SkillCheck Announces Availability of TalentScout™ Time-Adaptive Tests For Measuring Skills of Microsoft Office 2003 Users and Power Users

TalentScout Enables Staffing Professionals To Measure Essential Jobs Skills for 12 Unique Positions in Half the Time Required by Traditional Testing

STAFFING WORLD 2004, WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2004 --SkillCheck, Inc., the leading innovator in skills assessment solutions for the staffing industry, announced today that it has added a Microsoft Office 2003 User and a Microsoft Office 2003 Power User test to 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, and Microsoft Office 2003 User and Microsoft Office 2003 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 strive to deliver testing innovations that will create measurable business results in staffing firms of all sizes. We want our staffing customers to be able to recruit and place high-quality candidates, faster, better and more profitably than their competition, while keeping pace with the latest business trends. When we observed that businesses were migrating en masse to Office 2003, we developed a TalentScout test that would measure skills in this specific area."

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 testing 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.