For more than 50 years, the Achiever has been the leading business oriented assessment utilized in the selection and/or training process to develop effectiveness, productivity and job satisfaction. The Achiever was developed to assess an individual in six Mental Aptitudes and ten Personality (i.e., Behavioral) Dimensions. By utilizing the Achiever assessment, an employer can readily compare a person's scores in both mental aptitudes and personality traits to people who have proven successful in a job category.

The six Mental Aptitudes measured by the Achiever are:

• Mental Acuity - learning comprehension, judgment, reasoning and problem-solving ability
• Business Terms - knowledge of basic business terms
• Memory Recall - knowledge of current events as they relate to the job
• Vocabulary - general English vocabulary skills
• Numerical Perception - ability to handle numerically related tasks quickly and accurately
• Mechanical Interest - measures interest in the mechanical area

The ten Personality (i.e., Behavioral) Dimensions measured by the Achiever are:

• Energy - energy, drive, tension and stress levels
• Flexibility - integrity, reliability, dependability and work ethics
• Organization - personal orientation to plan and utilize time wisely
• Communication - innate ability to meet and interact with people
• Emotional Development - ego, self-esteem, self-confidence and ability to handle pressure
• Assertiveness - strength and determination to get one's way
• Competitiveness - team orientation versus individualistic competitiveness
• Mental Toughness - psychological stamina to deal with life and job problems
• Questioning/Probing - instinct to question and probe rather than accepting things at face value
• Motivation - security-motivated or recognition, incentive and commission oriented

The Achiever contains two validity scales to assess the accuracy of the Achiever report:

• Distortion - frankness of the respondent as related to the statistical validity of the personality dimensions
• Equivocation - consistent decision-making of the respondent as it relates to the accuracy of the personality dimensions measured

Following are links to audio files and visual aids which provide in depth training on each aptitude and behavioral trait assessed by the Achiever. Included are detailed discussions of what each aptitude and behavioral trait measures and what individual scores mean. Examples are provided to demonstrate how the assessment results are to be interpreted and utilized for maximum effectiveness for both the employer and the employee. The total discussion time of the audio files is approximately three hours. The audio files have been separated into 4 areas of discussion and you may return to any section at any time.

Download Audio Files

Achiever Training Audio Unit 1
Achiever Training Audio Unit 2
Achiever Training Audio Unit 3
Achiever Training Audio Unit 4

Achiever Training Visual Aids