Pre-Employment Screening
As part of the description section of job listings many companies include that they desire that all applicants be proficient in using Microsoft’s variety of products for the office place. The problem with this is that many job seekers will claim to have expertise that they do not possess. Because of this, Criteria Corp., a pre-employment testing service provider, recently announced that it has integrated a computer skills test into HireSelect software.
Earlier this month Criteria sent out a press release about finalizing this integration. Now users of HireSelect will be able to add both a Microsoft Excel and a Microsoft Word proficiency to their already existing hiring assessment efforts.
“Our customers have been telling us that computer skills tests would be a great addition to HireSelect, and we are excited to meet that need through our partnership with Skillsarens,” said Josh Millet in the press release.
Users of HireSelect pay a flat annual subscription fee in order to have unlimited access to all of the company’s tests, which include: aptitude, personality and skills assessments. Because of the year long fee, this service might be better for company’s that don’t need rare or one time tests.
Smaller companies that would like to test their applicants before making a hiring decision will be happy to know that other computer skills testing providers exist. Some of these gear their services towards the needs of employers with fewer than 500 workers, which means that several pricing options are often available.
Usually these include a pay-as-you-go method. This means that the employer is only charged for the tests that they use. Another popular way to go about getting access to these very useful employees screening quizzes is by paying a monthly fee. Instead of being charged for a full year, this enables employers to only have to pay for such services when they are in the process of hiring several people at one time.