How to handle Assessment Challenges
With each assessment process there will be candidates who are relieved at the outcome, those who are disappointed but accept the decision, and those who wish to challenge an unsuccessful result.
What does two years of the Career Progression Gateway tell us about FRS performance?
First launched in 2019, the VCA Ltd Career Progression Gateway online assessments haves now been used by 8 FRS from Firefighter Recruit up to Strategic Manager
How to build coaching into your feedback sessions
Here are our best tips for helping you get the most out of the opportunity to share information with, and gain insights from, your promotions candidates.
Feature – CPG in practice – September Edition
Taking the CPG in-house – how does it work using internal assessors?
Applying the CPG to other roles- assessing on-call, control room and other staff
When a team works well, can you make it even better?
The chances are, your team already works pretty well. But could it be better? Here’s how to find out.
13 great communication behaviours leaders can demonstrate everyday
How you communicate can influence how others do in return. So if you want your team to continually improve their communications, it might be time to look at your own style....
Feature – CPG in practice – May Edition
Using the data to assess your organisation’s LQ strengths and development areas
High-volume assessments – assessing 100+ candidates in a week with the CPG
A Year Review – Shropshire Fire & Rescue Case Study
An innovative new way to assess candidates for promotion – 12 months on, has it worked?
Your 8-step must-read guide for assessment exercise design
There are a variety of exercises commonly used for assessments and these can include role-plays, written exercises (including reports, in-trays, case studies and analysis exercises), fact-finding exercises, presentations/ briefings and group exercises.
How to get best value from telephone feedback sessions?
With more and more of our work now being done remotely, how can we make sure candidates are getting as much from a phone feedback as they do from a face to face interaction?Feedback fairly quickly after an assessment is incredibly useful [...]