BizToolbox

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BizTools are FREE business evaluation instruments that provide information, guidance, and advice regarding human resource management issues. We offer these expert tools to you as a FREE online service. We will never charge you for using our BizTools.

Our BizToolbox below contains several business tools that may help you answer some of your questions. We plan on adding new BizTools to our business toolbox in the future. Please email us if you have any suggestions for new BizTools.

BizTool Finder

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If you're not sure which BizTools you should complete first, just use our BizTool Finder to save yourself a little time. This special tool will help you prioritize issues and will tell you which of our free business tools will be of greatest benefit to you right now.

What are your biggest needs, issues, and concerns? This tool will help you find the best BizTools in our toolbox for meeting your current objectives. Keep in mind that you may use this tool as often as you want, especially as we develop more tools and your needs change over time.

Objective of BizTools Finder

Number of Steps

Estimated Time

To find the BizTools that will help you most now

3 steps

2-3 minutes

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Job Stress Questionnaire

Most people have experienced job stress but would be hard pressed to explain what it is. And many individuals are not even aware that they are experiencing job stress every day. This questionnaire will help you determine how much job stress is affecting your life.

Objective of BizTool

Number of Steps

Estimated Time

  • This BizTool helps you identify things at work that contribute to your job stress.
  • Ask your employees or trainees to complete this questionnaire and find out what they worry about most regarding their job.
  • The results provide recommendations for reducing job stress in your life.

4 steps

4-5 minutes

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Cost Per Hire Calculator

Sample Results for Cost Per Hire Calculator

What are your administrative, management, and operational costs when you hire people? We ask you questions about testing, interviewing, and other things. This human resource planning tool will give you a fairly accurate estimate of how much it costs each time you say "you're hired" to a new employee.

Objective of BizTool

Number of Steps

Estimated Time

To estimate employment costs

7 steps

4-5 minutes

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Human Resource Investment Calculator

Sample Results for Human Resource Investment Calculator

Do you really know what kind of investment you are making each time you hire someone in your company? We ask you questions about salary, benefits, training, and other things. This investment calculator will shed some light on how much you are really investing in employees during their first two years of employment.

Objective of BizTool

Number of Steps

Estimated Time

To estimate total investment in employees

7 steps

4-5 minutes

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Employee Turnover Calculator

Sample Results for Employee Turnover Calculator

Employee turnover is one of the best indicators of organizational health; high turnover usually is symptomatic of unhealthy management practices. But companies rarely spend time monitoring turnover in their jobs. Use this practical business tool for keeping track of your company's health and identifying parts of your organization where you experience the greatest pain.

Objective of BizTool

Number of Steps

Estimated Time

To estimate turnover rates and related costs

6 steps

4-5 minutes

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Employment Interview Evaluation

Sample Results for Employment Interview Evaluation

Most supervisors and managers have had no special training on conducting employment interviews. Complete this 30-item evaluation to check out how your beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge about employment interviews stack up against research findings. Learn how to interview and what you can do to kick the habit of conducting bad interviews.

Objective of BizTool

Number of Steps

Estimated Time

To learn more about structured interviews

4 steps

6-7 minutes

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Organizational Needs Analysis

Sample Results for Organizational Needs Analysis

Problems in organizations usually are quite complex. Sometimes it's difficult to determine exactly what should be done to solve them. After you answer the 40 items in this business tool, we will give you some general ideas regarding how to address problems involving employees. The results should give you a good starting point.

Objective of BizTool

Number of Steps

Estimated Time

To identify and prioritize organizational development issues

5 steps

6-7 minutes

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Job Condition Inventory

Sample Results for Job Condition Inventory

Job conditions are aspects of work that help to define a job or group of jobs. After you complete this 30-item job analysis, we'll create a "Profile of Success" for the job(s) of interest. You can use this profile to improve your job descriptions, recruitment ads, selection procedures, and employment interviews.

Objective of BizTool

Number of Steps

Estimated Time

To develop a "Profile of Success"

5 steps

5-6 minutes

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Sample Work Preferences Questionnaire

Sample Results for Work Preferences Questionnaire

Learn how we assess job-related personality traits by completing a sample Work Preferences Questionnaire™ (WPQ™). After you answer the 75 items in this questionnaire, you'll receive some interesting feedback about certain personality traits that are important for many jobs. This free personality test is comparable to our "short version" WPQs.

Objective of BizTool

Number of Steps

Estimated Time

To learn more about personality tests

6 steps

9-12 minutes

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