Assessment Centres and Development Centres are powerful techniques for measuring competency in a variety of job roles. Whether it be through Assessment Centres, widely used in personnel selection and promotion, or through Development Centres, where the focus is on providing feedback to the person to assist development planning, our expertise can provide appropriate support!

Typically, our approach to assessment and development centres involves:

• Design or refinement of the organisation’s competency model
• Selection and/or design of assessment centre exercises (psychometric, interview-based, analysis exercises, group exercises etc.)
• Training of assessors/observers
• Briefing the participants
• Facilitatiing the centre with support from in-house assessors
• Reviewing outcomes, preparing reports and providing feedback
• Evaluating the centre (did it work? what were participants’ reactions? etc.)
• Following through on development planning in the case of development centre participants

How can SR&A help?
We have been involved in the design and implementation of Assessment and Development Centres for all levels of employees in a wide range of organisations. Our expertise in competency specification, exercise design, and the detailed planning of assessment and development centres enables us to provide total, tailored solutions to meet clients’ needs.

We also publish a range of tried and tested exercises including: in-tray, group discussion & negotiation, role play and analysis exercises.

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