On 8 September 2011, six engineering graduates attended the IMI plc Assessment Centre at the Headquarters in Birmingham with the hope of being selected for the Global Graduate Development (GGD) programme. The GGD programme has enjoyed continued success for the last 30 years and heralds notable alumni such as the CEO, Martin Lamb, and Roy Twite, Executive Director.
To be selected for a position at the Assessment Centre individuals are required to pass 2 independent telephone interviews and a number of online tests. Once successfully through the initial selection criteria, candidates are invited to an intensive day of assessment through a number of exercises designed to measure performance in a variety of tasks matched against core competencies. The exercises also enable the assessment of how candidates perform under pressure and how they work with other people. The decision to offer, or not, is made by IMI plc within 1 week of attendance whereupon candidates are given the opportunity to receive detailed exercise feedback on their performance.
IMI plc operates approximately 6 Assessment Centres per year and is still on target to recruit the final 4 graduates required in 2011.
By Mark Simon, IMI plc Academy Manager