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The Catalyst consultants invites you to a:
COMPLIMENTARY BREAKFAST AND THE ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT!
Hello Interested Parties,
We at Catalyst Consultants would like to introduce you to our company to enable you to see why it would benefit your organisation to use our services, and why we would be the preferred service provider.
We think it would be of benefit in the following ways:
Learn about the benefit of using assessment as part of your recruitment strategy
Network with other organisations who utilise our service so that you are able to see the benefits firsthand.
Hence the program will loosely be as follows:
- Introduction to psychometrics
- Ethics of using assessment in your organisation
- Questions and answers
- Mingling and eating
If we have sufficient numbers we will be hosting this at the Hildebrand restaurant at the Waterfront, or alternatively at our premises. Ideally we would like to have the event on the 22nd of February and envisage that the function will last about 2 hours. Please advise if this date would suit you.
It is essential that you RSVP before the 5th February.
Please invite other stakeholders and/or interested parties from your organisation and confirm the numbers when RSVP’ing. You are also welcome to distribute this invite to other interested parties outside your company.
We will send you confirmation emails regarding date, time and venue closer to the time as well as a reminder shortly before.
It will be a delight to meet with you, and indeed to learn about your perceptions about assessment, as well as your needs for your organisation. Do come, it will be fun!
If you are keen please email us on info@catalystconsultants.co.za and we will respond accordingly. Thank you for your interest.
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