Assessment
Return on Assessment
How confident are you that you have a watertight assessment process? Is each and every element ‘pulling its weight’ and adding value in some way? Ben Williams, Managing Director at business psychologist firm, Sten 10, looks at ways that organisations are trying to judge this, and offers some practical tips for you to try yourself…
What is meant by ‘assessment’? ‘Assessment’ is a broad term, but for the purposes of this article we will take it to include any method that is used to gain an insight into a graduate’s capabilities for recruitment, promotion or development purposes. Typically this includes elements such as application forms, interviews, psychometric tests and simulations, such as role plays, group exercises, in-trays.
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What is meant by ‘value’? Firstly: what do we mean by ’value’? Better quality work outputs? Increased employee tenure? Improved morale? Or just the cold, hard financial return on investment?
Why do you want to prove the value of an assessment? Are you wishing to introduce a new assessment process and wish to demonstrate its value in
order to get budget sign off? Or do you have a specific campaign that is being delivered and you wish to prove its value after it has been implemented? These questions will affect the type of information you would wish to use.
Finally, ‘value to whom?’ The key stakeholders who would benefit from a good assessment process could be:
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