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Assessment Centre Success is your road map to mastering the skills, exercises and challenges that you'll be faced with when trying to secure that prized job offer.
An Assessment Centre can be daunting: you are likely to face a full day of challenging exercises, tests and skilled competitors. However, with the right level of practice and preparation, you will be able to confidently tackle whatever employers may throw at you.
Written by experienced Assessment Centre planner, Tony Weightman, Assessment Centre Success contains a bank of practice exercises and insider tips to help you succeed. Individual exercises are covered, including how to deliver good presentations, reports, interviews and analysis under pressure as well as group exercises such as problem solving and team presentations. Expert guidance on how to demonstrate the key skills employers are looking for helps you understand how to show yourself in the best possible light under challenging circumstances: including leadership, team work, industry knowledge, keeping calm under pressure, decision making, analytical skills, confidence and communication skills.
Sommario
- Section - 00: Introduction;
- Section - 01: What is an assessment centre?;
- Section - 02: What employers are looking for;
- Section - 03: How will it work?;
- Section - 04: How to prepare for an assessment centre;
- Section - 05: Individual exercises: communication;
- Section - 06: Individual exercises: analysis;
- Section - 07: Group exercises;
- Section - 08: Psychometric tests;
- Section - 09: The interview;
- Section - 10: Dealing with difficulties and how to perform on the day;
- Section - 11: Gaining feedback after the event;
- Section - 12: Conclusion;
- Section - Appendix 1: Model answer for identifying skills from a job description;
- Section - Appendix 2: Model answer for written report 1;
- Section - Appendix 3: Model answer for written report 2;
- Section - Appendix 4: Presentation planning template;
- Section - Appendix 5: Example of presentation feedback using POOSA;
- Section - Appendix 6: Model answer for in-tray prioritization exercise;
Info autore
Tony Weightman has over 30 years' experience as an HR consultant for major organizations including GSK, Nestle, Virgin Atlantic and Transport for London. He has developed and run assessment centres for some of the UK's largest organizations across several industries including food, engineering, hospitality and the charity sector, as well as for MBA candidate development.
Riassunto
Perform well and land that dream job with this bank of real assessment centre exercises, including both individual and group activities.
Prefazione
Provides essential practice for all aspects of the Assessment Centre, including individual exercises, interviews, group exercises, presentations and psychometric testing
Relazione
"At last a practical and insightful guide to making the most of your opportunity at an assessment centre - a must-read." Sue Ormerod, Regional Director, Nigel Wright Recruitment
