A Practical Guide to Assessment Centres and Selection Methods: Measuring Competency for Recruitment and Development (Hardcover)

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Key Phrases: analytical thinking, assessor skills, effective selection art, Interpersonal Skill, Ian Taylor, The Role of Psychometric Instruments (more...)

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"Activities are simple and easy to use within short time frames...The book is aimed at human resource and recruitment practitioners." SciTech Book News

Product Description

This book provides advice and tools to effectively introduce, design, and deliver assessment centers in an organization.  A "how to" manual, it runs through every aspect of running an assessment center, from pre-briefing an organization to the event, the feedback, and the evaluation.  The focus throughout is on assessing supervisory and first-line management staff, and Ian Taylor writes with the busy HR and recruitment practitioner in mind.

 

Taylor includes a sample framework specifically designed for use at assessment centers and tips for sourcing and developing individual frameworks. He also examines the key criteria used to guide the choice of selection tools in organizations and compares assessment centers with other commonly used methods.

 

A free CD ROM contains exercises such as role play, in-tray prioritizing, analytical report writing and group problem solving, with advice on which exercises to use to assess each competence.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Kogan Page (November 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749450541
• ISBN-13: 978-0749450540
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,342,872 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A how to guide for professionals invovled with hiring selection and employee development, May 23, 2008

By	Craig Matteson (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This book is for a subset of those professionals involved in hiring and employee development. If you need to use assessments (both psychometric and assessment activities) this book is designed as a "how to" guide for you. The author, Ian Taylor, is an occupational psychologist and is chartered with the British Psychological Society and is a member of the chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. As I read through the book I was struck by how much he favors assessment activities over any kind of testing. Maybe there is more employment opportunity in training people how to run these activities well than in creating and selling written psychometric exams. By the way, the term `centre' is used in the way we Americans might use the word suite or battery (as in a battery of tests).

Half of the book talks about the assessment process and how to administer them. The second half of the book provides a series of activities you can use for selection and employee development. These activities are also provided on the accompanying CD in PDF files.

This is not for general readers, but may be just the ticket for the right HR professional.

Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI