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New recruitment app will put candidates to the test


Sutton Coldfield-based software developers have created an app that will allow employers to see if future recruits can ‘walk the walk’. Orecor founders, husband and wife team Will and


New warden: Gary Wroe


Assay office warden is named


Birmingham Assay Office have appointed Gary Wroe, managing director of Hockley Mint, as their new trade warden following the retirement of long-serving David Doyle. Gary started his career at 16


working in the Merrell casting shop as an assistant and has climbed the company ladder gaining valuable knowledge and skills. Hockley Mint Ltd is a family run jewellery manufacturer, who specialise in wedding rings, engagement rings cast components, findings and precision engineered jewellery parts. With over 30 years’ experience,


Gary plays an active role in helping to advance the company in both the manufacturing and sales of the group. His hard work was rewarded in 2006 when he became the group managing director.


‘It is a great honour to be joining the wardens at the Birmingham Assay office’


In 2012, Gary joined as a co-


opted member the British Jewellery Association and was later elected as a member of the training committee. Two years later, Gary was made chairman of the British Jewellery Association, and played a vital role in assisting in the merger between the BJA and NAG. Gary said: “It is a great honour to


be joining the wardens at the Birmingham Assay office. I look forward to working the other wardens to drive the company from strength to strength.” Doug Henry, chief executive and


Assay Master, said: “Gary brings with him a wealth of trade experience that will undoubtedly go towards helping the growth of Birmingham Assay Office. “I would also like to express our


sincere thanks to David Doyle for his contributions to the business over the last several years as a Warden. He will be missed.”


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Clare Buggey (pictured), have designed and developed an online recruitment test for the accountancy and finance industry after experiencing frustration in recruitment. Mr Buggey, who formerly worked in finance, data


and business intelligence at Severn Trent and Genting Casinos, said that he endured disappointment too many times when appointing finance professionals. He explained: “Often we would see individuals


with top-notch CVs, excellent interview skills and an abundance of soft skills. However once candidates were appointed their technical skills didn’t always stand up to scrutiny. “Our online assessment tool


fills that gap in people assessment and allows employers to see if candidates can walk the walk – in terms of technical skills – as well as they talk the talk.” Orecor’s online assessment


tool challenges candidates to demonstrate their


Trail traces the path of historic engineer


A new James Watt Heritage Trail, to coincide with the Watt Bicentenary commemorations in Birmingham, has been launched by The Lunar Society – the pioneering ‘philosophical’ group of which Watt became a member when he moved to Birmingham in 1774. Available now from the Library


of Birmingham Tourist Information Centre, the heritage trail is one of more than 100 different activities and events taking place in Birmingham during 2019 to commemorate, celebrate and explore the life of engineer Watt (1736-1819) and his global legacy. Born in Greenock in Scotland in


1736, Watt moved to Birmingham in 1774 to enter into partnership with Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) to manufacture an improved steam engine that incorporated his innovation of the separate condenser. Watt, Boulton and other luminaries of the age used to meet regularly to discuss the issues and challenges of the day in a group that became known as The Lunar Society – so called because they


normally met on the evenings of the full moon. The trail takes two separate tours.


The city centre walk takes in a number of key venues with links to Watt including St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, the Library of Birmingham, the Birmingham Canal and St Paul’s Square. The out-of-town trail includes Thinktank, Edgbaston Old Church, St Mary’s Church, in Handsworth (where Watt is buried), Heathfield Hall gatehouse lodge and Aston Hall. Other Bicentenary


activities this year will include a major exhibition, Watt in the World, running from 12 July to 2 November at the Library of Birmingham and a new book on Watt and his life published by History West Midlands.


For more details about the Watt Bicentenary programme visit www.jameswatt2019.org


Celebration: Watt by Lawrence


technical competencies through a number of real- world work scenarios. Responses are then ‘marked’ using artificial intelligence, against a specific set of criteria parameters. Mr Buggey said: “Using artificial intelligence to


mark answers reduces the reliance on emotions when making recruitment decisions, and instead focuses on data to make decisions about recruitment. “This gives firms an extra layer of credibility,


taking away human error and provides tangible metrics to assess people for a job.” However, Clare Buggey reiterates that their online


assessment tool should be used in conjunction with traditional interviewing techniques, such as psychometric and personality testing, interviewing and ‘gut feeling’. She said: “We believe that this app


helps to facilitate a part of the recruitment process, the missing jigsaw piece in the recruitment puzzle. “That way, businesses can have


greater confidence in knowing that the person they employ is technically right for the job.”


For more information contact email: info@orecor.com, Tel: 0121 792 0916


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