LEARNING partners uses recruitment and selection systems and recruitment and selection tools as part of its learning and development consultancy.

"It has been a delight to work with LEARNING partners over the last few years. Assessment centres hace been organised very efficiently despite all the complexity involved. Your team all have outstanding people skills and have been of invaluable assistance with the very many hiring decisions we have made. I very much hope that we can continue to work with you."

Andrew Minter, Manager, Software Operations, Carrier Data Services, Nortel Europe.

 All companies want their managers to recruit people who will excel at their jobs and stay with the company. If the wrong decision is made, there are significant costs incurred, including recruitment costs, productivity costs, training costs, lost opportunity costs, (which in the case of salespeople can be in the region of £2 million per year) as well as there being a detrimental affect on morale. To reduce this business risk and increase the credibility of the decisions made, it is vital that companies make the right decisions when recruiting and don't rely purely on 'gut feel'.

To make the right decisions it is important firstly to have clarity about what is required and secondly to have a proper assessment process to ensure the people being recruited match the requirements. Furthermore, using a professional selection process will help attract the best people and will ensure that the company does not fall foul of the extensive industrial legislation, which can be both costly and damaging to the image of the organisation.

Given the large potential cost and risk associated with recruitment it is important to get it right first time every time. Introducing clarity and process will give significant return-on-investment. It introduces people who get into full production rapidly, fit in well with their colleagues and bring ideas and enthusiasm to the organisation.

LEARNING partners has a great deal of experience in helping companies define their requirements by using a variety of tools such as competencies, role profiling, and person specification, and then assess against these requirements using processes such as criteria-based interviewing, situation-based interviewing, assessment centres, psychometric tests, personality profiling and other assessment techniques. Of course, once you have the right people, it is important to ensure that you continue to get the best from them and LEARNING partners can help you continue to maximise the performance of your people with a comprehensive training; and development; programmes.

With the right recruitment and development programmes, LEARNING partners will help you find the best and refine the rest.

LEARNING partners uses recruitment and selection systems and recruitment and selection tools as part of its learning and development consultancy.