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COVID-19 hit social and economic life more or less overnight and made
common practices impossible. Companies must respond to this challenge if
they want to ensure their economic survival. In this case study, we will show
you how the two companies in the group of companies, persona service AG
& Co. KG and ISD Immobilien Service Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, switched
their funding programs to virtual implementation within a very short time.
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The companies deliver for personnel selection and development. And all
(at the time of project implementation) this without physical contact between those involved.
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the initial situation For example, the requirement that, in case of doubt,
For more than 10 years, persona service AG & Co. KG the procedure must be practicable for everyone
and ISD Immobilien Service Deutschland GmbH & Co. involved from the home office, not only for the
KG have been conducting group assessment centers as participants, but also for the observers, moderators,
a diagnostic measure for internal and external role players and the assistant. The consultants were
applicants. The declared goal is not only to contribute largely given a free hand to make content-related and
to a well-founded selection decision, but also to focus organizational adjustments. meta | five then
on the development of the participants and thus further developed a concept that was discussed and decided
expand the positive employer image. by the project team.
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To ensure leadership among the participants, the In addition to the usual discipline, this requires
project team decided on a three-stage approach. scheduling times in which the technique can be
On the one hand, a technical check was offered in checked and adjusted before the exercise so that
advance. Here, participants and observers the interaction between the discussion partners can
gathered together with the moderator in a virtual take place undisturbed and the focus can be on.
meeting, in which the audio and video connections
were tested, the practical use of the software tool
was tried out and practiced, and the process of the Feedback from stakeholders
funding assessment was discussed. On the day of In retrospect, everyone involved found that the differences
the procedure, the second step was an between an online-based AC and a face-to-face event are
introduction to the participants by meta | five smaller than expected. The observers made no difference in
moderators, in which the details of the procedure, the course of the conversation during the role-playing
such as the assessment criteria, exercises used games. In fact, the observers moved closer to the events
and tips & tricks were provided and questions and were better able to recognize the facial expressions of
answered. In addition, as a third step, the project the participants. There was also positive feedback from the
team planned a short extra time before the participants and difficulties in the discussion situations were
exercises, attributed to the circumstances of the methodology to the
same extent as in a face-to-face event: "That was unusual
for me and I was nervous, but the feedback is correct."
Conclusion
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