Team Building & Outside the Box Recruitment
Team Building & Away Days
We have recently extended our client services to include assessment days for higher volume recruitment and bespoke interview days for higher salary positions.
Following the success of a specialist recruitment drive that we facilitated for a local business man as part of a television documentary, we felt that there was a need to offer more in-depth, hands on 'interview' process away from the standard face to face question and answer session.
The South Yorkshire Apprentice was a unique recruitment process designed and facilitated by Benchmark Recruit to find someone with the drive, determination and vision to take on the Managing Director's role of a new business venture and run that business as their own.
At the first stage the candidates had three minutes to impress the panel with a Dragons Den style elevator pitch. The strongest candidates were then selected and invited to take part in our second round; a challenging outdoor event day at Whirlow Hall Farm.
We coordinated range of team and individual activities designed to expose core competencies in our hopefuls. Tasks included a sales marketing and fundraising task which was prepared by candidates before the big day individually, and presented to the panel and in front of other contenders. Hands on activities included 'diffuse the bomb' and 'chariot racing' where applicants had to work together in teams, lead, delegate, organise, problem solve and communicate effectively.
Following the assessment day the three strongest candidates were chosen for the final round of extensive interviews and psychometric assessments. They faced a grilling from a team of business experts in a scenario very similar to that of Alan Sugar's Apprentice! After much deliberation and a sleepless night the final decision was made and Catherine Smith was appointed the worthy winner.
The process was fascinating and insightful and gave food for thought about the standard CV selection and face to face interview process. Catherine would not have been selected for a standard interview on the strength of her CV, she was working part time as a secretary at University. She excelled in all of the tasks and psychometric assessments and was clearly the strongest candidate.
Please check out the video below for highlight of the day, as filmed by Fable Films Ltd of Sheffield...
If you would like to discuss a bespoke interview day contact us or call us on 01142 792879.
