Cargotec: Global Assessment

As a global manufacturing company with clear goals to grow both organically and through acquisition, it was essential that this organisation and its various businesses were recruiting and developing the right type of leaders. The aim was to ensure continued success of a strongly performing company and to achieve greater market share through re-focusing employees on new – more future focused- ways of working.

What we did

• Through a partnership approach, we took time to understand the vision and strategic goals of the organisation so our work was clearly linked to the future desired direction
• We worked closely with an experienced internal expertise team to build a process and approach that would ensure the right level of candidate in the right roles
• We also ensured candidates received feedback to help the successful candidates hit the ground running and to build on their strengths. Unsuccessful candidates also had the chance of feedback, leaving them with a positive view of the process
• The recruitment/promotion interview assessments were based on a rigorous behaviourally focused method proven to be the most predictive type of assessment interview
• We designed virtual assessments to support a faster turnaround of interviews considering the global reach and speedy pace of the organisation.
• We provided business focused feedback to the hiring managers about the strengths and development needs of the candidates to help them to make the right decisions.

Outcomes

Since 2016 we have conducted over 1000 assessments globally, using our international network of accredited assessors. We have built strong relationships with business leaders and HR contacts which has allowed us to provide a highly-tailored service with excellent results in terms of fit for role. The insights we have gained from our work go far beyond assessment and into how well the organisation is able to deliver its strategic goals with its current talent pool and approach to talent development. Our analysis of trends and patterns have been fed back to the top team to support long term decision making on talent attraction and development.