As part of your recruitment process Advocate is able to provide assessment centres. Assessment centres are a process not a place. Generally, it comprises of a number of exercises or simulations which are designed to replicate the tasks and demands of the job for which a candidate is being considered. The exercises or simulations are designed for the candidate to undertake them either on their own or in a group. During the exercises they are observed by assessors.

We provide a complete process for conducting an Assessment Centre, from design and delivery services, competency matrix design, assessor training, exercise design and testing.  Even if an organisation has no prior experience of this most effective assessment method we can design and manage the whole process from scratch using either our own established procedures and assessment tools, or designing entirely new and highly organisationally relevant systems and exercises.

Our assessment centres stress the developmental aspect of assessment. This means we use a collaborative approach; this involves the individual actively participating in the process rather than being a passive recipient. A lot of the assessment work done is carried out by the participants themselves and the major function of the centre is to provide the participants with feedback that is as much developmental as judgmental in nature.