West Associates
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West Associates
Stonebridge House, Leatherhead
# West Associates
West Associates is an independent firm of Chartered Occupational Psychologists established in 1989, serving organisations across the private and public sectors. Based in Surrey, the firm specialises in applying psychological principles to workplace challenges, helping businesses optimise their recruitment, assessment and organisational development processes.
The consultancy works with diverse industry sectors including leisure, food production, property, engineering, technology, banking, finance and retail. They serve organisations ranging from large government agencies to private enterprises seeking evidence-based solutions for their people management challenges.
What distinguishes West Associates is their deep expertise in graduate recruitment and assessment centre design—areas where they have built particular specialism over three decades. Their consultants are fully chartered by the British Psychological Society and maintain BPS approval to deliver Level A Occupational Testing courses, a qualification they've offered since 1994. This positions them not merely as practitioners but as recognised educators within their field.
The firm combines consultancy with training delivery, meaning clients benefit from both expert project implementation and the transfer of knowledge to internal teams. Their approach to job analysis, psychometric validation and bespoke assessment instrument design reflects a commitment to rigour—ensuring selection methods genuinely predict job performance rather than relying on convention.
Rather than offering generic HR support, West Associates addresses specific organisational challenges through customised psychological assessment, whether for recruitment, promotion decisions or management development planning.
West Associates is an independent firm of Chartered Occupational Psychologists established in 1989, serving organisations across the private and public sectors. Based in Surrey, the firm specialises in applying psychological principles to workplace challenges, helping businesses optimise their recruitment, assessment and organisational development processes.
The consultancy works with diverse industry sectors including leisure, food production, property, engineering, technology, banking, finance and retail. They serve organisations ranging from large government agencies to private enterprises seeking evidence-based solutions for their people management challenges.
What distinguishes West Associates is their deep expertise in graduate recruitment and assessment centre design—areas where they have built particular specialism over three decades. Their consultants are fully chartered by the British Psychological Society and maintain BPS approval to deliver Level A Occupational Testing courses, a qualification they've offered since 1994. This positions them not merely as practitioners but as recognised educators within their field.
The firm combines consultancy with training delivery, meaning clients benefit from both expert project implementation and the transfer of knowledge to internal teams. Their approach to job analysis, psychometric validation and bespoke assessment instrument design reflects a commitment to rigour—ensuring selection methods genuinely predict job performance rather than relying on convention.
Rather than offering generic HR support, West Associates addresses specific organisational challenges through customised psychological assessment, whether for recruitment, promotion decisions or management development planning.
Services offered
Job analysisPsychometric assessment for selectionGraduate recruitment programmesAssessment centre design and implementationIndividual assessments for promotion and developmentOccupational testing training (Level A)Interviewing skills trainingManagement skills training