Reduce Recruitment Errors with Assessment Centres

Identifying the most talented people is a complex challenge that requires robust process and tools, not only to discover external talent but also to unlock the potential talent within.  Building the value of human capital starts with discovering the right people.   People also need to learn continuously and transform their business behaviours in order to develop and sustain their asset value.  Growing human capital involves continuous transformation of human assets so that right people stay right by choice.  Assessment and Development Centres offer a flexible approach to meeting these two challenges of talent management by focusing on discovering and transforming.

Why Use Assessment Centres to Discover Talent?

• Assessment centres can predict accurately how well a person will perform in a new role
• Since it is a standardised process, all candidates have the same opportunity to show their ability on the same basis
• Due to multiple assessors, assessment centres are far more objective than selection interviews, which may rely solely on the views of one person
• Assessment centres allow all candidates to demonstrate a range of abilities in realistic and relevant simulation exercises, giving employers a more rounded view of each individual
• Assessment centres can give all candidates an equal opportunity to succeed irrespective of their ethnicity, gender, age, or disability
• Assessment centres project a highly professional image of an employer
• Assessment centres can help employers to reduce the risk and costs of selecting or promoting the wrong people

Why Use Development Centres to Transform Talent?

• Development centres have proven success in diagnosing individuals’ strengths and ‘gaps’ in relation to a set of competencies providing a platform for future development
• Depending on the objective, Development centres can be used to pinpoint emerging talent with high potential
• Development centres provide an objective and fair means of helping people to benchmark their own effectiveness in a safe learning environment
• Development centres send a clear signal of the organisations commitment to investing in learning and development

What Do OPRA Offer?

• A comprehensive range of over 200 talent discovery / transformation tools to populate your assessment / development centre
• Customisable assessment / development centres to help you select the right graduates / specialists / technicians, managers and executives
• Invaluable experience in designing and delivering assessment and development centres for all levels of management in all business functions
• A varied range of post-centre learning support and solutions

Want To Know More?

	To find out what exercises are availalbe, or what exercise is most appropriate for your purposes, click here to be redirected to our A&DC Exercise Selector website
	Do you want to learn about the seven key success factors for effective Assessment Centres, click here to read about the defining factors from a recent article in Employment Today
	To learn about how other organisations are using Assessment Centres worldwide, click here to download the latest International Survey of Assessment Centre Practices
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