Success Elements
- The assessment uncovers candidates who are statistically more likely to succeed and progress in your organization — reducing time-to-productivity and turnover.
- The assessment identifies candidates who excel in ability to learn, problem-solving, attention to detail, perseverance, and abstract reasoning—the traits of major contributors.
- The assessment has been identifying strong performers for over a decade.
Hire Smarter. Predict Performance.
The NCLab Employment Readiness Assessment (ERA) goes beyond resumes and interviews to objectively measure the traits that lead to real-world performance: ability to learn, solve problems, pay attention to detail, reason abstractly, and persist through challenges.
Unlike traditional questionnaires or skills tests, the ERA uses hands-on, task-based simulations that reveal how candidates think and work — giving you predictive insight that helps you make better hiring decisions, reduce turnover, and accelerate new hire success.
If your organization is hiring, we can help you dramatically improve the quality, resilience, and long-term success of your new employees. Major benefits accrue for HR teams who want data-driven hiring and hiring managers tired of bad hires.
At NCLab, our mission is to develop and identify the cognitive and problem-solving capabilities that drive real-world performance in today’s rapidly evolving, technology-driven economy.
For over a decade, we have worked at the intersection of education, cognitive science, and workforce readiness — helping institutions and employers recognize true talent beyond résumés and interviews.
Our Employment Readiness Assessment (ERA) measures the traits that consistently distinguish high achievers:
- Ability to quickly learn and apply new information to solve problems
- Attention to detail
- Abstract reasoning
- Perseverance and follow-through
These are not subjective impressions — they are measurable cognitive strengths that predict an individual’s ability to learn quickly, think independently, and contribute meaningfully from day one.
With a validated ten-year track record, our assessment has reliably identified individuals who excel, grow with responsibility, and elevate team performance. Organizations who have been using this tool have reduced hiring time, improved retention metrics, and improved time-to-productivity.
In an era where technical skills evolve rapidly, cognitive agility and disciplined thinking are the true competitive advantage.
Our assessment allows you to identify those qualities before you invest in onboarding, training, and development.
Beyond Existing Assessments
The ERA supplements existing screening methods with a hands-on “learn-and-apply” assessment that reveals how applicants think, learn, and persist — not how well they can describe themselves.
Unlike other assessments, this 1 to 2 hour “learn-and-apply” assessment takes individuals outside of their comfort zone and evaluates key performance attributes, making it an ideal resource for objective, informed personnel hiring decisions.
The only prerequisites are English or Spanish comprehension and basic keyboarding skills, and it is not AI-solvable — success depends totally on the participant’s own effort.
MORE INFORMATION
Click here to start a FREE TRIAL to see for yourself that the ERA dramatically raises the quality of new hires, while avoiding the hiring of underperformers.
Click here to look at a sample Detailed Assessment Report that is e-mailed to your administrator as soon as each applicant completes the readiness assessment.
Click here to look at a sample realtime Candidate Comparison Report, available throughout the hiring process.
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