Sunday Aug 01

Mock Assessment Centre

Resourcing Matters Ltd, sponsors of www.1st-step.co.uk, run Mock Assessment Centres across the UK. They are fun and interactive and you will have the opportunity to practise a range of selection activities and to receive individual constructive feedback - so that you can maximise your performance in the real thing.

We are running the following events:
6 & 7 March 2009    Hall 1, Barbican, London
29 & 30 May 2009    Hall 1, Barbican, London
5 & 6 June 2009     NEC, Birmingham
9 & 10 October 2009    Olympia 2 , London
30 &31 October 2009    NEC, Birmingham
We are also willing to visit your campus if you are able to guarantee a minimum of 6 participants for one workshop. Please call or email us if you would like to discuss this option.

If someone objects to your ideas, this is a simple technique to deal with the objection.

Firstly, pace what has been said, “I understand how you feel, I thought that way too at first, but then I found XYZ”. This is a simple and elegant way of influencing someone to your way of thinking. An easy way to remember this technique is to remember Feel, Felt, Found.

Practice now by overturning the objection, “Spending three years at university is a waste of time ….”

This tip has been taken from the ‘Succeeding at Assessment Centre’ cards and comes from Clubs which is the ‘Making an Impact’ suit. The ‘Succeeding at Assessment Centre’ cards are based on the traditional set of cards with each suit covering the following:-

Hearts – Group exercise.

Clubs – Making presentations.

Diamonds – Other assessment activities, including role plays, psychometric tests, in-trays etc. Your preparation.

Spades – Making an impact.

You can buy this pack of 52 tips from our wesbite www.1st-step.co.uk for £3.00 or with the ‘Succeeding at Interview’ pack both for £5.00.

Special Offer

1st-Step Interview and Assessment centre cardsBuy both packs for £5.00

About Us

1st Step is sponsored by Resourcing Matters an HR consultancy which specialises in designing and managing recruitment events on behalf of employers.

Designing interviews, role plays, groups exercises and in-tray activities and conducting psychometric testing means that we are best placed to advise graduates on what they need to do to excel at assessment and get the job they want.