Chemistry Recruitment

With the Beijing Olympics just finished and London 2012 now only 4 years away, this month we will be looking at the world of sports psychology. What is it in the mind that makes the body work better?

Talent Labs, a new centre specifically designed for training and assessment seems to have signposted a sea change in the selection of facilities HR professionals are choosing as they move away from the use of hotels and office meeting rooms.

How much of us is determined by our genetics? To what extent are we the product of our environment, family, friends, etc? These are big questions and ones that cannot be answered with any consensus by modern psychology. This month, Psycho Bitesize will look at the controversial topic of crime. Are some people just born to be bad?

Chemistry held its first Master Class on Recruitment Accuracy on Thursday, July 10th 2008. This was the first in a series of events that the company is planning.

This month we look at attrition and how and why it happens. It also explores some psychological models that set explain it.

In this issue we look at what motivates us as human beings. We begin by looking at Maslow's work and his pyramid of hierarchical needs. Further down we also look at Roland Tarleton's work on how we can motivate others.

In this Psycho Bitesize we explore some studies on intelligence. Researchers seem to suggest that there are more than one type of intelligences that can determine how successful we can be in life. Here we take a look at the different categories of intelligence and how we can determine the key areas of intelligence needed for particular roles.

This month's Psycho Bitesize looks at personality. Is it something we are stuck with for the rest of our lives; does it ever change? Or is it a case of a bit of both?

This month's newsletter looks into organisational pain, how to avoid it and how to deal with it.

The first edition of our monthly newsletter on the world of psychometrics. This month's focuses on Locus of Control, what is it and what does it mean.