Who
We Are
The McQuaig Institute is a Toronto-based assessment
organization with an international reputation and clientele. The McQuaig System™
is used by more than 1,000 companies around the world for selection and development
of talent. For thirty-five years, The Institute and its team of consulting professionals
have been providing managers and HR professionals with practical tools and the
know how to use them to make better people decisions. The
Challenge: Acquiring Retaining & Developing Talent It has
been said that the most critical decision you will ever have to make on an employee
is to hire them. But in today's job market, traditional hiring methods just don't
work. It is increasingly difficult to assess candidates - they are well coached
and well prepared. In the end, hiring managers rely too heavily on gut feel when
making decisions. Once the new employee is on board you need
to orient them and coach them in a way that insures that you get the maximum return
on your investment. You need a deeper understanding of your team's talents to
help them build on strengths and minimize weaknesses. The
McQuaig Solution McQuaig provides a suite of validated, web-based
tools to help managers more objectively assess candidate "fit". In addition to
helping you approve your quality of hire, our tools provide additional information
on how to orient, coach, develop and retain the employee. The
McQuaig System has proven success in real world usage by leading organizations
globally and is supported by a team of professionals who help organizations get
real value. Measurable Results More
than 50 separate research studies have validated the effectiveness of the McQuaig
System. In addition, there are numerous case studies that document the measurable
results clients have experienced, namely - decreased turnover, increased productivity
and improved employee engagement and satisfaction. The
McQuaig System™ : A Three-Step Process Step
One - Define the Behavioural Job Demands.
The
McQuaig Job Survey® analyzes the behavioural requirements for any position.
It enables you and your associates to reach consensus quickly on the real demands
on the job. Additionally, it provides a list of targeted, job specific interviewing
and reference-checking questions to elicit relevant examples from a candidate's
past experience. Step
Two - Assess the Candidate.
The
McQuaig Word Survey® assesses the behaviours candidates will bring
to the job. Employees rarely fail because they lack the experience or skills to
do the job. They fail because they lack key behavioural requirements, such as
a high sense of urgency or the desire to win. Step
Three - Retain & Motivate.
The
Word Survey and Self-Development Survey
also provide valuable insights into what motivates people. A common mistake most
of us make is that we manage employees as we would like to be managed as
opposed to how they would like to be managed. Additional System reports
let you know an employee's 'hot buttons' - and how s/he will fit into your team.
As the war for talent heats
up The McQuaig System provides the tools to help you improve your quality of hire
and retain and develop the best. | 
