Investment Rating - The report does not explicitly provide an investment rating for the industry or the companies involved Core Insights - The study confirms a strong conceptual alignment between ACT's WorkKeys Talent assessment and WorkKeys Essential Skills assessment, indicating that the validity evidence from the Talent assessment can support the interpretation of the Essential Skills assessment [11][39] - Five of the six WKES constructs (Work Ethic, Collaboration, Resilience, Creativity, and Leadership) achieved strong pairings with their corresponding Talent constructs, while Integrity did not show significant alignment [39][40] Summary by Sections Alignment Analysis - Eleven subject matter experts evaluated 72 pairings of Talent and WKES constructs, with high alignment scores observed for Collaboration with Cooperation (2.9), Creativity with Creativity (3.0), Leadership with Influence (2.9), Resilience with Stability (3.0), and Work Ethic with Discipline (3.0) [16][21] - The average-measure intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for the overall alignment was excellent at .946, indicating stable consensus ratings among experts [27][43] Constructs Overview - The Talent assessment measures 12 personality traits linked to workplace performance, while the WKES assessment measures six essential skills, with five aligning with the Big Five personality model [2][9] - Constructs such as Work Ethic, Resilience, and Collaboration showed strong alignment with their Talent counterparts, while Integrity and Savvy did not achieve high alignment [39][40] Reliability and Validity - The study highlights that the WKES framework is well-aligned with the Talent framework, providing a potential pathway to leverage the validation research of the Talent assessment for the WKES [39][44] - Notable discrepancies were found in the alignment of Integrity and Savvy, suggesting a need for further review and potential refinement of these constructs [33][40]