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TALENT ACQUISITION

The well-being of an organization relies vitally on the right talent! A recent survey of 780 CEOs1 showed that Talent Shortages are now the number-one topic in the minds of CEOs, ranking higher than operational execution as their top priority. Attracting and recruiting the right talent in this talent-constrained situation is getting tougher ever!

Despite high unemployment rates in many countries, the competition for skilled talent has never stopped. Companies need screening tools to weed out unsuitable candidates and discover potential. We implemented refined pre-hiring psychometric assessment tools tailored to job context for our Clients, which resulted in improved hiring quality. We helped them to attract more competent candidates, reduce turnover, and drive a higher performance rate. Besides looking at the right fit in terms of personality match with the job role, we extend the assessment to map the candidate’s values toward your organization's cultural fit as well.

OD Tools : Trait-Map®

Trait-Map® is a psychometric assessment product invented by OD-Tools in Shanghai by a team of business psychologists in 2002, and it has been continuously improved by ongoing R&D and validation studies in terms of norms and reliability. It is highly effective and complies with best practices and regulatory guidelines. The questionnaire is built with a combination of simple statements + easy rating scales; it has a forced-choice ipsative format to ensure it is fun and easy to answer yet difficult to manipulate.

Trait-Map® is a unique assessment product inspired by using advanced mathematics in psychometrics, developed by Frieder Demmer and Gabor Nagy. Trait-Map® is a modern personality assessment tool based on the Big Five personality model and a proprietary questionnaire technology utilizing combinatorial optimization. The following reports are available:

  • Personality Profile
  • Work Attributes Report
  • Development Suggestions
  • Team Role Report
  • Conflict Style Report
  • Skill Development Reports (Collaboration, Presentation, Negotiation and Sales Skills)
  • Leadership Style
  • Job-Fit Report
  • Interview Guide
  • Group Reports for Team Audit

Key Features:

  • Fast and accurate;
  • Features an innovative forced-choice questionnaire ipsative format, requiring only 15 - 20 minutes for completion;
  • Measures 25 work-related traits like Confidence, Assertiveness, Activity Level, Competitiveness, Dutifulness, and Creativity to name just a few;
  • Offers intuitive training reports on Team Roles and a range of professional skills;
  • Provides 25 traits “high resolution” profile for deeper understanding of individuals such as selection, talent management, and coaching;
  • Developed by a multi-cultural team in a multi-cultural environment; it is strong in “cross-cultural” deployment.


We identify candidates 5x to 10x
more likely to be top performers


Team Role Analysis



Personal Development Analysis & Recommendation

Introduction Video of OD-Tools Trait Map®