Get A Copy Of The Assessment Centre Survival Kit

At SRS, we love working with students and graduates to help them improve their employability skills and confidence. Meeting students and graduates at our events, webinars and coaching sessions, we have been so impressed by their resilience, determination and positivity in what has certainly been a challenging year.

So, for students and graduates navigating the graduate recruitment market, we have crafted a resource to help guide them to assessment centre success: The Assessment Centre Survival Kit.

In The Assessment Centre Survival Kit, we share our knowledge and experience with your students and graduates in preparation for their placement and/or job search, so they can ace an employer's assessment centre.

The Assessment Centre Survival Kit is an eBook which includes...

• Guidance on how to prepare for an assessment centre

• Information on the different exercises

• Expert advice and insider top tips

• Tips for candidates with a disability

Click the button below to download The Assessment Centre Survival Kit. Please do share this resource with your students and graduates to help them to assessment centre success.

NEW Webinar Series: Skills for Success

Last year, our free employability webinar series, based on the best-selling book From Learner to Earner, helped thousands of students and graduates to navigate the recruitment process, with expert advice from various industry insiders.

We're so excited to announce that we're now back with a brand NEW series of FREE webinars. Introducing: Skills for Success!

Sills for Success is a new webinar series for students looking to make themselves more employable. Our webinars will help students to understand and demonstrate the skills and attributes that employers are looking for, giving them the edge in what has become an increasingly competitive labour market.

Each webinar will include a live Q&A with our employability experts. 

There are two opportunities to attend live sessions for each webinar topic, as displayed in the timetable image above. Each webinar should last about 45 minutes.

If you can’t attend the live session, the webinars will later be available on our YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to our channel so you don’t miss out.

Click the button below to access the webinar registration page which students (and university staff members!) should use to sign up for the webinars. After registering for the webinar, the link to join will be emailed to you.

We look forward to seeing you on a webinar soon!

Case Study: Digital Assessment Centre Collaboration

A digital assessment centre collaboration with students from different backgrounds, programmes and universities

At SRS, we love working with university students to help boost their employability skills and confidence to tackle an employer’s assessment centre.

We recently worked with Aston University, Birmingham City University and the University of Derby on a collaborative digital assessment centre, which gave international students a realistic experience of an employer's assessment centre.

This collaboration aimed to build confidence and student aspirations towards global graduate opportunities. With a diverse range of students, the experience was made even more realistic; they would similarly be competing against a diverse range of candidates in a real assessment centre. The collaborative digital assessment centre also helped students to appreciate how transferable their skills and experience are to different roles and sectors, as well as developing their understanding of how to showcase this to an employer.

“I found the whole mock assessment process well organised, clear and thought provoking (for follow on student employability support). It was great to see the students delivering their presentation and participating in the group interview with other students and assessors. They all stepped out of their comfort zone and allowed the students to gain valuable feedback from assessors to support them with their future careers.”​
Natalie Hawker, Careers Consultant, University of Derby​

In our post-assessment centre survey, 100% of participants said they would recommend taking part in the event to other students. When asked how they felt about applying for future positions, there was an overall 51% increase in student confidence levels following completion of the assessment centre.

See more details in our case study video below.

We're really keen to run more collaborations like this. If you’re interested in being involved, get in touch for a chat.

We’re Hiring an Assessment and Selection Manager

We’re hiring! Come and join our award-winning team.

SRS Recruitment and Employability Experts are an award-winning, expert provider of employability assessment services in the UK. We work with both graduate and apprenticeship employers and universities. Our personal approach, expertise and insight helps our clients match the best talent to the right opportunity, and ensures university students have every advantage to help secure that all-important graduate job.

Join us as Assessment and Selection Manager

Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 (doe)

Location: Remote (with flexibility to travel for meetings)

As Assessment and Selection Manager, you’ll be responsible for providing expertise in the design and development of all assessment centre materials for our universities and employers. You will also be an integral part of our team on event days, supporting the smooth running of these and helping out where required. From briefing assessors, to being an assessor or dealing with live student queries on our helpdesk, your ability to adapt and get involved is central to success at SRS.

To apply, you must have a BPS accredited postgraduate degree in Occupational Psychology (or significant experience in assessment design); have strong knowledge of the early careers market; and be dynamic and enthusiastic to impact on business growth within SRS and the Careerpass Network group, to help all our brands grow and achieve their goals.

For further details and to view the full experience required, view the job description HERE.

Would you be a great fit?

To apply, complete the application form HERE. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 23 March 2021.

If you have any questions, please email enquiries@smart-resourcing-solutions.com.

After the closing date, we’ll be in touch to confirm next steps. Successful applicants will be invited to an interview and presentation as part of the selection process.

Increasing Students’ Confidence at Our First Digital Assessment Centre of 2021

For our first digital assessment centre of 2021, we welcomed students from Newcastle University’s Career Insights programme. The Career Insights programme aims to support students from under-represented backgrounds with their personal and professional development, helping them to develop skills and understanding for their graduate careers.

At the digital assessment centre, students completed a group exercise, presentation and interview. After completing the exercises, students all received personalised feedback reports, highlighting their strengths and development areas.

In our post-event survey, 100% of participants said they would recommend taking part in the assessment centre to other students.

We were delighted to welcome observers from Newcastle University to the digital assessment centre, who commented:

"Assessors were fantastic - they provided information clearly and put students at ease."

"The whole assessment centre was really well organised and streamlined, with useful advice and information both prior to and during it. The assessors I observed were all brilliant with the students, putting them quickly at ease and building their confidence in the activities."

Students who attended have reported they now feel more confident to tackle the graduate recruitment process. See what they had to say in the image below.

Interested in running a digital assessment centre for your students? Get in touch for a chat.