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Vendors offering employment tests and employee testing software for employee skills assessment. Find providers of personnel skill assessment tools to help you determine the skill levels of your employees.
Pre-Employment Testing
Web-based selection testing helps you choose candidates who will increase productivity and also reduce turnover and training costs.
www.resourceassociates.com
Employee Assessment
Simple and Effective Employee Assessment Software. Halogen e360
www.halogensoftware.com/assessment
Employee Assessment
Replace Paper-Based Appraisals With An Easy To Use Software. Free Trial
www.SuccessFactors.com
Employee assessment
Align Employee and Company Goals. Improve Culture of Performance
www.Authoria.com
Pre-employment Testing
Hire right with PreVisor skills, personality and behavior tests.
www.previsor.com
Employee Assessment
Selection systems and tests for recruiting or internal promotion.
www.valtera.com
Employee Assessment
Find valuable employee assessment surveys w/Quantum Market Research.
www.qmrinc.com
Pre-employment Testing
Web-based testing, testing centers, I/O consulting, talent management
www.panpowered.com
Employee Assessment
Assess employee skills: Competency- based Assessments & Learning Plans.
www.i-skillsuite.com
Employee Aptitude Tests
Test Candidate Skills and Knowledge before You Hire. Get Free Demo!
www.eSkill.com/OnlineTesting
Sales Employee Testing
Hire Better Now, Stop Guesswork! Free Demonstration
www.SalesTestOnline.com
Employee Testing
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Employee-Test.iCompared.net
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Accurate Assessment Tests for Sales
SalesTestOnline.com reduces hiring guesswork. Accurately measure personality, motivation and job suitability. Free Demonstration.
salestestonline.com(Paid)
Achievement Tec
Offers entry level to executive assessments, background verification, drug screening, professional interviews, job-related aptitude testing and team compatibility
personalitytesting.com
ADTEL International
Provider of pre-employment skill and assessment screening in the recruiting process.
www.adtelusa.com
Advanced Computer Testing
Providing PC based and online skills testing for Office Skills, Software Knowledge, Technical Programmer/Developers, Legal, and Medical Industries.
www.adstaff.com
Applied Measurement Professionals, Inc.
Subsidiary/holding company with a high-tech operating unit involved in student testing software. Provider of psychometric consulting, testing, measurement, management and publishing services.
www.applmeapro.com
Applied Personnel Research
Providing industrial psychology consulting services in the areas of personnel assessment and selection. Systems and tools for employers include basic skills assessments and workplace surveys. Also available are witness services and HR Research.
www.personnelselection.com
Assessments from NCS
Tests and surveys for use by professionals to help hire, promote, train and develop employees and organizations.
assessments.ncs.com
Bigby, Havis & Associates, Inc
Consulting company specializing in tools and consulting services related to employee selection, development and performance.
www.bigby.com
Brainbench
Provider of Internet-based applicant testing services, including technical, language and programmer/analyst aptitude testing.
www.brainbench.com
Deborah M. Muno & Associates
Employee assessment consultant based in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
www.muno.com
e-validator
Company providing online skills assessment services for the recruitment, training and retention of people. We are based in the U.K. and our product supports multiple languages
www.e-validator.com(Paid)
Employee Turnover
Hire Success provides softare and internet based personality and aptitude tests for business, corporations, government and military.
www.personalityplus.net
Epstar
Internet based assessments for job fit, performance, selection, and total person.
www.epstar.com
ERC Dataplus
Company that enables clients to reduce administrative duties associated with recruiting, employee retention and assessment of opinions.
www.ercdataplus.com
Executive Development Assessment Centre
Internet-based assessment and development for human resource professionals using psychometric and other management development instruments, including 360-degree assessment of performance and assessment of cognitive skills using advanced instrume...
edacen.com
Hay Group Emotional Intelligence Services
Provider of emotional intelligence competency programs and services and multi-level development and coaching initiatives.
ei.haygroup.com
Industrial Edge
Provider of testing software for industrial workers. Software allows companies to screen potential employees and test existing employees for strengths and weaknesses.
www.indedge.com
ISTest.com
An online technical applicant testing service firm. Based in Pennsylvania.
istest.com
Know It All, Inc.
Provider of clerical and technical assessment software.
www.knowitallinc.com
Management and Personnel Systems,Inc.
Simulation tests and full-scale assessment centers for selection or career development.
www.mps-corp.com
Merex Corporation
Provides workplace education training and consulting services such as needs assessment, basic skills training, peer training, and writing skills training.
www.merexcorp.com
MHS Organizational Effectiveness Group
Provider of assessment and diagnostic products as well as practice and treatment management products and services.
www.mhs.com
Michaels & Associates
Vocational Testing, Evaluation and Vocational Expert Services in Canada and United States since 1978.
www.michaels-assoc.com
Objective Management Group, Inc.
Provides evaluation and measurement tools for developing effective sales organizations.
www.objectivemanagement.com
OPAC
Provides self-administering, self scoring office skills testing software.
www.opac.com
Ordinate Corporation
Makers of PhonePass, a telephone test that measures spoken English skills for educational and commercial organizations.
www.ordinate.com
Panther City Software
Developer of a software system that enables anyone to make, change, study and give tests on a PC.
www.testmaker.com
Polaris Team
Provider of consulting services in pre-employment assessments, 360º performance appraisals and communication skills for supervisors, salespersons and customer service associates.
www.polaristeam.com
Pre-Employment Testing
Web-based selection testing helps you choose candidates who will increase productivity and also reduce turnover and training costs.
www.resourceassociates.com (Paid)
Profile
PROFILE is a scientific tool with systems for evaluating and developing human potential, aimed at individuals and organizations.
www.profile.ca
Profiles International, Inc
Offers evaluation products and on-line assessments to help businesses manage personnel.
www.profilesinternational.com
PSI-Employment Tests
Human resource consulting firm providing employment tests to identify applicants with the ability to learn, solve problems and make good decisions.
www.psionline.com
Ramsay Corporation
Provider of tests that measure the practical, mechanical and electrical knowledge of maintenance employees.
www.ramsaycorp.com
Scheig Associates, Inc.
Provider of job specific, behaviorally based pre-employment assessments, structured interviews and performance evaluations.
www.scheig.com
Schroeder Measurement Technologies
Testing company serving the needs of licensing boards and credentialing agencies offering test development and test administration services.
www.smtorg.com
Select International
A human resources consulting firm providing web-based skills assessment testing and applicant tracking software.
www.selectinternational.com
SkillCheck, Inc.
Provider of computer-based testing on software, clerical, industrial and professional skills for applicant screening, pre-employment testing and training assessments.
www.skillcheck.com
Skillometer
Provider of web-based testing services to companies and information technology (IT) professionals for the assessment of IT skills.
www.skillometer.com
TapDance
PC-based testing for office and business skills.
www.tapdance.com
Verifications, Inc.
Provider of skill and assessment testing measuring an applicant's mental abilities, motivation, interests and personality compared with the benchmarks.
www.verificationsinc.com
Virtual HR Center
Provider of selection assessments, learning needs assessments, online courses, background checks, performance reviews and policy handbooks.
www.criw.com
Walden Personnel Testing
Provider of job-related skills, aptitude and knowledge-testing services.
www.waldentesting.com
Wonderlic, Inc.
Provider of pre-employment skill measuring tools, including technical, aptitude and basic skills tests.
www.wonderlic.com
Zero Risk HR
Provider of behavioral assessment tools to assist recruiters, human resources personnel, department managers and executives in making hiring choices.
www.zeroriskhr.com
Employee Assessment
Simple and Effective Employee Assessment Software. Halogen e360
www.halogensoftware.com/assessment
Employee Assessment
Replace Paper-Based Appraisals With An Easy To Use Software. Free Trial
www.SuccessFactors.com
Employee assessment
Align Employee and Company Goals. Improve Culture of Performance
www.Authoria.com

Guide to Pre-Employment Testing

Want to predict on-the-job performance? Try testing job prospects first.


For increasing numbers of small business owners, a "gut feeling" about a job candidate just isn't enough anymore. There are too many ways for a new hire to go wrong, and excessive job turnover is too expensive for a small operation to absorb. One way to check your "gut" is to put pre-employment testing to work for your small business.

Once the exclusive realm of big business HR departments, pre-employment testing now is available to smaller companies and affordable as well. And testing has won converts as an accurate predictor of actual job performance. In fact, testing companies claim a success rate four times higher than traditional job interviews alone. Testing is considered fair and appropriate because professionally-prepared tests are impartial and not subject to the preconceptions of a job interviewer. And testing gives all applicants an equal opportunity. Standard types of pre-employment testing include:
  1. Aptitude testing
  2. Online testing
  3. Personality testing
  4. Substance testing


Action Steps

The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Let outside experts do it for you If the size of your business warrants, it might make sense to outsource your pre-employment testing needs to a specialty firm.

I recommend:  Criteria Corp. offers a wide range of testing solutions that can help you hire more productive employees, reduce turnover and keep training costs undercontrol. InfiNet Assessment is a testing company with a range products and services geared to growing companies. Other options include: Wonderlic, Saterfiel and Associates, Brainbench, Employee Selection and Development Inc. and Personnel Insights.

Get do-it-yourself help from testing experts Designing pre-employment tests is a job better left to experts. But there are great, affordable products that let you conduct the testing yourself, either in your place of business or online.

I recommend:  G.Neil has specialized in providing small businesses with human resources solutions for many years.Their employment testing products and services offer affordable solutions for small business. Test for retails skills, clerical skills, reliability, supervisory potential and many other skill sets. Buy the materials or test online. ExpertRating and Hire Success also have affordable employment testing solutions.

Get the pre-employment testing FAQs A bevy of federal rules govern pre-employment testing, including physicals. Get answers to the most common questions on pre-employment testing, including legal compliance issues.

I recommend:  Fine your answers at InfiNet Assessment FAQ and Business and Legal Review (BLR).

Peruse sample test reports See what test reports look like for different types of pre-employment testing, such as sales skills, work ethic and computer knowledge.

I recommend:  Click your test selection at EmployeeSelect.com.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
  • To steer clear of problems under the ADA don't ask an applicant about his or her medical history and don't conduct any medical exam, including a drug test before you make a job offer. You can make a conditional offer, based on them successfully passing the tests.
  • Sometimes multiple choice aptitude tests may be viewed as discriminatory because they reflect test-taking ability rather than actual job skills.
  • Usually skill tests are legal, provided they test a skill that is deemed necessary for the performance of a job.
  • Remember that not everyone is adept at test taking. You may not want to screen someone out because they don't perform well on the test, particularly if they have been otherwise impressive.

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By Daniel Kehrer
Want to predict on-the-job performance? Try testing job prospects first.
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