SkillCheck is First to Offer Skills Assessments for Microsoft Office 2003

New Pre-Employment Tests for Microsoft Office 2003 Measure Key User Competencies
in Word 2003, Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003 and Access 2003

BURLINGTON, Mass., January 12, 2004 --SkillCheck, Inc., the leading innovator in skills assessment solutions for staffing services, HR organizations, training centers and schools, is the first company to introduce a new suite of tests designed to measure key user competencies in Microsoft Office 2003.

SkillCheck's Microsoft Office 2003 testing package contains 140 interactive test questions covering all major features of Word 2003, Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003 and Access 2003. The new testing package allows staffing services and other organizations to accurately assess user abilities with the most essential applications and features of Microsoft Office 2003 as the new Microsoft Office release evolves to become a standard in corporate America.

SkillCheck President Jon Haber noted: "We make it our priority to deliver skills assessment products that meet the ever-changing demands of businesses. Keeping current with Microsoft Office releases is an important component of our strategy."

SkillCheck's Professional Plus product, which is slated for release by the end of June, will provide tests for additional Microsoft Office 2003 applications. The Professional Plus release will also include questions about important new Microsoft Office features, including the powerful information management and workforce collaboration functionality introduced in Microsoft Office 2003. As with SkillCheck's Professional Plus packages for all Microsoft Office versions, this new release will give customers the ability to create custom tests to meet their exact hiring or training requirements.

About SkillCheck
SkillCheck provides more than 800 skills assessment solutions, covering the broadest range of clerical, software, call center, financial, healthcare, industrial, legal and technical candidate competencies. Available for PC, network and Internet deployment, our skills assessment products deliver a powerful combination of performance-based and knowledge-based questions, along with unsurpassed test-creation functionality that enables customers to meet their precise business needs. SkillCheck also provides custom solutions to meet enterprise testing, training, education and certification needs. For additional information, please visit our website at www.fadvassessments.com.