Profiles Sales Assessments
The Profiles Sales Assessment™ (PSA) measures how well an individual fits specific sales job in your organization. It is used primarily for selecting, on-boarding and managing sales people and account managers.The “job modeling” feature of the PSA is unique and can be customized by company, sales position, department, manager, geography, or any combination of these factors. This enables you to evaluate an individual relative to the qualities required to perform successfully in a specific sales job in your organization. It also predicts on-the-job performance in seven critical sales behaviors: prospecting, call reluctance, closing the sale, selfstarting, teamwork, building and maintaining relationships, and compensation preference.
Why Assess Sales People?
Many sales people are competitive and persuasive. Given the opportunity to land a new job or to be promoted, they may tell you what you want to hear instead of the truth. Additionally, so much of their success depends on the specific type of sales job and the organization in which they would work. Success seldom transfers automatically. The cost of failure in a sales job is very high considering the hiring and ramp-up costs, low sales productivity, and disruption to existing customers.
The PSA gives you an objective inside look at the behaviors and motives of your sales people and sales managers to help you make better decisions.
Did you know?
• 50% of organizations are dissatisfied with new sales representatives they hire.
• 19% of sales representatives turnover voluntarily each year.
• 16% of sales representatives turnover involuntarily each year.
• 50% of organizations are dissatisfied with new sales representatives they hire.
• 19% of sales representatives turnover voluntarily each year.
• 16% of sales representatives turnover involuntarily each year.
How does the Profiles Sales Assessment work?
Prior to assessing candidates, our experts help you develop peak performance models for your jobs using questions to direct you in comparing job candidates. Once established, our clients deliver the PSA to their candidates over the Internet—hiring managers or an HR administrator simply forwards a link. The assessment does not need to be monitored, so the candidate can take it from any computer with Internet access. The system instantly scores the assessment and informs the hiring managers where they can access the results.
The hiring manager can use the results as a screening tool or to assist them in the interviewing, selection, and onboarding process.
What’s the next step?
Please contact your authorized Profiles International business partner.
Purpose
The Profiles Sales Assessment™ is used for selecting, on-boarding and managing sales people and account managers.
Measures
Key qualities that make successful salespeople:
20 Performance Indicators
Seven Critical Sales Behaviors
20 Performance Indicators
Seven Critical Sales Behaviors
Types & Uses of Reports
Selection Report
Useful to the Hiring Manager.
Provides information about the individual, presented in a manner to help you understand his/her match with a selected sales position in your organization.
Useful to the Hiring Manager.
Provides information about the individual, presented in a manner to help you understand his/her match with a selected sales position in your organization.
Management Report
Used by the Manager.
Provides the manager with insights that will help him lead, coach and motivate the employee.
Used by the Manager.
Provides the manager with insights that will help him lead, coach and motivate the employee.
Performance Model Comparison
Useful for the Manager to show the Employee
Provides an illustration of the five categories measured.
Useful for the Manager to show the Employee
Provides an illustration of the five categories measured.

Technical Specs
Time to Take: Less than 60 minutes
Administration: Online or Pencil / Paper
Results Turnaround: Immediate
Time to Take: Less than 60 minutes
Administration: Online or Pencil / Paper
Results Turnaround: Immediate












