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Assessment centres

An assessment centre is a recruitment selection process where the organisation assesses a group of candidates at the same time and place using a range of selection exercises.


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    RAD Awards open for entries, celebrating 25 years in recruitment communications

    by Rob Moss 22 Jul 2014
    by Rob Moss 22 Jul 2014

    Direct recruiters, recruitment agencies and HR teams that have produced outstanding recruitment campaigns...

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    First Advantage seeks European distribution partners

    by Personnel Today 4 Nov 2009
    by Personnel Today 4 Nov 2009

    First Advantage, a leading global supplier of skills assessment solutions, is looking to expand it’s European Distribution network.Suitable for both companies...

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    New Customer Service Situations (CSS) test launched to help recruiters find applicants “with a head for customer service”

    by Personnel Today 7 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 7 Oct 2009

    Finding customer service personnel who can be trusted to make the right judgement day in day out has just got...

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    Succeeding at Assessment Centres For Dummies book launches in bookstores in January

    by Personnel Today 17 Dec 2008
    by Personnel Today 17 Dec 2008

    Providing a rare focus, Succeeding at Assessment Centres For Dummies, is to launch at all good bookstores in January 2009....

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    Jobcentre Plus and Recruitment and Employment Confederation join forces

    by Guy Logan 17 Nov 2008
    by Guy Logan 17 Nov 2008

    Recruitment during the economic downturn has received a boost with a memorandum of understanding between Jobcentre Plus and the Recruitment...

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    Employers rate assessment centres as worth the high cost

    by Mark Crail 21 Aug 2007
    by Mark Crail 21 Aug 2007

    More than nine out of 10 employers using assessment centres believe they are a very (47%) or fairly (48%) effective...

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    Talent Labs creates purpose built assessment facility

    by Personnel Today 8 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 May 2007

    Recruitment company Chemistry has announced the launch of the UK’s first Talent Lab.Any one who’s ever interviewed will know how...

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    Talent Management: Getting the assessment right

    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2006
    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2006

    Attracting the right people is only one part of talent management. How they are measured against the organisation’s needs is...

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    Graduates screened by online psychometric tests to ensure property firm attracts best candidates

    by Mike Berry 3 Oct 2006
    by Mike Berry 3 Oct 2006

    Property adviser GVA Grimley has introduced online psychometric tests to enhance its graduate recruitment process.
    Each year the company receives...

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    Talk Talk firm set to double its workforce

    by Georgina Fuller 3 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 3 Oct 2006

    Carphone Warehouse is set to recruit its 1,000th member of staff in less than 12 months and is expecting to...

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    Ethnic minority applicants face discrimination at job interviews over experience and languages

    by Georgina Fuller 7 Jun 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 7 Jun 2006

    Job interview discrimination disadvantages ethnic minorities.

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    Assessment and Development Centres

    by Personnel Today 28 Mar 2006
    by Personnel Today 28 Mar 2006

    Assessment and Development CentresAuthors: Iain Ballantyne and Nigel PovahPrice: 55Pages: 220Publisher: GowerISBN: 0 566 08599 2Buy this book from AmazonThis...

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    McDonald’s saves £1.2m with recruitment overhaul

    by dan thomas 10 Jan 2006
    by dan thomas 10 Jan 2006

    McDonald's has achieved a 30% reduction in its 90-day staff turnover levels, leading to savings of £1.2m since overhauling its recruitment processes in April last year.

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    Cadbury Schweppes sees sweet success with online tests

    by dan thomas 8 Nov 2005
    by dan thomas 8 Nov 2005

    Confectionery giant Cadbury Schweppes says it has significantly improved the speed and efficiency of its graduate and management recruitment processes by introducing online verbal and numerical reasoning tests

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    Don’t undervalue subjective opinions

    by Personnel Today 31 May 2005
    by Personnel Today 31 May 2005

    I do not agree with Kevin Kerrigan’s inference that subjectivity is a bad thing (Personnel Today, 17 May). Objective assessment...

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