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Assessment · in the canton of Ticino
Assessment in the canton of Ticino
Objectify a personnel decision in a canton where qualified profiles are contested and key functions often rest with a handful of people.
Working in the canton of Ticino
The canton of Ticino combines industry and pharmaceuticals in the Lugano-Mendrisio area, banking, fashion, trade and a network of family-run SMEs. Teams are often trilingual and people change employer several times during a career. For a Ticino executive, leading people means moving between languages, cultures and decision centres located outside the canton.
Most common working languages in the canton of Ticino: Italian, with French and German in international functions.
Assessment in the canton of Ticino: what we secure
Clarify a promotion or internal move
Promoting an internal candidate in a family SME: assessing management skills before the promotion becomes final.
Build a development plan
Preparing a development path for a few high-potential executives and linking it to targeted training or coaching.
Assessment Ticino: where we intervene
We work in the cities below and cover the whole canton of Ticino.
Assessment in other cantons
The same support, adapted to each canton's economic fabric.
Assessment Ticino: why choose SHR
An Assessment Ticino run by SHR serves a decision first: hiring, promotion, succession or a development plan. Every Assessment Ticino is built from the actual role, your culture and the local business context, not from a standard test battery.
Our Assessment Ticino 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 Ticino are sturdier than a single interview.
Organisations that commission an Assessment Ticino receive a reasoned report, a debrief for the decision-maker and individual feedback for the person assessed. A well-run Assessment Ticino leaves something useful whatever the outcome.
The Assessment Ticino can take place on your premises, at a neutral local venue or partly online. To organise an Assessment Ticino, simply describe the role and timing and we will propose a suitable design.
How an SHR assessment works — Assessment Ticino
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 Ticino
Do your assessments in the canton of Ticino take place in Italian?
Yes. Interviews, simulations and feedback run in Italian, French, German or English, depending on the working language; the report can be written in the language the decision requires.
Do you also work in Mendrisio, Bellinzona and Locarno?
Yes, across the canton, including peripheral sites. Sessions take place at your premises, in our offices in Lancy or remotely.
How long does an assessment in the canton of Ticino 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 the canton of Ticino?
In your team's working language: Italian, with French and German in international functions are the most common in the canton of Ticino. Italian is available on request.
A personnel decision to objectify in the canton of Ticino?
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.