Recruiting People who Fit

THP has strengthened its recruitment and appraisal process through the use of Thomas Personal Profile Analysis (PPA).

PPA assesses an individual’s behavioural style both naturally and in a work environment and how they modify their behaviour under pressure, if at all. It can answer questions such as – What are their strengths and their limitations? Are they self starters? How do they communicate? What motivates them?

PPA enables people to become more self aware, which in turn gives them the means to consolidate their working strengths and compensate for their limitations.

PPA is a series of 24 questions on a forced choice “first impressions” basis and it takes no longer than seven minutes to complete. The answers are charted on a graph under the four headings of Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Compliance (DISC).

The benefits of Thomas PPA are outlined by Sam Rowe, head of Group HR:

“THP is team focused – it’s important to us that everyone feels a strong sense of belonging. Each team has a particular culture so it’s vital to reassure those team members that we will not bring someone in who won’t fit. PPA enabled us to focus our resources by employing the right people in the first place. It has had an extremely positive influence on our recruitment and staff retention and clearly demonstrates to our people that we care enough about them to devote time and money to recruiting people that will fit in with the THP culture.”

“We also introduced a formal appraisal system into the company as we wanted to provide a much more structured and objective environment for giving feedback on an individual’s performance. PPA is such a good tool to use in these circumstances as it is so positive. It highlights all the good things a person brings to the table and how they contribute to the business. It makes clear that we take notice of our people as individuals.”