GradWeb announces the appointment of Jill Summers, as Head of Assessment & Selection. According to Managing Director, Cynthia Bostock, “Appointing Jill Summers as Head of Assessment & Selection was a strategic move by GradWeb. Her proven success strongly complements our senior leadership team as we continue to develop and expand our range of outsourcing recruitment services for our demanding portfolio of high profile clients.”
Before joining GradWeb Jill Summers was previously a Senior Assessment Consultant for GatenbySanderson where she provided best practice advice to clients concerning the assessment and development of Executive level candidates in the public sector. Prior to this, she was an Assessment Specialist for TMP Worldwide, where she utilised up-to-date research to support a variety of clients in designing competency models, bespoke assessment centre materials and sifting tools (such as Situational Judgment Tests). She has also worked in the NHS for four and a half years on a variety of psychology projects, has an MSc in Occupational Psychology and has broad experience with a variety of psychometric tools.
“GradWeb is a company with a distinct vision and huge potential for further growth and market leadership,” said Jill Summers, “I am excited to be joining such a dynamic and passionate company that understands that business growth is founded on service excellence and relationships. I welcome the opportunity to make a significant contribution to GradWeb, its clients and the quality of their candidates’ experience.”
Based in Newbury, Berkshire, GradWeb provides a comprehensive range of outsourced recruitment services that range from candidate attraction, to online recruitment systems, candidate management and assessment and selection services. It manages a huge variety of campaigns in the entry-level and campaign recruitment space, including apprentices, interns, graduates, MBAs, PhDs and volume campaigns for experienced hires. Through flexibility, outstanding client service and exceptional candidate experience GradWeb has grown to become the UK’s best and most successful entry-level recruitment outsourcing business, with an enviable client list which includes BT, Ford, Nestlé, BP, GlaxoSmithKline, Unilever, Network Rail, Mars and Cisco.
“Jill has joined GradWeb at a significant time for our company, when we are seeing recurrent growth in sales and market coverage,” said Cynthia Bostock, “ We are delighted to welcome a seasoned Occupational Psychologist with proven success in assessment, development, restructuring and training solutions. Jill’s track-record of creating leading-edge assessment solutions, in partnership with her clients, will be a tremendous asset to GradWeb, and she will provide leadership and focus for our talented team of internal consultants.”