How to design and conduct an effective assessment day

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Assessment centres allow you to interview several candidates in one day and see considerably more behaviours and characteristics than you would in conducting a one hour interview. The assessment centre process must be a positive experience for the candidates involved as they will be assessing you as a company too. First impressions count on both […]

The do’s and don’ts of a second interview

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Second interviews are not always essential – I have made successful hires from first interviews, having identified and assessed the key traits and experience I wanted the candidate to demonstrate at the first stage. However this is often not the case; despite utilising experienced interviewers who probe in all the right places, second interviews are […]