Assessment and development centres
Using assessment centres to help recruit the best employees
Assessment centres provide recruiters with an excellent tool to help select the very best employees. A typical assessment centre will consist of a range of assessment tools (tests, group exercises, role plays etc.). Each tool will help to assess one or more key characteristics that are required of the successful applicant.
The OPC has over 30 years of helping UK and international clients to get the best out of their assessment centres. We help with designing, running and evaluating assessment centres. We also train our clients to run their assessment centres in house. Our own scientific research has demonstrated the link between performance at an assessment centre and subsequent performance in training and on the job. So assessment centres can really add value.
Developing your people potential using development centres
As employees we all have the opportunity to improve and be better in how we work. Development centres are an excellent tool for helping employees to identify their strengths and areas for development, for the benefit of the individual employee and the organisation. Development centres are akin to assessment centres. They consist of a range of assessment tools to help assess key personal characteristics required for success within the role. However the results from the development centre are used purely for developmental purposes with the individual employees to help them grow, improve and develop. Development centres have been used successfully with frontline employee’s right through to board members.
To review some articles and case studies of our assessment and development centres, please click below:
- The OPC develops innovative hands-on practical exercises for rail apprentice recruitment, December 2023
- Driving diversity in bus apprenticeship recruitment, October 2023
- Key leadership skills for great Driver Managers (DM), May 2023
- Streamlining depot driver recruitment, February 2023
- Special skills ... or just special people? What makes a really outstanding train driver?, April 2021
- Leading Lights in Light rail, February 2021
- Helping a US client to recruit best & safest Locomotive Engineers using our online Bureau Service, February 2020
- Using executive assessment centres to recruit the very best person, March 2017
- Using strength based questionnaires to make selection more effective and efficient, March 2017
If you would like to know more about how we could assist you with your assessment and development centres then contact the OPC today.