What does Caliper do?
Caliper is a 40-year old global human resources consulting and assessment firm that has advised more than 25,000 companies on hiring, developing, team building and organisational concerns.

Our approach begins with our objective, accurate assessment instruments, which provide data for measuring personality characteristics, individual motivations, likely behaviours and potential for success in a specific job. Our consultants use this information to provide customised solutions that continue to guide organisations to a higher level of performance.
About Us



How can Caliper help me hire top performers for my company?
When it comes to hiring, we can help you with everything from evaluating your most promising applicants to redesigning your current selection system. We start out by getting to know you and your firm, including your particular management approach, the requirements of your key positions and the qualities needed for success in your environment. Then, through the insights gleaned from the Caliper Profile, our consultants are able to provide you with a clear, objective perspective on an applicant's strengths, possible limitations and ultimately, potential for success with your company. The effectiveness of our advice stems from the validity and accuracy of the instrument, our unequaled database of information about top performers and the expertise of our consultants.



Can Caliper help me get more out of the interview process?
Yes. We can develop targeted interview questions for each of your key positions to help you delve below surface impressions. In addition, we conduct customised hiring workshops that can enhance the interview techniques and selection skills of your managers.



Can Caliper help me update and streamline my job descriptions?
Absolutely. The more accurate your job descriptions, the more effectively you and your Caliper consultant will work together. With Caliper's Job and Competencies Analysis, you will have an empirical method for collecting data and providing a description of a job based on its components. This enables you to develop objective and consistent measures for determining if employees are succeeding in their roles.



What are the benefits of Caliper's Performance Management Systems?
In order for you to achieve your business objectives, you must be able to tie the performance and motivation of individual staff members to your overall strategic objectives. An effective performance management system will help you do this. Caliper is able to use research-based measurement tools, performance management processes, and personal consultations for to help your organisation measure, track and maximise its performance.



How will Caliper help me develop my employees?
Our approach clarifies what drives you and each of your employees. By integrating the measurement of potential and current behaviour, we can create a customised, in-depth developmental plan for each of your employees. We can help you set clear expectations while drawing upon your employees' motivations. You'll learn how to ensure employees feel valued and keep your best performers growing with your company.



Can Caliper help our teams work together more effectively?
Caliper provides team-building solutions that focus on individual members understanding each other in the context of the team environment, so that shared objectives can be achieved. These solutions help clarify team goals in relation to overall business strategy, and provide tactical strategies for helping the team meet expectations. At Caliper, we believe that a peak-performing team is one that has a common set of goals, well-defined roles, shared incentives, good communication, problem-solving strategies and trust. We can help you get there.



What if I have an employee who's struggling?
We can work together to determine if the employee's troubles stem from a need for coaching, a different management style, or perhaps from being in the wrong job to begin with. When we determine the cause, we can provide you with a variety of solutions and help you choose the best option.



Can Caliper teach me how to motivate my employees?
Motivation comes from within, so you cannot teach someone to be motivated. However, we can help you understand your employees' inherent motivations. We will teach you to use this information to provide them with the opportunities and rewards that will help them maximise their potential and make them more productive.



How do I get started working with Caliper?
Ideally, you and your Caliper consultant will first discuss your particular management style, your company's culture and your goals. From there, we will mail out as many Caliper Profiles as you need, or you can set up an account that will enable you to have candidates take the Caliper Profile on-line so you can get started immediately.
Solutions & Services



What is the Caliper Profile?
The Caliper Profile is a comprehensive, non-discriminatory personality assessment instrument, which measures an individual's characteristics, potential and motivation. The insights gleaned from this assessment enable our consultants to predict an applicant's potential to succeed in a specific job, develop individualised coaching plans for improving performance, teach you how to build more effective teams and assess your talent pool to ensure employees are as productive as possible.

More Caliper Profile Questions
How is the Caliper Profile administered?
Whether a candidate is taking the assessment on-line or in paper-and-pencil format, we strongly recommend that he or she be in a supervised setting. While the Caliper Profile is not a timed assessment, we do not recommend letting an applicant take the Profile home because there is no way to determine if the answers are really those of that individual or if he or she has collaborated with someone else.
Contact Us

How long does it take to complete the Caliper Profile?
The Caliper Profile is not a timed assessment so candidates should be allowed to work through the Profile at their own pace. However, most applicants complete the Caliper Profile in less than two hours.

When can I expect results?
You will receive a phone call from your Caliper consultant the same day if the Caliper Profile is submitted by 2:00 p.m. EST. For answer sheets received after 2:00 p.m., you will receive a call the following business day. The verbal consultation will be followed up with a written report within three days of the phone consultation via e-mail or fax.

Can a candidate take the profile at home?
While we recognise that there are times when it is simply not feasible to have an applicant take the Profile at your location, we strongly discourage allowing the applicant to take the Profile home. In an unsupervised setting there is no way to determine if the answers are really those of that individual or if he or she has collaborated with someone else. Your consultant may be able to help you set up an alternative location if necessary.

Is the Caliper Profile available in different languages?
Our assessment instruments are available in the following languages: Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Quebecois, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Taiwanese.



How will I be billed?
Billing for Caliper Profiles does not happen until you submit a candidate's answer sheet, electronically or in paper-and-pencil format. An invoice will be mailed to you within two days after we complete the written report. Our terms are net 30 days.

The billing process for other consulting services and customised solutions should be discussed with your Caliper consultant.



Are the results really accurate?
With Caliper's 40 years of experience, extensive job-match database and expert consultants, we are able predict a person's potential for success in a particular role with 71 percent accuracy. Of course, the more specific a manager is about company culture, his or her own management style, organisational goals and job responsibilities, the more accurate our recommendations.
About Us



What weight should be given to the Caliper Profile?
The Caliper Profile is just one piece of the hiring process and should be treated as such. An applicant's resume, professional and personal references, experiences and skills will all need to be considered, as will the individual's performance in the interview. The Caliper Profile is meant to take the process a step further and delve beneath this “surface information” to get at the individual's true motivations and behavioural traits. The compilation of all this information can help you with targeted interview questions for a second interview and will help confirm or allay any concerns you might have about the person's ability to do the job.



How should I approach an applicant about taking the profile?
It is important to explain that the Caliper Profile is not a pass/fail test, and is by no means the sole determinant for making a hiring decision. This assessment is just one of the criteria used in evaluating his or her potential for success in a specific job. The results of the assessment will be weighted equally with all information gathered during the hiring process.
Hiring & Selection



How do I determine which applicants should take the Profile?
Once you have conducted your first round of interviews and narrowed the field down to a few promising candidates, we recommend you administer the Caliper Profile. The feedback you receive will help to confirm impressions from the initial interview, prepare you to probe more deeply in subsequent discussions with the candidates, and make the most informed hiring decisions.
Hiring & Selection



Should I share Caliper's results with an applicant?
We do not recommend sharing the results with applicants. There are often numerous applicants and sharing the results can be very time consuming. Additionally, the results of the Profile are written in a very direct format to help employers make decisions about hiring. In some cases applicants may become very defensive about the findings. If you feel the need to give a report to an applicant to help with his or her continued development, we suggest ordering Caliper's Individual Developmental Guide (IDG), which is written in a friendlier, more coaching style.



Can the Caliper Profile be used with existing employees?
Gaining more insight into your staff members can help you to identify untapped potential as well as develop individualised coaching plans around any areas of concern. The more you know about each employee's strengths, motivations and areas for improvement, the more effective you will be as a coach, and the more productive you can help your employees become.
Employee Development



Are there any legal issues associated with using Caliper's assessments?
Caliper's personality assessments meet all legal guidelines and are in total conformance with the ADA and EEOC regulations. In fact, our assessments provide objective, non-discriminatory criteria that can often serve as a plus in defending your overall hiring and development processes.