How MIGAS Assessment Centres Find the Right Candidates

Anyone who has tried in-house recruitment of apprentices and trainees will know that finding motivated, job-ready applicants can be like trying to hammer a nail into concrete.

The vetting and recruitment process for even one candidate is tough enough, let alone a group intake.

This is where a MIGAS Apprentices & Trainees Assessment Centre becomes an invaluable recruitment solution.

With over 35 years of tradie recruiting experience, MIGAS Apprentices & Trainees has refined the art of group candidate selection.

MIGAS gives you the confidence that you are getting first-rate candidates through a professionally facilitated candidate assessment centre.

This means that you’re spending less time sifting through loads of applicants and getting a trustworthy candidate that will lead to higher retention rates and enhanced performance from your new staff.

A MIGAS assessment centre is an efficient, face-to-face group recruitment solution.

It is a facilitated group workshop where applicants or potential candidates are observed completing tasks that help determine whether they are the right fit for a workplace or role.

This process goes well beyond the stock-standard recruitment method of resume, interview, decision. Our assessment centres provide our clients with a comprehensive pool of information to help inform the best hiring decisions.

During the assessment, candidates undergo rigorous testing and are evaluated based on their performance throughout the day.

Some of the key things that our recruitment experts are looking out for on assessment day include:

• Practical ability: Technical assessments designed to help candidates display their Trade-specific, practical skills and problem-solving ability
• Teamwork: Candidates are placed in collaborative scenarios to test their capacity to work within a team environment and to help unearth leadership qualities
• Communication skills: Tasks and interviews across the day allow assessors to gauge candidates’ communication styles and skills in both group and individual settings
• Aptitude testing: Tests are conducted by our experienced recruiters devised to evaluate literacy and numeracy skills in addition to overall learning capacity

Assessment centres conducted by MIGAS are tried, tested and built on a foundation of our clients’ feedback and lessons learned to provide a trusted, cost-effective and streamlined group recruitment process that produces work-ready candidates.

Here’s how you can benefit from using a MIGAS Assessment Centre:

• Saves time: Our assessment centre process is efficient and doesn’t disrupt your working capacity.
• Avoids in-house recruitment costs: group recruitment can bring hidden hiring costs that can dramatically impact the bottom line.
• Improved employability outcomes: this pre-screening process and assessment of apprentices and trainees leads to higher retention rate and greater performance.
• Hire the right candidates: Our assessment process is strategically designed to unearth applicants who are motivated and aligned with your needs, meaning no time-wastage on unsuitable candidates.
• Tailored and variable assessment activities: We have established recruitment procedures for all trade specialisations and can tailor the testing to suit the needs of each employer, whatever your trade recruitment needs are, we can help.

Host employers can trust in the candidates that MIGAS assessment centres produce. With years of learned experiences, our process produces recruitment outcomes that speak for themselves.

Industry leaders in Australia, including Origin Energy, Shell QGC and Bengalla Mining Company, trust MIGAS with their group intakes and assessment centre procedures.

These companies consistently experience quality results from their annual apprentice and trainee intakes and so can you.

Let us assist you in identifying fresh, workplace ready candidates to bolster your workforce from day one.

Contact the team today to discuss group recruitment and learn how MIGAS can fulfil your apprentice and trainee needs.