The main reason to take The Highlands Ability Battery is to find out where you have natural ability.
Research from the Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation says that people tend to be more satisfied and successful in occupations that challenge their aptitudes and do not demand aptitudes that they lack.
The Highlands Ability Battery is based on over 80 years of research, beginning with Johnson O’Connor. It is psychometrically valid and reliable. The information and suggestions that it makes are highly accurate. The minimum reliability standard for the 19 tests that make up the Highland Ability Battery is r = .80 and the reliability range is to .93, with 1.0 being perfect. It has been described as the equivalent of getting a CAT Scan for a painful injury instead of a traditional X-ray. As an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, I would not use any test that could not measure what it sets out to measure.
Since 1922, hundreds of thousands of people have used aptitude testing to learn more about themselves and to derive more satisfaction from their lives. The Highlands Ability Battery is based on the work undertaken by the Johnson O Connor Research Foundation. The paper and pencil tests were developed into the battery which is now available to take online.
Knowing your abilities and natural talents can help you to
• Understand where you are naturally talented
• Know how you solve problems and make decisions most effectively
• Understand clearly why you would be happy in some fields and not happy in others
• Choose the best option from a group of study/ career/ job/ business choices
• Know how to study most effectively
• Know what other jobs within your organisation you would be more fulfilled with
• Use your true strengths more effectively and more consistently
Please note I cannot know what your results will be in advance of this assessment. There is a possibility that you will be sufficiently self-aware that you do not learn anything new. However you will have increased confidence in your self knowledge.
Whilst the Highlands Ability Battery is immensely useful, the way that you will use these aptitudes depends on your interests, personality, values, skills and the current job market.