Hubert Annen

This webinar will present current standards of AC practices in Switzerland as they exist in Swiss Assessment with a focus on AC certification standards that have been developed and applied in practice. Swiss Assessment (formerly known as Arbeitskreis Assessment Center Switzerland) is a network of Swiss organizations that are applying ACs a) in their own organizations or b) conducting ACs in organizations as external consulting services.

The session will focus on the certification standards of Swiss ACs that have been applied as a collaboration of Swiss Assessment, SQS (a Swiss company specialised in certifications)

and the Work & Organizational Psychology Group of the University of Zurich since 2012. The 22 certification standards that have been developed and applied in this AC network will be introduced. These standards cover for instance scientific principles of exercises and tests, assessor training, and validation data. Organisations that seek to be certified must deliver the…