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Congratulations!

You have arrived at this page because you've received one of our postcards. This makes you eligible for one free IKM assessment (list price £125). You can take it yourself, you can benchmark one of your employees, or you can use it as part of your recruitment process.

This offer is valid for 3 months after you receive your postcard.

Please get in touch with Alex on alex.handford@bluespoint.net if you'd like to accept this offer. It's genuinely free and there's no obligation to purchase anything.

Technical recruitment is a tricky business. How do you know that the candidates you interview have the right level of technical ability? The usual way to find this out is to interview them, but often you will find that your time has been wasted because the candidate doesn’t meet the required standard.

This is why we are the only Midlands-based IT recruitment company to offer technical testing as a standard part of our process, at no additional cost. This eliminates the need to spend time conducting technical interviews / tests of your own, and the results provide invaluable advance information about the candidates that you do interview.

We work with IKM, a global testing company with over 250 standard tests that cover most aspects of IT. But it’s not just off the shelf. We will work with you to construct a bespoke test that reflects the technologies you actually use. You can then benchmark your current staff and use the results to generate a meaningful shortlist of pre-qualified candidates. Again, this is part of our standard process and there is no separate charge for this. The tests are more intelligent that you might think. If you would like to try one out, just get in touch.

For in-depth information about the test provider, IKM, click here.

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Click here for a list of currently available tests.

For a list of tests coming soon, click here.

Purchasing

If you are already part-way through your recruitment process and would like to purchase tests separately, please contact us for prices. Significant volume discounts apply.

Are you sitting an IKM assessment? Have a read of our top tips here.

Team Rewards chose Blues Point as our recruitment partner after a recommendation from one of our own clients. After our initial meeting Blues Point quickly took ownership of our project to recruit into the team, and they delivered to … Read More

Catherine Bennett, Team Rewards

Alex provided an excellent service when I needed to recruit permanent software developers with a specific skill-set. He was able to provide a lot of added value, for example by performing some first round interviews using Competency Based Interview … Read More

Andy R, Software Development Manager

Blues Point’s service offering is more than just recruitment; they supply us with technical testing services, advice on market conditions and salary information, and they continue to support the staff that they have placed with us. Blues Point really seem … Read More

Paul Hudson, Haywyre LLP

We recruit technical roles through Blues Point, and all candidates now take the appropriate test before we interview them. The tests definitely add something to the process and they are a good indicator of a candidate’s actual technical ablility. … Read More

Support Team Leader, IT Services Provider

Throughout the process, they were extremely accommodating, listened to our feedback, reacted in a timely manner and made the process very easy. For us they found the right person for the right role and at the right time! We … Read More

Sharon Stainer, Clinigen Group plc

We incorporated the IKM TeckChek tests into our recruitment process in order to validate a candidate’s technical skill set. The tests were easy to implement and results were delivered quickly, allowing the Hiring Managers to reduce risk and confirm the … Read More

Stephen Dashfield, University Of Derby

Blues Point are very good at understanding our business, our projects, our vacancy requirements, and our culture. I have been consistently impressed with their professionalism, their honesty, their attitude, and their results. The assignments we give them are never … Read More

Hannah Heathcote, Northgate

We do our own recruitment but supplement it by purchasing these tests from Blues Point. They do help the process, and are a cost-effective way of reducing the time we spend doing technical interviews. They are a very useful … Read More

Richard, Development Manager

Blues Point ensured that we hired the right person for our business, who was both technically strong, but more importantly, has the right behaviours to lead and motivate the development team. Sourcing the right candidate within a short timeframe, … Read More

Philip Morris, Potter Clarkson LLP

I engaged Blues Point after they were recommended to me by a colleague in the industry. They came over to talk about our situation and it was clear that they understood not only our technical requirements, but the business implications … Read More

Chris Laud, Pedigree Wholesale Ltd

We would highly recommend Blues Point for their professional, efficient and dependable service. We know that we can rely on them to produce high quality candidates for our IT roles. If we take time out of a manager’s calendar … Read More

Sarah Chapman, Hollister

Blues Point is a first-class recruitment partner for Juriba: the staff are professional, approachable and resourceful. They have a knack for getting right to the heart of your requirements, and filtering CVs accordingly. Their technical tests provide extra assurance, … Read More

Julia Bell, Juriba

I found the test to be difficult but not impossible, and it correctly identified my technical strengths – and weaknesses! Overall, it seemed very fair, and the results document is a good thing to show at future interviews.

Joshua, C# Developer

STRATEC Biomedical has experienced considerable growth over the last 18 months, with a 50% increase in headcount. Blues Point were our first choice when it came to filling the new vacancies created and provided an excellent array of candidates … Read More

Mark Dexter, Stratec Biomedical

Blues Point have provided us with their technical testing services for a number of roles now, and they also put candidates through them as part of their normal process. These technical tests are invaluable! We use them when we … Read More

Damian Byrne, Healthcare at Home

Kerry Foods have been a client of Blues Point for a number of years enabling the recruitment of several members staff into the IT team. The latest recruitment was my first experience of using Blues Point’s services and through … Read More

IT Manager, Kerry Foods

I began my relationship with Blues Point after our preferred recruitment partner failed to pre-screen candidates thoroughly. This resulted in the hiring of a candidate with a lack of relevant skills to complete the tasks that he was assigned … Read More

James Parry, Activa Healthcare

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Technical testing – IKM

IKM TeckChek

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