The Apprentice's 'inefficient' & 'wasteful' assessment holds a recruitment lesson

The Apprentice’s assessment techniques have not moved with its changing end result, according to Alexander Mann Solutions’ Head of Consulting, Simon Lythgoe.

Lythgoe reasons that sticking to the similar, old-fashioned assessments is producing the identical, obsolete results – despite the fact that the final prize has changed.

Lythgoe muses that these methods are failing to provide an adequate candidate experience.

“Historically, companies have invested a significant amount of time and money into implementing robust assessment processes,” he says, “but fail to update these once the initial work has been carried out. However, corporate cultures, skills requirements and talent expectations change regularly and assessments need to reflect this. By sticking with the same old processes, employers are likely to be alienating perfectly suitable candidates and even damaging their employer brand due to the lack of individuality that a candidate experiences.