3M United Kingdom PLC, a leading edge global manufacturing company has optimised its graduate and industrial placement recruitment with an online platform including content from SHL, the global company in objective assessment. Over 1,200 applicants have accessed the new system which allows 3M to attract and select the best graduate talent in a more objective and efficient way. The initial stages of the process in the system are managed by PPS, a specialist candidate pre-selection company, using SHL online testing, applicant tracking and candidate management modules.
Jenny Crespo, human resources manager at 3M, commented: SHLís online recruitment services are now an established part of the way we recruit graduates and placements at 3M. It reinforces the 3M values of innovation and technology and has facilitated earlier sifting of candidates and improved the speed of the selection process. We are now starting to see a genuine improvement in the quality of candidates at our assessment centres as a result.
3M is present in more than 60 countries and employs more than 67 thousand people worldwide. Recruiting the talent to maintain and develop 3Mís position as a world leader is a critical activity for the recruitment team. We first contacted SHL because we wanted to increase the speed-to-hire graduates, improving at the same time the quality of our graduates. SHL provided an online platform, which could deliver this combined with robust, valid and modern assessments. As a leader in online assessment worldwide we could be sure that SHLís solutions would deliver.
Paul Levett, SHL UK commercial director, commented on the success of this project: 3M is clearly an innovator, and this applies in the area of optimising online recruitment and assessment. As we continue to partner with leading companies such as 3M to drive this process forward, literally hundreds of other companies are following their lead and partnering with SHL to deliver online services. SHL has implemented over 300 online recruitment systems, all containing its world leading assessment content, across the UK in the last 18 months. Leading organizations are using this product to identify the best candidates from thousands of applicants thereby improving quality and saving money.
SHLís online platform is based on leading edge technology that not only provides a robust infrastructure that is available 24/7 but is highly cheat resistant and secure. Hosted by IBM at a purpose-built secure facility, customers can be assured of the security and integrity of SHLís online assessments.
SHL increases quality and speed of recruitment in 3M with online platform
The initial stages of the process in the system are managed by PPS
