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title: Are Assessment Centres worth the cost?
description: "Employers rate assessment centres as worth the high cost. More than nine out of 10 employers using assessment centres believe they are a very (47%) or fairly (48%) effective means of recruiting* staff to fill vacancies, according to research by…"
url: "https://psyasia.com/kb/are-assessment-centres-worth-the-cost/"
updated: "2020-02-28"
category: Assessment Centres
tags:
  - Assessment Centre
  - HRM
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# Are Assessment Centres worth the cost?

Employers rate assessment centres as worth the high cost. More than nine out of 10 employers using assessment centres believe they are a very (47%) or fairly (48%) effective means of recruiting* staff to fill vacancies, according to research by Employment Review (UK).

The survey of HR practitioners in 91 companies and public sector bodies also found that more than half (53%) believe the often considerable costs of assessment centres are justified.

Assessment centres bring job applicants together in a group so they can be subject to a range of selection methods including group exercises and role play, individual interviews and psychometric tests.

This article first appeared in [Personnel Today magazine and can be read in full here](https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/employers-rate-assessment-centres-as-worth-the-high-cost/).

*PsyAsia editorial note: technically speaking, assessment centres are for selecting, not recruiting staff.  We have left the article unedited as we did not write it!