Incorporatewear
Incorporatewear understands that appropriate, stylish, corporate clothing can not only reinforce a client’s brand image but also positively influence employee morale. The greatest prize for both employer and employee is found, however, when the right people are in the right jobs. The cost of recruitment is high but replacement costs higher still: ensuring the correct fit in all senses is vital.
Incorporatewear takes this message to heart and, for its own recruitment needs, seeks independent and objective assessments of candidates’ abilities.
“Naturally we review our candidates’ CVs, interview them and discuss their achievements,” comments Chris Wood, a director of Incorporatewear, “but to complement these processes we believe a truly objective picture can only be achieved only through psychometric testing. We want to know whether potential employees really are in the right job and, importantly, if they have the potential to succeed.”
As a result Incorporatewear has, over the last year, been using the services of WorkLife Associates, in order to assess the abilities of its candidates.
“We find WorkLife responsive, efficient and willing to help,” continues Chris. “We really value their input and, in a year of exceptional success, they have helped us in the recruitment of some outstanding individuals to bolster our commercial operation.”
And WorkLife are similarly pleased with the relationship. “We’re delighted to help Incorporatewear find quality candidates. We provide services to a wide range of local government and commercial clients and we’re very proud to be able to include Incorporatewear in our growing portfolio.”
About Incorporatewear
Incorporatewear specialises in the design, supply and distribution of corporate clothing across a range of business sectors: it excels at servicing brand-conscious clients who demand the highest levels of practicality, style and fit. Consequently the company maintains a portfolio of clients which includes Barclays Bank, HSBC, Stagecoach, Rolls-Royce and Premier Inn. Recently Incorporatewear has complemented its design-led corporatewear offering with a broad range of workwear, casual wear and PPE through Inworkwear, a web-based initiative. Incorporatewear also follows rigorous ethical trading policies which allow it to comply with the most demanding CSR requirements.
Visit the websites: www.incorporatewear.co.uk and www.inworkwear.com
The Improvement & Development Agency
WorkLife developed a generic assessment centre for the IDeA to help with an extensive recruitment programme for Consultants. After developing a set of pragmatic, user friendly competencies for the roles, WorkLife designed a new assessment centre. The centre was composed of both bespoke exercises which WorkLife developed after consultation with the IDeA, backed with one ‘off-the shelf’ exercises and appropriate aptitude and personality tests. WorkLife then ran a series of London and regional based one-day centres. WorkLife trained a team of IDeA line managers to assess at the centres alongside WorkLife assessors, ensuring that IDeA would have ownership of the process. The centres produced strong candidates for final short listing and have been specifically praised by the HR team at IDeA for their “high predictive validity”.
PCL Air Technology
PCL Air Technology Ltd is a major designer, manufacturer and distributor of tyre inflation equipment, air distribution and air line technology worldwide. After a re-structuring of the senior management team and Board, WorkLife was assigned to produce a detailed, qualitative staff survey. The survey focused upon gaining an understanding of managers’ and staff’s behaviours relating to such issues as: Customer Service; Change; Communication; Leadership Style and Strategic Direction. After detailed one to one and group interviews, WorkLife presented their findings both to the Board verbally and in a detailed report format. The survey has assisted the Board significantly in the process of defining their mission statement, core values and expected behaviours and will be used from hereon to help with further strategic thinking.
Perkins Engines Ltd
Perkins Engines, have run a highly successful and respected Graduate and Placement scheme for 10 years. The organisation has an excellent track record of developing and retaining the graduates they recruit and over the past 5 years, 80% of the graduates recruited into Perkins have stayed with the company.
WorkLife were asked to work in partnership with the Graduate Recruitment team to help them identify suitable candidates in a diverse range of disciplines including: Research and Development, Electronic Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Finance, Sales and Marketing, Information Systems and Human Resources.
WorkLife undertook online assessment for both Graduate and Placement applicants. Screening was conducted against stringent technical and behavioural competency criteria as specified by Perkins. For the successful Graduate cohort an additional telephone interview was arranged, again this was based on behavioural competencies. The whole programme was successfully conducted over a four month period with the organisation being able to make a record number of offers during their Assessment Centre programme.
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