Kaplan, Aon to Offer Talent Assessment, Professional Development Solutions for Businesses
January 12 2021 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Collaboration timely for those struggling
with attracting, retaining, and developing talent during the
pandemic
Kaplan, one of the world’s largest and most diverse education
providers, and Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm
providing a broad range of risk, retirement, and health solutions,
today announced a collaboration that brings together Aon’s
industry-leading talent assessment capabilities with Kaplan
Performance Academy (KPA), a world-class digital environment that
hosts and coordinates custom-tailored learning, coaching, and
assessments.
The announcement comes at a time when many businesses are
struggling with staffing issues during the pandemic, bringing both
talent assessment and talent development to the top of their
agenda. Human resources professionals are facing many new
challenges, not only in identifying the right people, but retaining
and developing their own talent.
Aon’s suite of assessments places it at the cutting edge of
digital diagnostics that produce rich data and insight. But data
and insight is only half the story, according to Andrew Perkins,
Global Director of KPA. “It’s rather like having a fitness
assessment at the gym. It’s a great place to start, but what can I
do now? What can I achieve? Who can help me?” said Perkins.
“For both Aon and Kaplan,” Perkins continued, “human potential
lies at the heart of what we offer our clients. Aon helps clients
see that potential, while Kaplan helps clients develop it. The
combination of our respective experiences and expertise to offer
clients an end-to-end solution makes for an exciting prospect for
both companies and our clients.”
Aon’s assessment solutions undertake 30 million assessments
annually and include aptitude tests, personality assessments, job
simulations, and data and analytics for pre-hire assessments,
employee development and identification of leadership potential to
help companies make the best-informed talent decision. KPA combines
digital and live learning experiences, online coaching, and
assessment data to create a holistic developmental experience that
is contextualized to an organization’s needs. It provides learning
content in a variety of modalities, a global network of accredited
coaches and subject matter experts available to support individuals
in their professional development, and a unique performance tracker
that ensures managers are engaged in supporting the learning
process.
“We know how to identify the right people, and Kaplan knows how
to unlock their potential,” said Brandon DeCaro, sales director,
Aon’s Human Capital solutions. “It’s an ideal collaboration to
provide a comprehensive talent development solution for our
clients. KPA provides the role-based development that supports our
talent assessment tools with a focus on performance outcomes that
our clients truly value.”
The world’s talent assessment industry is estimated to be worth
between $3 to $4 billion annually and set to grow between 5-10
percent in the next few years, according People Matters magazine.
For more information about Kaplan Performance Academy, visit
their website.
Aon’s talent assessment practice, a segment of the firm’s human
capital business, provides clients in more than 90 countries with
powerful tools and insights to help them make better talent
decisions at every stage of the employee lifecycle. This includes
pre-hire assessments, identifying future leaders, screening for
digital skills and agility, and AI-enabled solutions. To learn
more, visit assessment.aon.com.
About Kaplan
Kaplan provides individuals, universities, and businesses a
broad array of educational services, including higher and
professional education, test preparation, language training,
corporate and leadership training, and student recruitment, online
enablement and other university support services. With operations
in nearly 30 countries, Kaplan serves nearly 1.1 million students
each year and has partnerships with 2,000-plus universities,
colleges, and schools/school districts, and more than 4,000
businesses globally. Kaplan is a subsidiary of Graham Holdings
Company (NYSE: GHC). For more information, please visit
www.kaplan.com.
About Aon
Aon plc (NYSE: AON) is a leading global professional services
firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health
solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results
for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver
insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.
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For Kaplan Gregory Ten Eyck Director, Communications +1
954-515-3026 gregory.teneyck@kaplan.edu
For Aon Kelly Sparrer Director +1 408 321 2584
ksparrer@aon.com
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