Training Skills: Developing Effective Assessment Centres

Course Overview

In any organisation no matter what size, recruiting the best people is of vital importance for future success. Developing and regularly using assessment centres as part of your recruitment process further enhances your chances of successfully recruiting top people. A well designed Assessment Centre is one of the most effective methods available for assessing individuals in both individual and group-based environments for successful selection or development. Time and again it has been shown that observing and assessing how people behave when asked to demonstrate 'real work' can be a most cost-effective way of measuring future productive work behaviour and potential.

Audience

This workshop has been designed for those who are looking for new ways to recruit and/or assess future talent. The training provides applicants with new and cost-effective techniques to assess candidates. The course will provide you with lots of new ideas and tools to help you find out if job applicants can do what they actually say they can do!

Skills Gained

• Provide you with all the skills you need to set up successful assessment/development centres in your organisation
• Use frameworks and models to identify what skills and competencies you are looking for
• Help you understand the specific features and benefits of a wide range of assessment tools
• Understand the logistics of setting up and managing successful assessment centres
• Understand the practicalities and potential pitfalls of using assessment centres
• To ensure success of all the future centres that you run in your business
• Develop or further enhance your skills in communication and relationship management

Course Outline

• What is an assessment centre?
• Personal and workshop objectives
• A brief history and the validity of the assessment centre method
• The potential uses of assessment/development centres and the differences between these two approaches
• Understanding the stages in designing and planning a successful assessment centres
• A detailed introduction to competencies and job analysis
• How to put together a range of simulation exercises
• Practical experience designing an assessment centre exercise matrix
• Understanding the logistics of running an assessment centre
• Getting to grips with the role of the Centre Manager
• Designing assessment/development centre timetables and centre documentation
• Briefing candidates and assessors
• Bespoke exercise design practice i.e. ensuring practicality and validity
• Facilitating communication and buy-in of the assessment centre method
• Next steps.