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Assessing a project leadership role in pharma or life sciences: influence without authority, coordination across sites and communication with partners.
Assessment · in Basel-Stadt
Assessment in the canton of Basel-City
Objectify an executive or specialist career decision when the market is small and cross-site collaboration is decisive.
Working in the canton of Basel-City
Basel-Stadt is a canton of pharmaceutical and life-science firms, Rhine logistics and international research. Teams are frequently multinational, project roles change quickly, and many functions are spread across Swiss, German and French sites. The narrow local labour market makes internal moves especially visible — and especially consequential.
Most common working languages in Basel-Stadt: German and English, frequently French as well.
Assessment in Basel-Stadt: what we secure
Clarify a promotion or internal move
Preparing succession in a small, highly specialised function in Basel-Stadt where there are hardly any external candidates.
Build a development plan
Checking a promotion from expert to manager before the technical and managerial career tracks become entangled.
Assessment Basel-City: where we intervene
We work in the cities below and cover the whole canton of Basel-City.
Assessment in other cantons
The same support, adapted to each canton's economic fabric.
Assessment Basel-City: why choose SHR
An Assessment Basel-City run by SHR serves a decision first: hiring, promotion, succession or a development plan. Every Assessment Basel-City is built from the actual role, your culture and the local business context, not from a standard test battery.
Our Assessment Basel-City combines a structured interview, role-close exercises and, where relevant, validated psychometric questionnaires, so each competency is observed from several angles and the conclusions of the Assessment Basel-City are sturdier than a single interview.
Organisations that commission an Assessment Basel-City receive a reasoned report, a debrief for the decision-maker and individual feedback for the person assessed. A well-run Assessment Basel-City leaves something useful whatever the outcome.
The Assessment Basel-City can take place on your premises, at a neutral local venue or partly online. To organise an Assessment Basel-City, simply describe the role and timing and we will propose a suitable design.
How an SHR assessment works — Assessment Basel-City
A serious assessment does not start with a test but with a question: which decision is it meant to inform? Hiring, promotion, succession and development reviews call for different exercises and different reports, so every design starts from the actual role.
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Role definition
A conversation with leadership and HR to turn the role into four to six observable competencies, with examples of expected behaviour in your context rather than a generic framework.
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Method selection
Structured interviews on real past situations, work-sample exercises close to the role (in-tray, difficult conversation, board presentation) and, where justified, validated psychometric questionnaires. Each competency is observed through at least two methods.
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Assessment day
Candidates are told how the day runs and how results will be used. Observations are rated independently, then compared in an integration session to limit halo effects and first-impression bias.
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Feedback
A written report and a debrief with the decision-maker, followed by individual feedback to the person assessed, who leaves with concrete development points whatever the decision.
What you receive
- A competency profile backed by observed behaviour, not impressions
- Strengths to build on and risks to watch in the first six months
- An explicit recommendation and its conditions
- A development plan ready for onboarding or coaching
What an assessment does not do
It does not predict the future with certainty and does not replace your judgement: it reduces uncertainty on specific competencies. Nor is it a way to justify a decision already taken — if that is the request, we will say so in the first conversation.
Standards we rely on
Our designs follow international guidelines on assessment centres and test use: role-based competencies, multiple methods, trained assessors and informed candidates. Recent research on predictive validity confirms that structured interviews and work-sample exercises are among the most reliable methods. Personal data is handled under Switzerland’s revised Federal Act on Data Protection, in force since 1 September 2023.
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- Sackett, P. R., Zhang, C., Berry, C. M., & Lievens, F. (2022). Revisiting meta-analytic estimates of validity in personnel selection. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(11), 2040–2068.
Frequently asked questions — assessment in the canton of Basel-City
Do you run assessments in Basel in English?
Yes. In international teams we work in English, in German or in both; feedback is given in the language the decision requires.
Do you also work across the three-country region?
Yes. We are active in Basel-Stadt and the neighbouring communes; sessions take place in your premises or by videoconference.
How long does an assessment in Basel-Stadt take?
Half a day to a full day of observation depending on the level of responsibility, then analysis and feedback. The written report is delivered within about a week.
In which languages is an assessment run in Basel-Stadt?
In your team's working language: German and English, frequently French as well are the most common in Basel-Stadt. Italian is available on request.
A personnel decision to objectify in the canton of Basel-City?
Describe the situation in a few lines: we call you back to frame the request and propose a method suited to it.
SHR — Swiss Human Resources — Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy (Genève), Suisse · Monday–Friday, 8am–6pm.