Cubiks, the specialist HR consultancy, has developed e-tray, a pioneering electronic tool that simulates many aspects of the office in the new economy. e-tray is an imaginative and innovative update of the in-tray exercise, one of the most popular and enduring assessments for predicting an individualís future performance.
In-tray exercises provide vital indications as to how a person is likely to react in a role, because they simulate particular work-related situations. However, the modern business environment has changed so radically in recent years, that employees now need a particular skills set just to manage the pressures brought about by the predominating email culture.
Recognising that traditional in-tray exercises are purely paper-based and therefore no longer accurately reflect todayís working world, Cubiks has taken the best elements from conventional in-tray exercises and applied these to an on-screen in-box format.
Using a common work-based scenario, e-tray requires candidates to read through a full ëin-boxí of email messages and then to carry out a range of tasks that are central to contemporary business life: grouping, prioritising, action planning and communicating.
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Cubiks launches e-tray - 05/2001
Update of the in-tray exercise
