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Psychobitesize - Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover
There are several issues associated with our brains outstanding ability to make judgements:
Read More »Psycho Bite Size - Sports Psychology
Sports psychologists workwith predominantly professional athletes and sports people to improve their performance through mental training. This is usually in addition to themworking with a coach who helps them to perfect their technique or increasetheir strength stamina and physical fitness. The belief here is that it is asmuch your mental and psychological preparation than your actual fitness.
Read More »Talent Labs Improve Recruitment Accuracy by over 20%
Training and Development managers are becoming frustrated by the inadequate facilities provided by hotels and their own offices. They are growing increasingly demanding, looking for tools such as the provision of psychometric testing facilities onsite and a suite of perfect interview rooms. The scarcity of suitable venues is reducing the impact of the training received by the delegates and reducing the accuracy of recruitment by as much as 20% according to management consultancy Chemistry. Roger Philby, CEO of Chemistry explains, “Candidates and hiring managers at assessment centres are fed up with accepting poor standards. They want a smoothly run focused day, and not one worrying about whether the candidate is going to get lost on the way to the loo! They just want a great experience. That’s what you get at the Talent Labs.” The catalyst for HR managers raising their expectations was Talent Labs, a high quality interview, development and assessment facility custom built by successful talent management consultancy Chemistry in 2007. Located in the Thames Valley it has found a market that has been crying out for change.
Read More »Chemistry holds Master Class on Recruitment Accuracy
The topic for this Master Class was Accuracy in Recruitment. It showed the participants a number ofpractical tips and real world options around best practice. The event also looked at various case studies involving Chemistry’s own Consulting work.
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