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Assessment
Center for
knowing oneself?
BY:-
Kanchan
Nishtha
Richa
INTRODUCTION
What is an Assessment Center?
 An Assessment Center is one of THE MOST
EFFECTIVE TOOLS to measure the
competencies of potential employees
 An Assessment Center is one of THE MOST
EFFECTIVE TOOLS to measure the
competencies of the current workforce, to
identify the competencies gap, and to
provide a foundation for individualized
plans to bridge this gap
What is an Assessment Center?
A variety of testing techniques
designed to enable participants to
DEMONSTRATE, under standardized
conditions, the competencies that
are most essential in a given job.
Define the role of
assessment centers in an
organization.
Helps individuals become aware
of their strengths and weaknesses,
skills and abilities, interests,
values, goals and aspirations. Self-
assessment itself is a continuous
process.
It not only helps in preparing
individuals for specific situations
but also enables review of career
goals
 It alsohighlight more than one facet of
an individual‘s personality in a non-
threatening way.
 It the measure individual competency.

 helping employees identify their core

competencies and encouraging them to
capitalize on
these for individual as well as corporate
growth.
 It helps in identifying areas of
improvement and assists in keeping
track of new skills.
It gives people an opportunity to
excel in an environment that is less
formal.
Discuss the advantages
derived from the information
generated by the assessment
center.
 When to Use an Assessment
Center
 Selection, career development, or
succession planning
 Most common for managerial or
supervisory jobs
 Jobs where competencies include focus on
soft skills
 Promotional process where developmental
opportunities are maximized
 Where other methods have failed
 Advantages of an Assessment
Center
 Comprehensive evaluation
 Valid; better predictor
 Less adverse impact
 Training effect for raters
 Training effect for candidates
 Multiple uses
 More information for decision-making
 Participants like it!
 Identification of competencies and
development of a competency model

 To help select qualified people for

management positions

 To diagnose an individual’s work related

strengths and weaknesses

 To identify areas of need for improvement

in managerial and teamwork skills
Inadequacies of Other Assessment
Methods
 Written Tests: expedient, appear
objective, inexpensive, easy to administer,
but research shows they are not adequate
for evaluating soft skills
 Interviews: questions regarding the
predictive power of interviews, information
about competencies can’t be observed
 Supervisory Appraisal: opportunities for
bias
 Disadvantages of an Assessment
Center
 Requires expertise to develop
 Developmental time can be lengthy

 Requires high ratio of raters to

participants
 Requires multiple rooms for
administration
 Disadvantages of an Assessment
Center
 Time consuming
 Costs more (time and dollars)

 Involves more people

 Still somewhat removed from the job

 Difficult to administer for large

groups
 Hard to “reschedule” (appeals)
THANK YOU