Sir Alan should've used 1st Place and saved 3 months!
Whilst the chocolates may have been bloody awful the business idea was solid and it was a fairy tale ending to the apprentice for Yasmina.
As James McQuillan would undoubtedly say, “Yasmina has woken up this morning with the taste of success in her spit”.
All of the team at 1st Place wish Yasmina the very best of success in her new role with AMScreen.
Now let’s talk about effectiveness.
It took Sir Alan 12 weeks to realise that Yasmina was the natural winner of this years apprentice, choosing to rely on his gut instinct rather than the 11 weeks of tasks and 4 interviews, he’d put her though.
Now there is a place for gut instinct when making hiring decisions, but you can’t rule out the importance of skills assessment. When we saw Yasmina at our assessment centre back in 2006, it took us 4 hours to determine she had what it took to pass the day and start a business career. We reached our decision based on 6 simulations run in groups, pairs and individually.
We didn’t know she would go on and win the apprentice, but we did know that she’d be a winner. Our assessment centre is 97% accurate in predicting business success and our training programme delivers a staff retention rate of 96%, 12 months after starting a new role.
To blow our own trumpet that makes us 540 times more efficient than Sir Alan. Sir Alan does this once a year, we do it twice a week so you’d expect us to be good.
All in, working with us, we would expect you to increase sales 37% and reduce cost 30% without shelling out for a £100,000 salary!
So if you are looking to hire your own apprentice why not give us a try? You can reach me, Dan Harris on 0845 365 4567 or dan@1pgr.com.
