This new booklet details how:

• Caffe Nero
• The Salvation Army
• Marriott
• and others

are using The McQuaig System™ to help recruit, manage and develop their staff.

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For more information call 0800 043 3950 or visit www.holstgroup.co.uk

For more information call 0800 043 3950 or email contact us.

Employers in the UK hospitality industry provide more training than any other sector, and it has helped their retention, research has shown.

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XMA Limited, Collette Byrne
“I found this course invaluable as the focus is on the parts of The McQuaig System™ that are of most use to you, in any situation. It teaches you how you should read the results and extract information quickly.”

XMA Limited
“This course was extremely useful to our managers. It provided invaluable information on what The McQuaig System™ assesses, and how it can be best utilised for recruitment and staff development.”

Ramesys Group
Even our most experienced managers benefited from the course. It not only provided them with a better understanding of how The McQuaig System™ can aid the recruitment process but also an insight into behavioural interviewing.  Mike has wide experience of his subject and kept the group interested and involved throughout the session.”

Ntl, Field Sales Manager
“I believe The McQuaig System™ gives a professional attitude towards the company’s recruitment – in particular the interview questions. It ensures that we are better prepared going into an interview and also reinforces observations in the interview process.”

Campbell Hooper, HR Manager
There was no question when it came to renewing our license for The McQuaig System™. It is such a useful development and recruitment tool.
 
Fisher Meredith, Managing Partner
“McQuaig has enabled Fisher Meredith to tailor development plans to individuals much more readily than before. Before, it was guesswork – now, we have some type of analytical framework which enables us to layer development plans upon it.”

“Having used a variety of different psychometric tools in the past I have found McQuaig to be the most flexible. It ranks with the best in terms of accurate description of character and ability.

Nicholas Orr Associates
However, from my own point of view, the most compelling reason to use it is the unsurpassed customer and after sales support which makes it the most effective system I know.”

“For recruitment, The McQuaig System™ helps us dig deeper to ensure we exhaust all areas of concern raised in the results. 

SeeBeyond, HR Director
“We have also used it in preparation for team building events, as well as general job profiling.  The back office support from The Holst Group is second to none and we have no hesitation in recommending them to other organisations.”

Vistage (formerly TEC), Robert Drew, Chief Executive
“We have been wrestling with how to improve our success rate in hiring the right Chairs to facilitate our groups. We would have made some wrong hires had it not been for The McQuaig System™ that enabled to really probe for the necessary motivations. We have institutionalised McQuaig as a necessary part of our selection process.”

The Online facility has been perfect for our Graduate programme & through its success we will work even closer with The McQuaig System™ in other functions & levels of our Business over the next 12 months.

Whitbread Restaurants, Learning and Development Manager
“The McQuaig System™ has become an integral part of recruitment and development at Whitbread Restaurants. It allows us to focus on both potential strengths and future development areas for an individual. All interviews now fit our objective of recruiting “the right person, for the right job, first time”.

Using The McQuaig Word Survey®, we can identify and explore potential areas for development.  The amount of information within an individual report is a great “eye-opener” for the individual and line manager, and can be a catalyst for productive 1:1 development discussions.

Hilton Hotels, Regional HR Director
“The McQuaig System™ has consistently supported our competency based interviews over the last 3 years, it helps us build a picture of the entire candidate”

Caffe Nero, Head of Training & Development
We chose McQuaig as it delivers such a wide range of reports. It will support our Area Managers with their personal development as well as the benchmarking we need to do around this role.’

My comment to my secretary about my two minute experience says it all, “Holst is a very customer friendly company. They understand the customer problem and respond quickly & appropriately”

RAC AutoWindscreens, HR Director
“One of The McQuaig System’s™ greatest strengths is its flexibility.  This ensures that it is transferable from industry to industry, and from level to level.”

RAC Auto Windscreens, Windscreen fitter
“The selection procedure at RAC Auto Windscreens makes you feel that the company is looking for something special”

Regatta, Personnel Manager
“Having used The McQuaig System™ for over 5 years, we believe it provides us with a valuable dimension to our recruitment and selection process. We have to make sure the “team fit” is correct, and McQuaig helps us select the right candidates to compliment our committed and dedicated teams.”

TM Group, HR Manager
“It is frightening how accurate the McQuaig Word Survey® is. It gives us an insight that questioning never will”.

RAC AutoWindscreens, HR Director
“In a customer service driven business, it is vital that the people we recruit are customer focused.

We have found The McQuaig System™ to be invaluable, as it allows us to probe people’s strengths, and enables us to make the right recruitment decision for the business.”

Tileflair, General Manager
“We have been using The McQuaig System™ for 14 years. Not only is it invaluable helping us to fit round pegs into round holes in selection, but also promotion and staff development. This has the double whammy effect of higher sales turnover with lower staff turnover.”

VFB Holiday Group, Chairman
“In 25 years of running this business, investing in The McQuaig System™ is one of the best decisions I’ve made”

Connells, Head of HR
“The McQuaig System™ is a simple, effective system for providing Psychometric data”
 

Bonnier, Group HR
“We have used The McQuaig System™ for over 12 years. Originally it was introduced as a simple recruitment tool for Sales. It has now grown to become an integral part of all our recruitment campaigns, as well as a fundamental management toolkit

All our managers find it invaluable for helping them prepare for an interview, and helps ensure the individual has the right skills base and culture fit”

Raytheon Systems Ltd, Development Executive
“McQuaig has been used to support our Talent Management Process and this has helped all of our Potential Leaders of the future feel more comfortable and motivated in their career choices through the better understanding of their skills and abilities that McQuaig illustrates to them.

“All managers involved in the Talent Management Process have asked the company to use McQuaig to help them recruit and develop their own teams.”

Ramesys Group, Group HR & Staff Development Manager
“We are using The McQuaig System™ for more than just recruitment. The wide variety of reports help us address performance and motivation issues, as well as succession planning and career development”

Avery Dennison, HR Director
We have used The McQuaig System™ for nearly twenty years because it can be applied across all aspects of our business. From shop floor to senior management, it helps us identify potential managers and leaders for the future, substantially enhancing our Assessment Centre process.

We avoid putting people into situations where they are unlikely to cope, therefore significantly reducing our recruitment and keeping incorrect selection costs to a minimum.