Sunday, July 23, 2006

You must assess people!

Being an HR guy, you must assess and pass judgement whether you like it or not. You must provide feedbacks be it positive or negative. In other words, you must take side, cannot sit on the fence and become a Mr Nice Guy all the way. In this organization, assessments are part of people development process. In April 2005 I was assigned to assess a group of so-called potential scholars who will be sponsored by this organization. These were best students from best schools in the countries who scored well in their SPM trial exam. One of the group is in the photo. My assignment was to keep them in a very controlled environment for 3 days and saw how they interacted, mingled, discussed and solved problems among themselves. I must note their leadership, teamwork and communication skills. At the end of the confinement, there was one-to-one interview which wrapped up the whole thing and eventually sealed their fate whether they could be part on this organization. Posted by Picasa

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