Answer the following multiple choice question. Psychometric assessment is: a) torture b) used if the hiring manager has concerns about a candidate’s mental stability c) already used for both graduate and lateral recruitment and increasingly becoming standard practice in banking recruitment. According to the two key providers of psychometric testing, SHL and Chandler Macleod, the correct answer is c). Of course, in Australia Macquarie Bank is synonymous with pysch testing candidates for... Read more
By Edwina Hodgkinson 04 Aug 2008 - 3 comments
Most people employed in banking have experienced the anxiety of returning to work after a holiday of more than three days: it feels like a whole year’s worth of activity has taken place in the time you were away and you have to pedal extremely hard just to catch up. Can you imagine then how it would feel if you have been out of the financial markets raising children... Read more
By Edwina Hodgkinson 24 Jun 2008 - 1 comment