Assessment Centres

Assessment Centres

Assessment Centres allow employers to evaluate potential employees against required core competencies & skills, in a real time working simulation. Core competencies will be defined with the employer prior to the assessment (please see example of core competencies)

Assessment Centres usually take between 4-6 hours and allow organisations to group assess anything from 4 to 20 potential employees at any one time in any desired location across the UK. This service gives employers the opportunity to select the “right” employee based on performance & results instead of gut feel. Assessment Centres provide a relaxed environment where employers can assess existing performance and predict future job performance by assessing candidates accurately against desired key skills & competencies.

Suitable for all employers, Assessment Centres can help determine the right fit of personality & skills for that employer. We will identify and incorporate your company’s desired key skills & competencies into each Assessment Centre, keeping in-line with your company’s recruitment strategy. Allow us to add value to your already successful recruitment procedures, by assessing accurately each potential employee in one session for a one off fee. This offers tremendous value for money if you are recruiting single or multiple positions.

Assessment Centres reflect the reality of the job and the organisation. New recruits have high expectations of their job and disappointment can be a destructive influence. Research has also shown that job seekers who attend Assessment Centres are impressed by that company, even if they are rejected. Attendance at an Assessment Centre can help the candidate to assess working for the organisation.

We will develop, build and staff each Assessment Centre. Shadow UK assessors will observe record, classify and rate behaviour of the candidates, objectively against the job description and person specification. This we present to the employer along with our recommendations at the end of the Assessment Centre in the form of a round up meeting.

Hiring decisions made on gut feel - 67% of interviewers form opinions on the suitability of a candidate in 1 hour while it is evident that template recruitment methods are being used – 8 out of 10 companies are still using a ‘one size fits’ all approach to hiring. Assessment Centres or variations on standard recruitment methods can counter-act this approach.

In a recent CIPD survey, 34% of employers surveyed had used Assessment Centres, whilst 59% base their hiring and firing decisions on gut feel alone. One of the strengths of Shadow UK Assessment Centres is that they allow a broader range of selection methods to be used in the recruitment process.

Effective Recruitment Should Be:

• Attact the Candidate

• Impress the Candidate

• Select the Candidate

• Recruit the Candidate

Our Assessment Centre Solutions addresses all of the mentioned factors.

Hiring Managers and Job Seekers interact throughout the day long process and that gives many opportunities for both parties to explore those issues not normally covered during the traditional interview process.

At the end of the Assessment Day you should see exactly who has stood out from the crowd and this makes your decision even easier.

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