Career Connections Partners with Symbiotics for Psychometric Assessments ahead of Pilot Recruitment & Flight Crew Assessments Across Africa

Career Connections, a leading provider of talent assessment and HR solutions across Africa, have announced a strategic channel partnership with Symbiotics, a global leader in psychometric assessments for the aviation sector. This collaboration will deliver world-class pilot and flight crew assessments and selection solutions across the African region. 

With over two decades of experience, Career Connections have been at the forefront of people consulting, talent development and executive coaching in Africa. They believe passionately about nurturing and inspiring the human spirit at work, partnering with organisations that act to create fair work environments that bring out the best in their people and the stakeholders they serve. Through strategic collaborations, innovative solutions and a deep commitment to unlocking human potential, they have shaped the talent landscape in East Africa and beyond. 

With this collaboration, Career Connections will represent Symbiotics' comprehensive suite of aviation assessment tools while ensuring compliance with international regulatory frameworks and regional considerations for jurisdictions. Career Connections will provide ADAPT online assessments for the recruitment of Pilots, Instructors and Cabin Crew to support Airlines and Flight Schools.

Aligned with industry expectations and ICAO competency framework standards, Symbiotics' ADAPT assessments reflect real-world operational demands and identify the qualities required of exceptional flight-crew members. Situated on their globally accessible online platform, this suite of online tests measures a candidate's personality, values, behaviour and attitudes to determine the individual's suitability to becoming a member of flight crew, operating in a high stress and high consequence environment. 

Symbiotics' aviation-specific tools are trusted globally for pilot selection, cadet screening, and command upgrade assessments, ensuring Airlines recruit and develop flight crew with the right capabilities for safe and efficient operations. 

Hannah Davies, Director of Strategy and Growth at Symbiotics says, "We are delighted to partner with Career Connections in Africa to strengthen the pipeline of skilled and competent flight crew. Africa represents a dynamic and fast-growing aviation market. Career Connections have deep regional expertise, long standing professional credentials and share our values of excellence in equipping people to be successful within their career. This partnership enables us to better support Airlines and Training Organisations within the African continent with a local presence and global standards."

Gicheha Gitau, Client Partner - Talent Advisory at Career Connections says, "We are excited to partner with Symbiotics and to leverage their ADAPT platform to scale aviation assessments across Africa. This partnership builds on our 17 years of experience assessing First Officers and Captains in the region using specialised tools that comply with international pilot recruitment guidelines. Working with Symbiotics allows us to extend these assessments beyond pilots to include crew and instructors, and to support growth well beyond East Africa."

This partnership marks a step forward in enhancing aviation recruitment and assessment infrastructure throughout Africa, supporting industry growth and equipping aviation organisations with effective tools to select and develop flight crew talent.