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Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) signed an agreement with Profiles International - Arabia, which will allow it to provide profiling assessment tests and services in Bahrain. The strategic business partnership agreement signing took place at GAA's premises in Bahrain.
With this agreement, GAA will be the first provider of this service in Bahrain and will also be able to promote and provide profiling assessment services in Qatar, Oman and Saudi.
As part of the agreement, Profiles International - Arabia will train and certify GAA personal and ensure they are well versed with Profiles 12 assessment tools and will also provide all the necessary support required to ensure successful implementation of its assessment solutions.
Profiling assessment services (psychometrics) is the discipline concerned with the measurement of psychological variables such as cognitive abilities, behaviours and personal interests of the candidate. It can provide the end user with an insight of the employee's thinking style, communication, decision-making capability and leadership proximity.
Khalil Amin, head of marketing and business development at GAA, said: "We are excited about partnering with Profiles International - Arabia on this new venture. The profiling assessment service will prove very useful for screening and selecting candidates for our various aviation programmes.
"Our plan is to expand on this capability and provide tailor-made profiling services to other aviation and non-aviation companies in the region to enable them make informed decisions on a much broader level."
Mohamad Shurrab, co-founder and CEO of Profiles International - Arabia said: "This agreement is very significant for us in terms of increasing our presence in Bahrain and throughout the GCC. We are very keen to move forward with GAA through training and full support to their team. We are confident GAA will help students and corporate organisations in the region identify, utilise and develop their talents."
Profiles International - Arabia identifies competency gaps and provides profile coaching reports to fix those gaps. It also provides leading interviewing questions for selection process as well as auto mapping whereby it compares one person's capabilities against many jobs and compares many candidates against one job to get the best fit candidate for the job at hand.
