Assessing and developing the motivational fit of your graduates

Many graduates know what career path they wish to pursue - which is why they choose to study specific degrees like accounting or engineering.

• But what sort of organisation do they want to work for?
• What type of leader will they respond to?
• What type of team will enable them to be their very best?

These are the big questions most graduates are left wondering about. After all, they’re hard to answer when there’s little experience from which to draw on.

Similarly, these are the questions many organisations also grapple with - that is whether the graduates they select are a right fit for them? The questions aren’t quite the same, but the similar underlying concept of motivational fit is the basis of them.

For example, organisations often wonder;

• Will these graduates enjoy and fit in with our culture?
• Will our managers be able to connect with them?
• How will we engage and retain the graduates we invest so heavily in?
  

To help solve these questions and get the fit right on the way in, Australian based company Genos has developed a unique motivational profiling tool that helps graduates and employers understand the type of things that motivate them. While there are a number of similar motivational questionnaires available, the Genos profiler is the first in the world to directly assess what motivates individuals in all four focal points of motivational fit:

1. Day-to-Day work
2. Manager
3. Team
4. Organisation
   

When individuals take the Genos profiler they respond to a series of questions about different day-to-day tasks, leadership styles, team characteristics and organisational attributes. The profiler builds an outline of what engages and motivates graduates in these areas. Employers can then use the information to understand whether graduates motivational preferences are aligned with their company culture and employee value proposition, the day-to-day nature of their graduate roles and the management styles of the managers who will be working with them. Graduates can also receive their own personal report to help them understand themselves more deeply and help them make more informed decisions about whether certain organisations are the right for them.

Founder and CEO of Genos Dr Ben Palmer said “last years graduates were motivated by some very interesting characteristics, some that were consistent with Generational Theory and some that were really misaligned with such commentary. The information really helped a number of organisations we are working with re-think the nature of their graduate program and their employee value proposition to make it more attractive and engaging of graduate talent. The motivational data was also used to help bring managers up to speed on how to connect with and get the best performance from their graduates.

In our view that’s one of the big advantages of tools like Genos motivational profiler. It's not just an assessment to help you select graduates. Its also an assessment that can be used in the on-boarding and development of graduates, whether that additional use is to help graduates better understand themselves or help managers better understand them.

Its great value for money when you can get two great uses for the one cost.

For more information on how to add value to your selection and development process please contact Fusion Graduate Management Solutions at info@fusiongms.com.au