"How can I find out about the progress of my application?"
For questions regarding the application process and stage of your application, please contact the organisation that requested you to complete this assessment.
"Can I get feedback on my test results?"
The assessment has been designed to assess psychological risk, and has not been intended to be used for personal development purposes. For this reason, no feedback of any form will be provided by the Organisation or by SafeSelect. This is outlined in the Informed Consent form, which you agreed to prior to commencing the assessments, and forms a legally binding contract. Please refer to the below clause from the Informed Consent Form:
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION & FEEDBACK
9. The test questions, the system for scoring and interpreting my answers and the report provided to the Organisation have been developed by SafeSelect. All this information is commercially sensitive and confidential. For this reason I understand that I will not receive a copy of a report or feedback of any kind, either in writing, or by telephone, or in person from the Organisation or SafeSelect about my results on these tests.
"How is the psych testing data used in the selection process?"
Any type of suitability testing is only one part of an overall selection process. The decision to advance your application is made based on integrating numerous types of information. The assessment is only one factor in an organisation’s hiring process.
"Can I complete the SafeSelect assessments more than once in 12 months?"
In most cases, no, you cannot complete the same assessments within 12 months. The results of the SafeSelect assessments are valid for 12 months, and you can only complete the assessment once during this period. If in future you apply for a role with another organisation who is a SafeSelect client, the results of the assessments completed in the 12 month period prior can be given to that client.
As different organisations may require different types of assessments, you may be sent a request to complete those sections not prior completed. This would be the only exception to the rule.
"If I was unsuccessful in applying to one organisation, does that mean that I am automatically going to be unsuccessful if I apply to a different organisation?"
No, previous outcomes of past applications do not affect your chances of obtaining a different role with a different organisation.
All hiring managers undertake different selection and recruitment processes and are looking for different capabilities in new employees, dependent on the organisation and role. Hiring managers consider a wide range of information about an employee, with psychometric assessment being only one source of data.
Also, the pool of applicants you are compared against in your next application will almost certainly be different from the pool you were compared against in the past. Compared with this pool, you may be more suitable for the role.
"I applied to one type of organisation and I was unsuccessful. I am applying for another job at a different organisation within twelve months. How will my tests results be used?"
SafeSelect has norms - or standards – against which applicants’ results are measured. These have been developed from a large number of Australian candidates who have applied for the same type of job. If, for example, you applied for a job in policing, and you are now applying for a job as a fire fighter your profile will be re-analysed. This is because these standards – or norms – are different for different professions.