Recruitment

Tell me about a time when… What are your strengths and weaknesses? Followed by ‘would you consider hiring X again?’ are all good and well but as a complete recruitment process there are a lot of limitations with this approach. I say this because anyone these days can google good interview responses and enlist their mate to act as a referee. If you really want to ascertain candidates’ skill competency levels and personality match for the role and organisation, skill and psychometric testing are a must.

Techniques I employ to secure the best candidate include skill and psychometric testing tailored for specific roles, industries and seniority levels. I also use case studies and mock working scenarios as a back up to gain a complete picture of their skills, attributes and knowledge.

I am very adept at large scale recruitment projects and will happily design and facilitate assessment centres which include the above as well as group problem solving activities.

Please refer to my article ‘Progressing Recruitment to the Next Level’ for further information on these testing techniques.

If you want to be involved with the interviewing and skill testing, I will not only offer a professional but a fun service as well. I also have techniques to tap into the passive recruitment market. Rather than limiting the talent pool to current job seekers, I can open this up to highly skilled professionals who are not looking for new roles but could be enticed to apply. I have tailored options to best suit your budget and recruitment needs.