Experienced and knowledgeable advisors

A high-quality test instrumentation is essential for high quality assessments, but more is needed for high quality and usable advice. First and foremost, our psychologists must be able to use the instruments properly. Secondly, their skill and care is needed for weighing, integrating and aggregating all information. The quality of the final advice depends on this. In order to guarantee both, Bijleveld & Van Vriesland takes the following measures to guarantee the high quality of our psychologists:

•  All our advisors are PSYCHOLOOG NIP and therefore work in accordance with the professional code of the Netherlands Institute of Psychologists.
• We continually invest in the development of our psychologists through training and InterVision with a focus on strengthening both generic skills (such as writing and consulting skills and project management) and assessment-specific skills (such as competency-based interviewing, dealing with dyslexia, foreign languages and cultural factors). The InterVision meetings (every six weeks) focus on personal and professional development. We also have sector-specific InterVision meetings (every six months) that focus on knowledge enhancement and expertise growth.
• Accreditation training is a requirement in order to be able to work with new assessment instruments.
• In our bimonthly quality meetings, we take the measure of ourselves. Our working method, work processes, instruments and measurement methods: everything we do is the subject of critical consideration. The results of these consultations result in training activities, drawing up or adjusting protocols and calculation and decision rules, and in the orientation on or purchase of new, valid and reliable instruments.

Culture-neutral instruments

We work exclusively with robust culture-neutral instruments whose outcomes are not influenced by cultural background, age or gender. All our tests meet the cultural fairness guidelines of two renowned bodies: the National Bureau for Combating Racism (LBR) and the COTAN.

In addition, we regularly train our psychologists and assessors in culture- and bias-free assessment, focusing among other things on the consequences of risk-averse selection (the ‘same as us’ principle), the role of one’s own norms and values in the assessment process, and competencies that are most essential in functioning in contact with different cultures.

Reliability and validity of our tools: the best in the market

In order to be able to advise you on the best and most up-to-date instruments, we constantly monitor and evaluate the overwhelming range of renowned (international) test developers in the market. We continuously research the market, new and existing instruments and test. We impose strict requirements on suppliers for research activities and the updating of their test offerings and standards. This ensures that our range of instruments meets the highest standards and matches the diversity of your questions and candidates.