Technology of Express-Assessment Centre and Order of Carrying It Out

Abstract

Technology of assessment centers has been showing a good performance as a method of recruitment since the early stages of implementation in large foreign
 companies. However in Russian experience of recruitment traditional methods still prevail. Assessment-center is a time-consuming and therefore quite expensive
 method, which is an obstacle for being carried out by domestic organizations.
 This article proposes an alternative to carrying out technology of assessment-center – an express-assessment-center. Unlike the traditional assessment-center,
 the express method allows assessing candidates within a few hours without reducing the quality of an original method.
 The paper describes the order of carrying out the express-assessment-center, proposes competency profi les and methods of assessing its demonstration as
 exemplifi ed in company’s line manager position, provides examples of simulation exercise to discover announced competencies.