, valid and most appropriate methods of assessment that suit the purpose from a range of the very best test publishers.
(18) Are there any pitfalls in using psychometric tests?
Assessments can be vulnerable to misinterpretation as well as misrepresentation in the hands of both trained and untrained individuals! Summit use only the highest quality methods of assessment that compliment existing methods but don’t replace them, and are based on locally derived norms. High stake decisions like recruitment, promotion and career planning should always have the ‘human factor’ included. Be especially wary of overly technical consultants who try to bamboozle you with technical jargon to try to convince you to use them. Summit consultants recognize that while scientific and requiring training, the results from psychometric assessment should be clear to you, understandable and entirely logical!
(19) What can I do after I have completed the qualification?
Past successful graduates are currently employed in a wide range of roles including:
• Providing careers advice to university undergraduates
• Advising graduates on employment opportunities
• Seeking and writing labour-market information
• Creating IT based tools to support decision making
• Working to support Emiratisation projects
(20) What support will I gain to help me complete the qualification?
All SUMMIT trainers are highly qualified and experienced Careers Advisers and trainers, who will provide you with materials, seminars, one-to-one tutorials and support to help you complete the course successfully.
(21) What does the qualification include?
There are four modules to the qualification:
Module One: Introduction to Counseling.
Module Two: Supporting Careers Advice and Guidance.
Module Three: Supporting clients through Advocacy and Referral.
Module Four: Enabling learning through presentations.
(22) What will be required to complete the course successfully?
The course is “evidence-based” meaning that you will likely to be already working as a Careers Adviser or Trainee Careers Adviser to acquire the evidence required to complete the course. Alternatively, if you are not already working as a Careers Adviser, much of the evidence for your qualification can be produced during taught sessions and practical exercises completed with other members of the course.
The training is a mixture of lecture inputs, assignments and assessed practical exercises.
(23) How is the course delivered?
The course is work-based, taught in English and usually takes about nine months to complete
(24) Who is the qualification awarded by?
EDEXCEL, the UK based internationally recognized awarding body
(25) What does BTEC stand for?
Business and Technology Education Council
(26) When is psychometric assessment useful?
Psychometric assessment can be useful when making important career decisions, during staff selection (particularly when employing people with little previous experience); for individual or team development, and for life/performance coaching.
