SkillCheck Triples the Number of Tests Available in TalentScout Offering

Now Available For 10 Unique Job Positions, TalentScout Tests Enable Staffing Professionals to Measure Key Candidate Competencies in Half the Time

BURLINGTON, Mass., January 19, 2004 --SkillCheck, Inc., the leading innovator in skills assessment solutions for staffing services, HR organizations, training centers and schools, announced today that it has tripled the number of tests available in its TalentScout testing package. TalentScout is a revolutionary new testing solution that enables staffing professionals to determine, with a single test and in half the time required for traditional testing, whether a candidate has the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to be successful in a particular position.

The TalentScout testing suite now includes assessments for the following positions : Clerical/Administrative, Call Center, Accounting/Bookkeeping, Computer and Internet User, Legal Admin, Medical Admin, Microsoft Office 2000 User, Microsoft Office 2000 Power User, Microsoft Office XP User and Microsoft Office XP Power User assessments. Existing TalentScout customers will automatically receive these new tests and any additional tests that are added within a year of their purchase as part of their annual subscription.

SkillCheck President Jon Haber remarked: "We are committed to making our innovative testing solutions available at a good price to ensure that our staffing customers can recruit and place high-quality candidates, faster, better and more profitably than their competition. TalentScout was developed to address these precise business needs."

TalentScout leverages advanced testing technologies such as computer adaptive testing and performance-based interactive simulations to give staffing professionals the most information about a candidate in the shortest amount of time, including what further testing or training could turn that good candidate into a great hire.

In addition, TalentScout's attractive and informative reports can be used in marketing presentations to client companies. All TalentScout tests are available for PC, network and Internet deployment and can be easily used in conjunction with existing software or online assessments from any test vendor. For additional information about TalentScout, please visit our web site at www.fadvassessments.com.

About SkillCheck
SkillCheck provides more than 800 skills assessment products, 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.