Who would have guessed that 2020 would be the year in which most of the world became experts in remote working (and baking, crafting, online kick boxing and home schooling)?! We may not have predicted it, yet we find ourselves in this unique situation where we have to very quickly learn how to sink or swim. For some, working remotely is a dream come true and for others it is the opposite. It may not be fair to a...
Odyssey Talent Management (OTM) is a proudly South African assesstech company that was formed to address a clear gap in the assessment market: A locally developed assessment battery designed and developed from the ground up, catering for developing economies where many people are unable to find employment through the normal recruitment and selection channels. Traditional screening based on education excludes...
Evalex and Covid-19 Evalex and Odyssey Talent Management have been monitoring the developing Covid-19 situation since March 2020, when President Ramaphosa first announced the country-wide lockdown. During the course of the pandemic we have issued a number of communications that focus on the extraordinary – and sometimes surprisingly ordinary! – responses that are required to maintain a fully functionin...
Richard Landers, associate professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota in the USA, will be discussing gamification in the assessment centre domain in a live webinar on Thursday, 13 August 2020 at 17:30 CAT. Gamification is a hot topic right now in the AC space and there have been some incredible advancements made in the field in recent times. Be sure not to miss this informative session! CPD poi...
The South African Board for People Practices (SABPP) has released its August 2020 factsheet. The document was compiled by a number of subject matter experts, including Evalex’s business development director David Bischof. David is also the current chairperson for Assessment Standards South African (ASSA) and the People Assessments in Industry (PAI), an interest group that forms a part of the Society for I...
The Covid-19 pandemic has put the need for organisations to understand, identify and strengthen the resilience of their organisations and employees at the forefront of business strategies. Resilience is a quality displayed by individuals who are able to remain calm during a crisis and move on from disruptive events or situations without experiencing negative long-term consequences. Resilient individuals a...
Our previous blogs highlighted the impact of Covid-19 on the recruitment and development space and provided suggestions on how to effectively leverage technology and assessments to assist in these areas. (Links to these blogs appear at the end of this article.) During this highly uncertain Covid-19 period, many organisations have taken a uniform approach to freezing their interviewing and onboarding processes...
Many blogs posted recently focus on how individuals, teams and organisations can use the downturn in normal business activity to remain positive, to plan, and to find unexpected opportunity to add value to their stakeholders. From an educational point of view, universities both in South Africa and around the world, have had to adapt to lockdown conditions, and are experimenting with the use of online classes ...
Discover how an innovative virtual development platform can help candidates access and interact with their leadership and psychometric assessment results. Most people love finding out interesting things about themselves and how they operate, what their strength and development areas are, and how they interact with other people and their environment. Alright, maybe most people do not love finding out what thei...
By Kevin Distiller, MD of Odyssey Talent Management Many blogs currently being posted focus on how individuals, teams and organisations can use the downturn in normal business activity to remain positive, to plan for the future, and to find unexpected opportunity to add value to their stakeholders. From an educational point of view, universities around the world, including South Africa, have had to adapt t...
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