Case Studies
Customized Hiring & Development Solutions
As a strategic partner for several years with a premier manufacturing company, Watterson & Associates refined their competency model, providing employees throughout the company a common language with which to achieve optimum performance. Beyond helping the company identify and communicate the competencies that correlate with success, the Watterson team mapped specific behaviors to their personality questionnaire resulting in customized hiring and development reports. Using this tailored approach, the assessment input and development recommendations Watterson & Associates provides is reinforced through the company's Human Resources department.
This long-term relationship has helped the Watterson team understand the definition of exceptional performance with respect to various positions throughout the company. In fact, the positions are periodically analyzed in order to articulate the relevant knowledge, skills and abilities required for success. Doing so maintains accuracy with Watterson & Associates' products and services. As a result, this premier manufacturer includes the Watterson team in a wide variety of human resources initiatives.
Hiring Assessments & Testing Platform
On another significant engagement, Watterson & Associates created a validated selection system for a large steel producer by working collaboratively with human resources, legal staff, and statisticians. The largest human resources project undertaken by the $27 billion company, it required testing, analysis and training over a span of several years. Each steel division received comprehensive information detailing how the testing and hiring tools derived from the job analysis could be utilized and incorporated in their facility. These tools are now used in all phases of the company's entry-level production hiring. They have been instrumental in increasing the overall number of qualified applicants, reducing test and interview time and improving legal compliance in all phases of the hiring process.
