Helping the most successful companies
in the world hire the people that
keep them that way.
| Helping the most successful companies in the world hire the people that keep them that way. |
|
 |
 |
Construction Testimonials "We have found that the Scheig pre-employment assessments to be deadly accurate measures of the human and technical factors that lead to high productivity in the commercial and industrial construction industries. We have administered over 7,000 tests in the last three years and believe that they are the best tools available in the United States to assess an individual's capacity to perform at a high level in the job for which they are being hired." Tim Johnson, Executive Director, Associated Builders and Contractors, Pelican Chapter Because gut instinct isn't always the most effective hiring tool, Jerry Lightner, head of APG Electric, an electrical contracting firm in Clearwater, Florida, found years in the business still didn't make him a foolproof hirer. "I'd say my success rate was about 20% -- that's how many would last longer than a year. That's a pretty poor hit rate," he says. A custom-designed pre-employment test developed by Scheig Associates has upped the hit rate to 80%, he says. "Plus, now it doesn't tie up my whole day. Now, my assistant, who is not an electrician, can interview candidates, because she has a tool to assess their skills. Lightner says just having a test as part of the job application process helps weed out workers who lack what he calls "hustle". "If I get someone who says, 'No, I'm not taking a test for you,' that says something to me about the person. I feel the test did its job there, too," he says. From an article in USA Today, July 9, 1999 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| © 2005 Scheig Associates All rights reserved. |
|
