Recruitment, would you prefer an Apprentice style of selection?
According to a recent survey by Orange for the “Make your Mark” campaign, final year students think prospective employers focus on paper qualifications and miss out on talented students as a result.Â
Over half (56%) said they would prefer an Apprentice-style interview, even though 70% thought the experience would be more stressful.The survey said that students thought that practical assessments run by businesses in partnership with universities would be much more effective in gauging graduate talent because they would force applicants to demonstrate their skills and give employers a much more realistic view of what they had to offer.
To some extent the assessment centre approach attempts to address this, providing a variety of exercises for people to work together but they are exercises, not for real. One way to get a company to see how well you can perform though is to get taken on as an intern, then you may get involved in different actual projects. Let me know if you want to know more on this.
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