Need:

Gillette leadership in Mexico sought to identify, screen, and select eight high-quality, high-potential individuals for management positions within the company. In addition to demonstrated practical learning ability, these individuals also needed to be flexible and adaptable, as they could expect to be relocated to other sites within Mexico over the course of their time with the company. Gillette wanted the selection process completed in as short a time as possible.

Solution:

Gillette partnered with DDI to design and implement a competency-based selection system that would identify the most promising individuals from a pool of high-quality candidates sourced from all across Mexico. After applications were screened, the 300 top candidates were invited to a Gillette production facility in Naucalpan, where they learned about the position and the Gillette culture, and completed job fit and situational judgment inventories. Based on the data collected from the test and inventories, and entered into DDI's applicant tracking software package, 80 candidates were selected to go through a half-day assessment center. Based on the assessment center results, 15 candidates were selected to go through a behavior-based Targeted Selection^® interview, conducted by a Gillette manager. From these interviews, the best candidates were selected and offered positions.

Results:

Gillette senior leadership was pleased with the quality of hires as well as with the overall applicant pool—and felt confident they had hired the best available candidates. In addition, Gillette was able to leverage positive candidate experiences and the uniqueness of the selection process to build relationships with universities in order to better recruit top graduates.