The Odyssey Talent Management team has had a very busy year so far. Our MD, Kevin Distiller, has been on a mission to punt the benefits of gamified talent assessment to the Industrial Psychology, HR and recruitment fraternity across the country. This has included presenting at a range of conferences and also recording a podcast on RadioOnmicor on The Uberification of Assessments with Omnicor’s Hilton ...
Leadership must be one of the most critical challenges in any organisations and in developing business leadership, it is crucial to use the correct assessment approaches to identify talent in order to reap the best return on subsequent development efforts. Using a less than optimal solution in assessing candidates for managerial and leadership roles can waste valuable time and resources. The EBS is an online, ...
Evalex recently moved into a new space in Rivonia, not far from our old offices in Wessel Road. “With all the recent growth we’ve been experiencing as a business, we required larger premises to accommodate a bigger team,” says Evalex MD, Hendrik Bronkhorst. “Our new offices have been designed to encourage team collaboration and engagement while ensuring a continued strong candidate experience and effic...
In the early 2000s assessment went online from their previous paper-and-pencil format. Nothing really changed until a few years ago, when we saw the rise of artificial intelligence, increased competition in the marketplace and a new generation of people who need to be brought into the market. These factors drove a number of organisations in the assessment space to look at gamification as a means of using technolo...
Odyssey Talent Management MD Kevin Distiller will be sharing insights into the fascinating world of gamification at the upcoming Mail & Guardian gamification conference: Driving Engagement and Improving Business Performance. Kevin joins a panel of speakers from a variety of industries to unpack the concept of gamification and share their experienes. Here's more info: Gamification is essentially the concept ...
We look forward to attending, speaking and exhibiting at the 20th Annual SIOPSA Conference to be held at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. The theme of this year’s conference is "The Art of Collaboration". Evalex has secured a Gold sponsorship at the event, which includes an exhibition stand to showcase our locally developed and integrated assessment solutions. David Bischof, our Director B...
Odyssey Talent Management is excited about the 2018 Annual SIOPSA Conference and has decided to throw our full weight behind this event. In addition to being listed as one of the sponsors of the conference and having a full stand for all three days, our MD, Kevin Distiller (pictured right), has committed to two separate speaking slots at the event. On the first day of the conference (24 July), Kevin will be spe...
Evalex was well represented at the recent HR Business Partner Conference in Gaborone, Botswana. The conference drew delegates and speakers from across the sub-continent to share ideas and explore partnerships opportunities in the HR space in the region. Evalex founder and CEO, Pieter Bronkhorst, spoke on two topics: “How technology, such as artificial intelligence, impacts assessment of human talent” and “...
When the Evalex Odyssey team first conceptualised the need for a web- and smartphone-enabled, gamified solution for high-volume and blue collar recruitment, we focused purely on identifying the key skills required for success. To do this, we used scientific and empirical processes such as job design, workshops, line manager interviews as process mapping. The result is a range of engaging, gamified assessments tha...
The annual Assessment Centre Study Group conference was held in Johannesburg between 15 and 16 March 2018. The conference was a big success and was attended by many of the main role players in the South African assessment industry. The OMT group of companies, to which Evalex and Odyssey belong, definitely made an impact over the two days through our well-presented stand and sponsorship of the Whova conference ...
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