Success in an increasingly competitive, global marketplace requires recruiting and selecting world-class talent. Superior people create the ultimate competitive advantage - one that cannot be readily emulated by competitors. The Center helps clients implement valid and legally defensible selection strategies to enhance individual and team effectiveness, reduce turnover, and improve the bottom line. Selection strategies include:

VALIDATED PRE-EMPLOYMENT TESTING

• Demonstrates the ability of tests to predict actual job performance and help assure legal defensibility
• Can include custom test development or validation of off-the-shelf tests
• Delivers comprehensive documentation of validity to conform to EEOC requirements

COMPETENCY-BASED INTERVIEWING

• Provides a behaviorally based selection interviewing process aligned with your organization's core competencies
• Includes development of questions and objective interpretation guidelines
• Focuses on both core and job-specific competencies
• Includes interviewer training and train-the-trainer options
• Delivers customized interview guide

INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT

• Enables in-depth assessment for selecting or promoting management-level candidates tailored to the job and to the candidate
• Incorporates a battery of tests/questionnaires and an in-depth, competency-based interview to assess cognitive ability, emotional intelligence, team skills, leadership and management skills
• Delivers a comprehensive report that outlines candidates' backgrounds, strengths, developmental needs, placement recommendations and developmental plans

ASSESSMENT CENTERS

• Enable a comprehensive assessment of leadership and management competencies often used for promotional decision making, succession planning and leadership development
• Utilize a series of exercises (e.g., in-basket, team problem solving, employee counseling) to simulate actual job requirements
• Deliver in-depth reports on individuals and groups that indicate strengths, developmental needs, placement recommendations and developmental recommendations