July 2007 Newsletter - QED Consulting

This Month...

Welcome to September’s edition of QED Consulting’s E bulletin. With the classroom doors re-opening many parents with young children can look forward to less tiring days back at work whilst those with older children may be thinking about university fees! In the natural order of things there is also another generation of school leavers and graduates about to enter the world of work and so in this month’s E bulletin we explore some of the related issues; Selection and Educational Recruitment; thought provoking comments on the student selection process. Psychometrics – recently there has been much debate in the media and within professional circles regarding the value of psychometric tools in the recruitment process. People in organisations - should we develop our organisation around our people or people around the organisation? QED Consulting top tips for effective recruitment. This E bulletin will take just a few minutes of your time and we promise you it will be time well spent and really enjoyable too!

Selection - and Educational Recruitment Maybe you have a child just about to embark on A-levels, or even to apply to University? How well do you think this application process will be managed, and how fairly? We are thankfully not involved professionally in this process at QED Consulting. But one of our principle interests is in identifying organisations’ essential requirements for ‘core corporate competences’ in their management staff (ie the underlying personal qualities and skills that will help make their organisation special and successful), in matching these competencies with both candidates for new posts and of course their existing management cadre in promoting their future development. Read more...

The Truth About Psychometrics Psychometric testing is an area that regularly provokes debate. Are they useful? When should they be used? Which ones are really valid? Anyone who has read the article “Want a job? Let’s play mind games” recently published in the Sunday Times will have read an attempt by a journalist to present a ‘balanced’ view on Psychometrics. As an Occupational Psychologist for whom these tests are a useful and valid support to my work with clients, I would like to counter the somewhat cynical attitude of the journalist which is unfortunately fairly representative of many people’s views on the use of Psychometric testing in selection and development. So here is a Psychologist’s eye view of the issue… Read more...

People in Organisations: The Chicken or the Egg? Jeremy Thorn, President of QED Consulting and experienced Non-Executive Director of a wide range of businesses, asks if jobs should be matched to the individuals available, or should individuals be matched to the jobs? His suggested answer raises six more questions – and a clear way forward. Read more...


Top Tips – Effective Recruitment Decide if you really need to recruit. Alternatives might be internal promotion, sub-contracting, interim-management, job reorganisation or restructuring. Write a clear Job Description. This should include a Job Title, to whom this post will report and who in turn might report to this post (by job titles rather than name), the overall scope of the job, primary detailed tasks that will be measured in performance, and add: ‘any other duties that might reasonably be required’ Read more...

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