VirtualAC™

VirtualAC's provides a highly immersive and interactive virtual business simulation environment for talent selection and development. It simulates an online desktop where participants encounter realistic workplace information and issues through emails, video messages, voicemails, documents, and more. Candidates respond in real-time by drafting emails, writing reports, and scheduling meetings, mimicking actual job tasks.  

With more than 45 diverse virtual exercises, VirtualAC allows assessment of potential employees across various business functions, industry sectors, and career levels—from graduates to executives. Its streamlined online marking system, featuring SmartScoring, reduces assessor marking time by a third compared to traditional paper-based methods. This ensures efficient and comprehensive evaluation of candidate performance against specific competencies, helping practitioners build effective selection batteries. 

EXERCISE LEVELS

There are currently VirtualAC’s available for:

• Non-management

• Graduates

• First Line Management

• Middle Management

• Executive and Senior Management

COMPETENCIES ASSESSED

Knowing which competencies you want to assess makes choosing a VirtualAC exercise easier. Depending on the VirtualAC chosen, the following competencies can be measured:

• Attention to Detail

• Commercial Awareness

• Creativity

• Customer Service

• Decisiveness

• Delegation

• Diversity Awareness

• Flexibility

• Impact

• Initiative

• Integrity

• Interpersonal Sensitivity

• Judgement

• Leadership

• Listening

• Management Control

• Numerical Analysis

• Openness to Change

• Organisational Sensitivity

• People Development

• Persuasive Oral Communication

• Planning and Organising

• Problem Analysis

• Quality Standards

• Strategic Perspective

• Stress Tolerance

• Tenacity

• Written Communication

EXERCISE TYPES

• Inbox Exercises

• Analysis Exercises

• In-basket Exercises

• Day-in-the-life Exercises

AREAS OF APPLICATION

The VirtualAC range assesses job performance in the following areas of business: 

Administration · Customer Service · Management ·Personnel or Human Resources · Purchasing or Procurement · Finance · General Management · Marketing · Production or Manufacturing · Sales 

INDUSTRY SECTORS 

The VirtualAC range assesses job performance in the following industry sectors: 

Energy or Utilities · Financial Services · Insurance or Banking · Hotel or Catering · Pharmaceutical · Public- or Local Government · Transport or Logistics. · Engineering or Construction · Health · IT or Telecom · Professional Services · Retail · Manufacturing· Production · Warehousing · Publishing  

REPORTS 

The various reports summarises the candidate’s performance against each of the competencies chosen in the Virtual Assessment.   

Please download the VirtualAC Exercises Description guide for more information on the available exercises in this range.