New assessment programme predicts future job-related behaviour

A staffing company has developed a specialised assessment programme targeted at recruitment in the freight industry. EMK Staffing Solutions, the freight division of recruitment company PAG, has developed its own competency-based recruitment assessment, according to Samantha Konkol, head of PAG’s freight division. “This is specifically for the freight industry,” she told FTW, “and based on extensive consultation with industry leaders and experts.” She explained that competency-based recruitment selection is a behaviourorientated interviewing process designed to provide employers with specific data that allows them to predict future job-related behaviour. Konkol feels that companies are spending a great deal of time, resources and money in ensuring that their screening, interviewing and selection processes deliver high-quality candidates that will produce the desired results. “To match this,” said Konkol, “PAG’s interviewing techniques are designed to identify whether candidates are suitably qualified to meet the inherent requirements of the position. “We focus on candidates’ present function and past performance in determining their suitability for the position and concentrate on soft skills, behaviour and attitude, which are key indicators in ensuring an organisational fit.” Konkol told FTW that what a candidate has done in the past is a predictor of what he or she will do in the future and how he or she can be expected to perform in a work situation. “PAG also does extensive reference, criminal and credit checks, and ensures that the interview is legally compliant,” she added.