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2Care
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2Care are a charity using PPA for recruitment
"We have very specific values here at 2Care and we want to recruit people who share these values and will fit within our team. Honesty and integrity are values that underpin everything we do and we look for these qualities in our people. PPA identifies these for us. Recruitment costs us on average £100,000 per annum so it's vital we get it right first time. PPA gives the process objectivity and focus".
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PPA used to recruit staff for 2004 Olympics Games in Athens
"The huge number of people we needed to recruit meant we had to have an assessment that was not only fast but extremely accurate and PPA fitted the bill perfectly. The other major benefit was that PPA could be completed in the candidate's native language, with the results and reports also in the relevant language. It is truly an International tool."
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Barringtons
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PPA and Team Audit for recruitment and development
"Soft skills are just as important to us as professional qualifications. An assessment tool such as PPA confirms if people have the soft, behavioural skills we are looking for. It takes away the subjectivity and minimises judgements being made on what could be superficial responses to interview questions."
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BWB Consulting
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Benchmarking used to recruit graduate engineers
"Profiling took the risk out of recruiting, we knew what types of behaviour would be successful in the role of Graduate Engineer. Bad recruitment decisions cost us money: benchmarking means we are confident we will now make the right decisions."
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Collingwood
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PPA and TST used as part of search and selection process for clients
"Our use of PPA has differentiated Collingwood from other consultancies. The ability to offer profiling and assessment to clients as part of our service has won us business we would not have otherwise had."
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Specialist IT recruitment solutions provider using PPA and Thomas JOB
"We set ourselves apart by giving customers exceptional value and measurable business benefits. Having the capability to offer objective candidate testing and analysis is an important part of this.”
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Esporta
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PPA used as part of recruitment process
"Thomas' tools have complemented and enhanced the process of recruitment and given us the knowledge to plan for the future."
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Extra Personnel
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Recruitment agency using PPA to recruit their consultants
"PPA is one of the tools we use at the beginning to get recruitment right. It allows us to go beyond the sales mask at interview to see the 'real' person. It helps validate the behaviours we see from the person in front of us at interview. PPA paints a very accurate picture of a person's work personality. It gives us a very clear understanding of whether the person we see at interview will match the behavioural criteria we need in our sales people."
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Games Workshop
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PPA used as part of the recruitment process
"Recruitment and development is crucial to driving the business forward. We wanted to be able to recruit effectively, streamline the recruitment process and generate self awareness amongst the management team. PPA has been invaluable to us in terms of succession planning, recruiting and developing area managers and the recruitment of other directors. It ensures we achieve 100 per cent success in our human resource strategy."
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Hill McGlynn
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Recruitment agency using PPA used to recruit consultants
"We are a sales driven organisation, so having the wrong people on board can have serious repercussions on the bottom line. We look for specific characteristics in our sales people - drive, enthusiasm, determination and persuasiveness. PPA identifies the candidates with these skills. Using a tool such as Thomas means our recruitment process is more thorough and effective."
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Monarch Airlines
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USe PPA to recruit ground and support staff at Luton
"We know that individuals can technically do the job, by looking at their qualifications, but we need to know more about their behavioural style and attitude. PPA gives us the confidence that we have made the right decision:we want the right person not the best person."
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Motor Neurone Disease Association
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PPA used as part of the recruitment process
"Because all our money is donated we have to be careful how we spend it. PPA gives us a common language, one we can all understand. It also adds more objectivity to our recruitment process. It allows us to test and validate our gut reaction."
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Martek Marine
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Using PPA, Job Profile and GIA/TST to recruit and manage people more effectively
"Recruiting the 'right' people and ensuring teams work together efficiently is crucial to maintaining our competitive edge and to the continuing growth of the company. We use PPA, as well as TST/GIA, to determine whether candidates have the behavioural traits and mental agility required for success in a particular role."
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Siblu
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Family holiday provider using PPA as part of the recruitment process
"We have very specific values and the people we recruit need to reflect this. We want people to believe in quality, have a passion for what they do, act with integrity and strive for success for all. Traditional interviews are not able to delve into this sort of intangible information. Using assessment, such as PPA, broadens the structure of the interview and means we dont have to rely on the information contained in their CV. it also gives a new deeper level of information upon which to make informed recruitment decisions."
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Trent Buses
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Using PPA to recruit bus drivers
"Our bus drivers are the public face of Trent Barton and we need to ensure they uphold and encapsulate our core ideals. We had to identify people at interview who would be friendly, outgoing and willing to develop good relationships with our customers. Great customer service is the key to retaining passengers and the people we rely on to do this are our drivers. The PPA means we are able to recruit drivers who will deliver on our company's values. It's not enough to simply have a brand, quality of service is crucial to business success."
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Vadis People Services
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Recruitment agency using PPA to screen job applicants
"Profiling gives us, as a recruiter, so much more information than we would normally have with just an interview. References that are a true reflection of an individual are difficult to get so a profile acts as a vital third party objective perspective on an individual's work behaviour. The ability for Vadis to profile candidates as part of the selection process means we are able to offer a more complete, professional service to clients."
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VWS Techna
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Using PPA and Job Profile for recruitment
"When recruiting people for our overseas offices we would often carry out the first interview over the phone as well as asking them to complete a PPA. Using a tool such as PPA has saved a lot of time and directs me quickly to the areas I need to probe. It gives an insight we might not otherwise get."
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Using PPA for development and management of their training team
"Using PPA, as a manager, I am able to understand my team better. I know how they like to work and I try to alter my management style accordingly. PPA is the most accurate psychometric tool I have ever used. The reports are invaluable, I keep them to re-read and focus on throughout the year with my team."
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Heatric
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PPA, Team Audit and Management Diagnostic Review used to develop the management team, maintain morale, and create a culture of excellence
"Heatric had to change internally to meet the challenges presented by our expansion into new product markets. We saw Thomas as a means to help with the people issues presented. We wanted to be able to have a much better understanding of our people. PPA was an extremely effective problem solving tool; it gave us the right questions to ask to get results."
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Surrey Heath Borough Council
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PPA and Job Profile used for recruitment and as part of restructuring to become more customer centered
"PPA helps our managers understand why they have to modify and adapt their behaviour when dealing with different people. Completing a job profile helps them think of the behavioural requirements of the role, without focussing too much on the person. Job Profiler clarifies your thoughts on what you need the job to do as the organisation moves forward."
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THP Professional Services Limited
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Accountancy firm using PPA for recruitment and appraisal
"THP is team focussed - its important everyone feels a strong sense of belonging. Each team has a particular culture so its vital to reassure those team members that we will not bring someone in who won't fit. PPA has an extremely positive influence on our recruitment and staff retention and clearly demonstrates to our people that we care enough about them to devote time and money to recruiting people who will fit." |
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EIQ used for talent management and career development
"We set up the Talent Pool to help and support employees we identified as having the potential to make the transition to more senior positions. EIQ develops self-awareness and helps them to address areas where perhaps their emotional intelligence may be holding them back. It helps good candidates become more well rounded and underlines the importance of emotional intelligence within the workplace.”
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Thomas 360 used as part of the Management Development Programme
"We want our managers to be the best they can be so that they are able to create an outstanding learning environment for staff and students. Thomas 360 gave us a holistic view of the person which formed the cornerstone of their development plan.”
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Games Workshop
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PPA used to develop the management team and for succession planning
"PPA has been invaluable in terms of succession planning, recruiting and developing area managers and the recruitment of other directors. It ensures we achieve 100 per cent success in our human resource strategy."
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PPA and 360 used for recruitment and development
“When people enjoy working for us, clients enjoy working with us. We have low staff turnover (5%) and are committed to creating an environment where people can enjoy their work and feel driven to excel. Thomas tools contribute to building great working relationships throughout the agency and making people more effective.”
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Jurys Doyle
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Using PPA and EIQ as part of their Head Chef development programme
"PPA reports played an important role in achieving the chef's 'buy-in' to the development programme. Our investment in tools that make a real difference to their personal development showed our commitment to their continuing career progression. PPA and EIQ have been instrumental in enhancing our chef's self awareness -helping them deal with their emotions, their team and their changing role within the company more effectively."
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Martek Marine
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Using PPA and GIA/TST to solve team issues and manage more effectively
"Thomas tools identify employees likely to find change unsettling and allow us to manage them more sensitively. By raising self awareness and group understanding we build more effective teams."
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Using PPA, GIA, Team and EIQ for Leadership development
"We use Thomas tools extensively as part of our internal development programme and commercially to help business leaders achieve their development objectives. The real power is in the combination of all four tools. Together they deliver a comprehensive picture of behavioural style, mental ability and team dynamics.”
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Training and consultancy company using PPA as part of coaching and development programmes
"For me PPA is quick as well as extremely accurate. It enables you to have an in-depth conversation at a very early stage. Clients don't have time for days of consultancy. Using PPA in this way I am able to deliver results much faster."
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PPA and GIA used to assess talent internally for Succession Planning
"The immediate benefits of using assessment are clear. PPA and GIA identified development potential within the business and where we have work to do.”
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Rapid Racking
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Using PPA within its call centres as part of Personal Development Reviews
"People development does not just happen. It takes conscious and concerted effort on the part of the team and managers to support and encourage people. We use PPA as part of each individual's Personal Development Review. The profile gives them a starting point. We are able to see their behaviour in the role, their strengths and limitations and their potential for development." |
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Southgate Consulting
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Automotive recruitment consultancy using PPA as part of consultancy offering
"I like PPA because it's very accurate, extremely easy to use and understand and, most importantly for our clients, cost effective." |
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Weymouth College
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PPA used to mentor and coach individual's and help small business understand thier teams
"We find PPA a completely non-threatening way to start people thinking about their strengths and limitations. It allows individuals to take an objective view of their behaviour without it becoming personal. PPA enables people to understand why they each work the way they do and appreciate where others are coming from." |
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Willmott Dixon
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Construction company using EIQ as part of their Management Development Programme
"Our people focussed approach sets us apart from our competitors and is a key factor in our success as a business. To maintain our exceptional levels of service and to remain an employer of choice for the construction industry it is vital that we preserve and nurture our distinctive people orientated culture. By helping managers to understand themselves better and identify their strengths and limitations, we help them to perform better - this benefits their own careers and our business." |
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Barringtons
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Barringtons Group use PPA as part of the recruitment process
"Profiling the senior team allowed them to see exactly what PPA was all about and the information it provided. Once they understood their profiles they were able to talk much more openly to one another about their preferred work style and how it can impact on those around them"
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Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust
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Using PPA to recruit managers and as part of team building
"Good management is so critical in today's NHS that our recruitment decisions need to be the right ones. PPA is part of this process. It has a valuable part to play in our strategic recruitment decisions. PPA is good because it does not involve any 'psychobabble' - it describes potential behaviour in plain English".
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Diligencia 
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Diligencia use EIQ as part of their coaching and mentoring services
"Emotional Intelligence makes the difference between good and great leaders. The key to great leadership is managing the emotional environment of the organisation around you as well as working with and through people rather than adopting a directive or finger pointing style. We use EI in conjunction with PPA to get a full picture of the individual's work based behavioural preferences and their emotional intelligence."
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Leading Edge People
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Using PPA to help companies develop in leadership, sales development, attitudes and behaviour in the workplace
"We have evidence that profiling people and simply having them accept and own their behaviour really does melt down boundaries. What often prevents teams stepping up to the next level is the judgements that are made on individual's within the team. Profiling people eliminates the need for judgement."
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National Museums Liverpool
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PPA used for recruitment and Diagnostics to understand key issues in the Museum's management
"The management diagnostic was invaluable to see where we were at. The workshop was a realy good day of focus for us - where did we want to be as a management team? The day enabled people to verbalise what they were feeling in a non confrontational, supportive environment."
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Practice Doctor
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Using PPA for recruitment and managment development
"PPA is a great tool to use as people can very easily understand what its all about. The visual nature of the graphs means that people can see their key behavioural characteristics."
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Ringrose Law Group
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A leading law firm using PPA and HJA as part of its recruitment, management and development programmes
"The massive benefit of PPA is that it provides measurable objectivity - the profile speaks for itself. Its an extremely accurate reflection of people's work style."
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Saffron Building Society 
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EIQ used to help develop employees people skills
"Thomas Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire is a powerful development and conflict management tool. It can be used to help resolve interpersonal disputes and develop an individual's 'people skills'. Using EIQ with our executive team has stimulated self awareness and provides a real insight into their emotional strengths and limitations. Becoming more aware of the way their behaviour impacts upon others helps them build better relationships with their team."
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