Survey – Personality Assessment for Treasurers

As you might know, Treasurer Search uses the Treasurer Test as part of their services. Next to technical treasury knowledge, this assessment also measures the personality profile of the candidate.

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Treasurer Test Report: How does it work?

The Treasurer Test is an assessment tool that measures your technical knowledge in treasury, together with assessing your personality profile. This report is useful in matching you with a suitable treasury position, training or in team building. The Treasurer Test helps you to understand the treasury subjects in which you excel and those where (re)training might be considered.

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How to Use the Treasurer Test in Your Recruitment Process

Imagine having a valuable tool like the Treasurer Test at your disposal during the recruitment process. It can significantly enhance your approach and make it more efficient and effective. Here are three practical ways to leverage the Treasurer Test in your recruitment process:

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Plan your Treasury Career using the Treasurer Test

For a long time for most people, their career is something that more or less “happens”. Did you make a very thorough analysis choosing your university’s specialism? Was your first job the one you could get fastest? And how did you end up in treasury? This is kind of strange, given that a job, next to relation, children and house are life-defining decisions.

By Pieter de Kiewit, Treasurer Search
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The Interplay of Knowledge and Personality in the Treasurer Test

In the Treasurer Test, the Treasury Knowledge and Personality Traits sections don’t stand alone – they intertwine to reveal valuable insights. It’s a key tool we use at Treasurer Search to assess the fit between a candidate and a company. While it’s not the sole determinant, it helps confirm the alignment between expertise, skills, and personality traits, ensuring a more holistic evaluation. In this blog, Pieter explores some patterns we’ve observed in the Treasurer Test results that shed light on the dynamic relationship between knowledge and character.

By Pieter de Kiewit
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The Treasurer Test in action: A quick Q&A with one of our recent candidates

Welcome to our latest blog post, where we reveal the inspiring journey of a treasurer who decided to take on the challenge of the Treasurer Test. Wout van Wijlick, Manager of the Treasurer Test, went through with the candidate what motivated this person to embark on this journey and what they hoped to achieve with this venture.  Read more

Assessing the Qualities of a Good Treasurer

What makes someone a good treasurer? Is it their education, experience, personality or perhaps (most likely) a combination? There are a number of ways to assess. One can interview, check references and look at a candidate while he executes the function. In this blog, we will explore four popular, objective options, three of their specialized education, and one online assessment.

  • The Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) designation
  • Certificates in Treasury (offered by ACT)
  • The Registered Treasurer (RT) program
  • The Treasurer Test

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The most challenging part of the Treasurer Test for the students

The students of the Treasury Management minor program at Hogeschool Utrecht recently took the Treasurer Test for the first time and it was a challenging experience for the fourth-year HBO students. The results showed that there was one part of the Treasurer Test that students struggled with the most. Recently, via a poll, we asked treasurers which part of the Treasurer Test this was thought to be; will this be consistent with our findings? You can read more in this article.

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Students at Hogeschool Utrecht have completed project Treasurer Test

For the first time, students of the Treasury Management minor at Hogeschool Utrecht completed the Treasurer Test. For the fourth-year HBO students, this proved no easy task. For treasuryXL and its ambassador Pieter de Kiewit and marketing coordinator Wout van Wijlick, this was as much an experiment as it was for the Institute of Finance & Accounting at Hogeschool Utrecht. For both of us: a very successful pilot!

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Minor Treasury Management Hogeschool Utrecht will take the Treasurer Test

Recently, Wout van Wijlick of treasuryXL and Pieter de Kiewit of Treasurer Search traveled to Utrecht to visit the students of the Hogeschool Utrecht who are educated under the guidance of Frans Boumans. Goals were to combine a class about the treasury labour market with a, we think, very interesting experiment with the Treasurer Test. It turned out to be a great interactive session with this enthused group of students!

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