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Skills Testing

No matter how effective the recruitment process, selecting the right candidate is a crucial decision to gain the desired improvement in service and performance and minimise the risk of expensive replacement costs.

CJA is able to provide clients with specialist expertise in all aspects of assessing the capability and suitability of candidates including:

1. Defining key competencies;
2. Skills testing at short or long list stage;
3. Designing and administering assessment centres;
4. 1:1 executive assessment;
5. transition coaching for successful candidates; and
6. training in-house interviewers, assessors and test administrators

Making use of a wide range of best practice, psychometric tests and questionnaires and job simulation exercises, we offer a bespoke service tailored to meet your specific requirements.

DEFINING KEY COMPETENCIES

We will analyse the job, your organisation and the context to ensure that selection criteria are comprehensive, focused and forward-looking.

SKILLS TESTING

Using market-leading ability and aptitude tests and a range of job simulations exercises, we provide an objective, rigorous and cost-effective method of short-listing candidates as well as testing at final interview stage.

Tests range from data interpretation and verbal evaluation through to in-box simulations and tests for creativity and high level strategic skills.

ASSESSMENT CENTRES

With extensive experience of designing and managing assessment centres from _ day to 3 days, we offer a robust and highly effective method to select candidates where several appointments are being made to the same post.

1:1 EXECUTIVE ASSESSMENT

We prepare a detailed candidate profile report using a tailored mix of ability tests, personality and motivation questionnaires and work simulations. Suitable for senior appointments for preferred or short-listed candidates.

TRANSITION COACHING

The valuable information gathered about candidates during the assessment process is used to brief line managers and coach new job holders so that they make a smooth and successful transition into the organisation.

TRAINING IN-HOUSE INTERVIEWERS, ASSESSORS AND TEST ADMINISTRATORS

As well as administering the process on your behalf, we are also able to work with clients to develop in-house capability so that you can work alongside us during the assessment process or manage it yourself.