The first use of assessment centers dates back to World War I when Germany used the method to select their officers. During World War II, the practice was adopted by the United States' Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to help them objectively select both military and...
Find out more about headhunting, the precision recruitment method, in the cartoon made by our partner SYDO (education consultancy). Because executives and senior managers have specific skills and requirements, they also have a specific employment market. With unemployment below 5%, there is almost full employment among professionals at executive level, which means they do not...
About TNT Express France To identify the key skills and potential of operational managers at TNT Express France, Apostrof developed a tailor-made assessment programme run as an assessment center. TNT Express is one of the world’s largest express delivery companies. On a daily basis, TNT Express delivers close to one...
About Pierre & Vacances Center Parcs Group Formed in 1967, the Pierre & Vacances Center Parcs Group is the European leader in local tourism. With its other tourism brands – Pierre & Vacances, Pierre & Vacances premium, Center Parcs, Sunparks, Aparthotels Adagio and Maeva – the Group now operates a portfolio...
You’ve found the perfect candidate, and following a number of interviews with them, you’d like to take the process further. So, what about running an assessment center? What actually lies behind the title? Following on from personality tests, assessment centers reached French shores in the...
Assessment centers are an assessment technique using simulations to assess a person’s skills and potential. The assessment process is based on real-life situations and on observing behaviour in workplace scenarios to predict a person’s chances of success in a particular post (as part of a recruitment and/or internal mobility process) and that...
The assessment center is a technique used for skills assessment and for detecting potential using role-play situations. At Apostrof, we often use this technique for assessing candidates. In the article Behind the scenesof an Apostrof Assessment Center we looked at the key points of this type of...
Do you need clearer vision when recruiting internally or externally? Would you like to have a proper diagnosis of an employee’s skills and potential? Based upon the Assessment Center methods, Apostrof's methodology involves setting up a series of exercises closely resembling the working environment of a particular job,...
Recruitment, internal mobility, skills development… there are many situations in which a detailed assessment of the professional skills and behaviour of employees and/or candidates is required. Using Apostrof’s professional role play exercises, you can find out about your employees’/candidates’ strengths and the areas they need to work on. Produce a...
About SIGVARIS France SIGVARIS is the world leader in the manufacture of compression and medical socks, tights and stockings. With its parent company based in Winterthur, this family-run Swiss group has 1,450 employees in nine subsidiaries throughout the world, and sales of around €200 million. Its subsidiary SIGVARIS SAS is responsible for the...
