ASP
is a radically different recruitment to recruitment organisation.
What
makes us different?
In
this current market, finding a new job is difficult enough. However,
finding the right job is even more difficult. We are committed
to finding Recruiters the best career to suit their personal needs
and circumstances. In order to do this, we spend time interviewing
and psychologically assessing candidates' unique strengths and
weaknesses.
Commitment
to Our Clients
ASP
specialise in the recruitment to recruitment sector. Our aim is
to revolutionise the industry by increasing levels of professionalism
and reducing the staff turnover. This benefits the individual and
recruitment consultancy alike.
- Our
model allows ASP to be up to 70% accurate in finding medium and
high performing Recruitment Consultants, thus reducing drop out
rates and staff disruption (unstructured interviews are about
40% valid). Since we will only work with medium and high performing
recruitment consultants, their recruitment will have a positive
impact on your revenue.
- ASP's
staff are Recruitment Professionals, Psychologists or trained
users of Psychological Assessments. ASP are able to outline candidates'
strengths and weaknesses before they start, and provide additional
information that is useful when building teams, divisions and
start-ups. The information gathered can also be used to plan ongoing
individual development.
- We
are encouraging our clients to join us in improving the levels
of professional recruitment. Clients who guarantee certain levels
of business will qualify to train, at our expense, for British
Psychological Society Levels A & B, allowing you to buy and use
psychologically robust and recognised ability and personality
assessments. These courses commercially cost £2000 each.
Our
Story
ASP's
Managing Partner successfully ran a group of Recruitment Consultancies
over a period of several years and after their sale decided to
investigate what differentiates high performing recruitment consultants
from the rest. After qualifying as an Assessment Psychologist
in 1996 he dedicated his research to studying this issue with
the knowledge that the answer could have a direct impact on a
recruitment company's revenue. After graduating he began to apply
the results of his research and use his model in the recruitment
to recruitment industry with significant success. Most recently
David formed ASP with Partners and in association with ASE one
of the UK's leading providers of assessments, training and consultancy
in the field of recruitment.
Our
Aim
ASP
are specialists in the recruitment to recruitment sector. Our
aim is to revolutionise the industry by increasing levels of professionalism
and reducing the staff turnover to the benefit of the individual
and recruitment consultancy alike. ASP have identified four major
factors that determine the high performance of a Recruitment Consultant:
-
Personality
and ability and the Consultant
-
Emotional
intelligence
-
Cultural
match between the Company and the Consultant
-
Motivation
of the Consultant
The
last two factors are difficult to measure scientifically, however
we are able to measure the first. We gather this information through
our assessments and use it to help you positively impact your bottom
line.
Our
Model
As
a result of investigating the personality traits and abilities of
high performing recruitment consultants, ASP has been built a Psychological
model of the Ideal UK Recruitment Consultant. Originally, 56 highly
successful recruiters and 56 recruiters who were performing poorly
were put through a battery of psychological assessments to establish
the difference between the 2 groups. This sample is now over 700
strong and demonstrates that there are 12 personality and cognitive
differences between them. This is the first research of its kind
in the UK and the sample is constantly added to. ASP have also recently
designed a structured interview for the UK recruiter based on this
research and our vast experience in the field.
Our
Assessments
The
assessments used by ASP have all been endorsed by the British Psychological
Society and are only available for use by Psychologists or trained
practitioners. The process is held in a comfortable, relaxed environment
and takes about 2 hours. It involves undertaking a leading Personality
Inventory which will analyse personality traits such as emotional
stability, extroversion, conscientiousness, tough mindedness and
openness; a Business Development Aptitude, which looks at your preferred
selling styles and finally a Critical Reasoning appraisal which
measures how you absorb and analyse information. Feedback is given
at mutually convenient time. All of this is free to candidates and
would normally cost at least £500!
Our
Consultants
ASP
Consultants are either Psychologists or trained Assessors who also
have recruitment experience within the sector plus a strong track
record of achievement within at least one other recruitment field.
Our
Services
- Search
, Selection or Contingency Recruitment
- Psychological
assessment of existing recruitment consultants
- Psychological
assessment of potential employees that are not being recruited
through ASP
- High
level psychological assistance such as the development of Assessment
Centres, Work Samples or Structured Interviewing.
Our
Candidates
All
candidates the we assist have been put through a range of assessments
and with their permission the results of their assessments are available
to all clients in a user- friendly format. This information can
provide valuable insights for both the individual and the recruiting
company as to the strengths and weaknesses of the individual and
will allow for a realistic appraisal of the likely match.
Our
Clients
ASP
works with a wide range of clients across a range of industries
from major players to small start up concerns.
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The ideal recruiter
is born not made. Whilst we would like to know that maybe
it is otherwise, a strong body of evidence suggests that it
is the interplay of eleven personality factors, plus an intelligence
threshold that is the elixir of success."