Assessment: the talent detector
Updated: Jul 31
In a labour market where the unemployment rate is now reaching historic lows, it is becoming increasingly difficult to attract and retain employees.
"The challenge of tomorrow is not finding clients, but finding the resources to serve them."
Thierry Prick, former CEO of Clinitex
The talent shortage is now a major concern for large companies and SMEs alike in French-speaking Switzerland, and this phenomenon is unlikely to ease any time soon. The retirement of baby boomers, changes in ways of working, and the expectations of new generations are, in particular, driving significant paradigm shifts. With HR statistics forecasting more than 400,000 vacant positions in Switzerland by 2030, it is essential to act quickly — rethinking our approach to recruitment and promoting skills development within our companies.
Indeed, the days when employers seemed to hold the upper hand appear to be drawing to a close.
When it comes to recruitment and internal mobility, the following question then becomes legitimate: Is it worth calling on an assessment process when, as a recruiter or manager, you already have considerable difficulty finding qualified and motivated employees?
What if it were no longer enough to find the rare gem at the snap of a finger, but instead you had to nurture, shape and showcase them? How would you feel about having played your own modest part in that?
Interesting, isn't it! By introducing this perspective, you will have understood that the use of an assessment can then become a decisive springboard in an employee's career. To achieve this, all you need to do is change the way you look at this process and give it all the resonance it deserves. Allow us to share our insight on the matter.
Our expert view
Once known simply for guaranteeing the fit between a candidate's profile and a role, assessment now goes far beyond a simple selection tool.
It should now be regarded as a "potential tracker" — in other words, a tool that contributes directly and proactively to your company's competitiveness and appeal by helping you, as its name suggests, detect the potential talent hidden within your walls and, above all, retain it.
The same holds true for external recruitment, where a neutral, outside perspective lends legitimacy to the selection process, contributes to the company's reputation, eases the new employee's integration, and ensures their potential is intelligently nurtured by attending to their needs right from the very first impression.
As a guardian of your employer brand, assessment should be seen as a support tool forming an integral part of a much broader HR strategy — alongside and complementing approaches such as:
Training programmes
Onboarding, development and reinforcement coaching
Team building to cultivate constructive team dynamics
Empowering management practices that embody the company's values
As you will have understood, assessment is therefore a means of bringing development needs to light — needs that then require support, whether as part of an internal mobility programme or when making new hires.
Our value proposition
Whether it is a selection, development or review assessment, Valeur Plus has developed three levels of depth to respond to the diversity of situations encountered, the professional contexts identified, and the profiles of the employees or candidates being assessed:
Assessment Starter
Assessment Premium
Assessment Exclusive
From employees to top managers — including project managers, specialists and front-line managers — every profile has a bespoke assessment suited to them. Here is a brief overview:
This supportive, beneficial and constructive approach to the assessment forms part of a virtuous process of which our experts are fully convinced:
The aim of these steps is to offer your employees or candidates genuinely attractive and stimulating development prospects — helping you stand out through an informed perspective, a well-managed HR process, and high-quality support.
Indeed, this forms part of a company vision that must be championed at every level, in pursuit of a common goal: a motivated, competent and committed employee is, and will remain, the best ambassador a company can have.
The same is true of candidates who are not selected, whose experience will nonetheless have been professional, pleasant and rich in insight.
Would you like to find out more about our assessment offering or the support Valeur Plus provides for your teams? Don't hesitate to get in touch.
Written by Johanne Ciccarone, Managing Director
