Archive for April, 2020
Personalised advice for managing your team working at home
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread across the globe, countless companies in all different shapes and sizes are forced to continually firefight to save their businesses. One of the biggest challenges with the way that coronavirus has forced us all indoors is related to the remote management of workers while we all see our […]
Personalised working from home report
The times we are living in are – to quote every politician and news anchor on our televisions – unprecedented. One of the biggest changes to the everyday life of the general public is the simple task of staying at home, which, if you too have been self-isolating, isn’t all that simple in practice. There’s […]
Re-allocation of staff
We truly are living in unprecedented times right now – something that I’m sure that you’ve heard plenty about over the last few weeks. The coronavirus pandemic has changed all life as we know it and nobody is quite as hard hit as small businesses and independent companies, some of whose future is unknown. Although […]
Be Unrealistic and Dream Big
Is it really Friday again? I can’t believe it is time for yet another weekly pep talk from Graham the Good (aka Graham Stuart- one of our resellers and our bearer of positive news in these difficult times)We trust you will find them useful and empowering – feel free to share them with your colleagues, […]
Looking for delivery staff?
Let us help you pick the right driver who will deliver again and again… Are you getting inundated with CVs of drivers but struggling to find the time to sift through all the paperwork?Here at big 5 Assessments our job is to make sure you benefit from data-driven recruitment decisions which will make finding the right candidate so much quicker and […]
Delivery driver case study
How were they recruiting? – CV sift – criteria: location/licence validity/job history/previous experience – Pre-screen telephone interview with Branch Manager (BM) + references – Initial interview with BM – competency criteria: presentation/confidence/reliability/problem-solving, – Group interview with General Manager (GM) – competency criteria: confidence/teamwork/presentation Following engagement, driver performance competencies were established and reviewed regularly by BM […]
Looking for delivery staff? How do you know who to pick?
Here are two candidates – can you spot the difference? No? why not? Because they both look and dress the same yet have different approaches to work One is reliable – the other is less so One is a careful driver – the other rather recklessOne is honest – the other is tells a white lie […]
Steps for maintaining positive attitude
During these unprecedented times we have teamed up with our reseller and friend Graham Stuart who is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP Coach and Mindfulness Coach.Over the forthcoming weeks we will be providing a regular message from Graham (regularly referred to as ‘Graham the Good’ in the office) containing suggestions for health and wellbeing in these […]
NOW might be your opportunity to prove that you’re a leader
During these unprecedented times we have teamed up with our reseller and friend Graham Stuart who is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP Coach and Mindfulness Coach. Over the forthcoming weeks we will be providing a regular message from Graham (regularly referred to as ‘Graham the Good’ in the office) containing suggestions for health and wellbeing in […]