Recruitment and Psychometrics
Organisations are increasingly recognising the importance of adopting a rigorous and well-designed recruitment programme to ensure that the right people are being selected and developed. At QED we believe that an effective recruitment process is essential to ensuring that the right people are being selected and developed in the appropriate way.
Effective recruitment begins with identifying and then selecting for those behaviours that an employee needs in order to perform excellently in their role. At QED we achieve this through conducting a job analysis and identifying the core competencies i.e., the key skills and qualities that might be expected of a successful employee. This process allows us to then map the “core critical competencies” for the organisation and the post as well as the “competences” (what the person is able to do).
Establishment of the core competencies is the basis of any assessment process and enables us to design a range of robust and rigorous selection tools including competency based interviews and Assessment Centres which we use against validated psychometric tests as appropriate, measured against an organisation’s competencies.
Defining the desired competencies not only allows an organisation to identify and seek these throughout the recruitment process, they also offer an agreed and unambiguous measure for performance appraisal, personal development, coaching, training and succession planning.
Key Services:
- Assessment Centre
- Assist in the preparation of job descriptions.
- Job Analysis: Devise person specifications and competency profiles. / Core Competency Profiling.
- Prepare and place advertisements.
- Sift applications against competency profiles and identify shortlists of candidates for interview or for an Assessment Centre.
- Carry out competency based interviews, in conjunction with your own managers if required.
- Design and run Assessment Centres, including Psychometric and Ability Testing
- Carry out, or assist at, final interviews using the competency profile to probe past experience, technical skills and to follow up areas of concern identified at the Assessment Centre.
- Psychometrics
- Assessor Training
Other related services:
- Career and Succession Management
- HR Strategy and Organisational Planning
- Interim Management
"We now use QED Consulting regularly to help us recruit - the recruitment team understand what we need and work with us to help us get a full and rounded picture of applicants' strengths and weaknesses as these relate to the requirements of the post. The value for us in using QED's Assessment Centre approach is not just in selecting the best applicants - it also provides a foundation for both the initial and the continuing training and development of the successful applicants."