  Diagnosing team performance
Originally founded in 1980 as Applied Molecular Genetics, Amgen pioneered the development of products based on advances in molecular biology. It introduced the first biologically derived human therapeutics - the biotechnology industry's first blockbusters - treating chronic kidney disease and cancer-related conditions.
Today, Amgen is a Fortune 500 company with 17,500 employees worldwide and revenues approaching $15bn. The business is truly global and its products support cancer care as well as the treatment of anemia, rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. Amgen was ranked second among large companies by The Scientist in its 2007 "Best Places to Work in Industry" survey.
In the UK, the company found itself needing to respond to changes due to the way in which the healthcare market worked with its pharmaceutical suppliers. Until recently, sales people worked directly with clinicians in the NHS. As health economics have become more sophisticated, bringing tighter fiscal control, large, specialist procurement 'hubs' have developed. These focus buying decisions on price, as well as clinical benefit.
Against this backdrop, Amgen needed their sales people to develop a new, more holistic commercial sales skillset and partnered with OPP® to explore competency frameworks to get them where they needed to be.
Read more about Amgen...
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Online ability testing now available: OPP® partnering with Saville Consulting in selection
A recent survey of 1,000 UK workers by OPP found that nearly half (46%) admitted that the interview process failed to reveal their true selves: whilst interviewing, they adapted the way in which they presented their personality to try and 'fit in' with the company. A similar percentage of recruiters (47%) also put on a false face during the interview.
According to Rob Bailey, Managing Consultant for R&D at OPP, "Job interviews are like a dance in which both participants are learning the right moves to impress one another. It's no wonder so many research studies show that interviews don't necessarily predict high performance in a role. They may have been enough in previous decades, but organisations now need to do more to support time-poor managers and respond to sophisticated job hunters."
To provide a complete solution to this growing challenge for all organisations, OPP has now partnered with Saville Consulting to provide online ability testing tools for use in selection.
These innovative products neatly complement OPP's existing portfolio of personality assessments and provide customers with a full range of solutions to help them identify the leaders of tomorrow. They offer a clear strategy for both supervised and unsupervised testing, with support from some of the industry's most experienced psychometric experts.
Learn more about the benefits you will receive through this new partnership.
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From 'good enough' to great selection decisions: bring 16PF® into your organisation's selection process
In today's economic climate, hiring the best candidate is more vital than ever.
Can you trust that an interview alone will effectively identify high potentials for your organisation's future?
Combining aptitude and personality assessments into your selection process substantially improves the outcomes of your recruitment efforts. The combination of the two is the most cost-effective way of predicting a candidate's success in your organisation.
Find out more about aptitude and personality assessments available through OPP's extended selection portfolio, including our new online aptitude assessment.
Take advantage of OPP's selection launch offer - develop your team's skills in 16PF®, one of the best validated personality assessments. If selection isn't part of your role, why not forward this offer onto your recruitment colleagues?
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Free 16PF Qualifying in-house programme
(Minimum 4 people) when you purchase 50 16PF Interpretive Reports per delegate!*
Free 16PF Conversion in-house programme
(Minimum of 4 people) when you purchase 25 16PF Interpretive Reports per delegate!*
*Mention Select 16PF to take advantage of this offer. Find out more about this and other offers as well as our terms and conditions.
Contact a member of our Sales team on 0845 603 9958 today to find out how you can make great hiring decisions with a new sense of confidence.
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 Using online ability testing in recruitment - free best practice guide
Keeping up to date on time-saving and cost-effective methods to identify and select the best talent is key to attracting and retaining high performers.
This free guide analyses both traditional and modern online selection methods to sift-out and select-in candidates, identifying the most efficient approach currently available to recruiters.
Download your free guide [pdf].
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OPPinions: tell us what you think!
With almost six months into the new year, we're interested in knowing what you think of our new online newsletter.
- Does it provide you with what you need?
- What else would you like to see?
If you have ideas of what you'd like to see in future issues, please send us a note. We'd love to help you get what you need.
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