SkillCheck Essentials, a New Suite of Basic Workplace Skills Tests, Now Available Exclusively to SkillCheck’s Online Testing Customers
Online Customers from Corporations, Staffing Agencies and Schools Can Assess Basic Workplace Competencies in Computer Literacy and MS Office Applications
BURLINGTON, Mass., August 3, 2005 --SkillCheck, Inc., the leading innovator in automated skills assessments, announced today that it has launched “Essentials”, a new suite of basic skills tests designed to help corporations, staffing agencies and schools more readily measure the essential workplace competencies that today’s employers view as the key to success. The tests are available exclusively to SkillCheck’s online customers in English, French and Spanish language versions.
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The new Essentials suite includes the following tests: Essentials – Word 2003, 2002, and 2000 versions Essentials – Excel 2003, 2002, and 2000 versions Essentials – Powerpoint 2003, 2002, and 2000 versions Essentials – Access 2003, 2002, and 2000 versions Essentials – Computer Literacy Essentials – Math Essentials – Grammar Essentials – Spelling Essentials - Vocabulary |
By zeroing in on critical workplace competencies, SkillCheck Essentials enable recruitment professionals to make good decisions about whether a candidate would be suitable for any kind of work in the organization. The tests can be used in strategic decision-making about employee selection, development, promotion, and restructuring, or as a way for trainees or students to opt out of a particular class.
| Contact: | Kristin Griffin |
| SkillCheck, Inc. | |
| (781) 270-5371 | |
| pr@skillcheck.com |
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| Essentials - Grammar | 20 | This test measures basic level language skills including the ability to identify statements that are grammatically correct based on sentence structure, punctuation, and parts of speech. |
| Essentials - Math | 20 | This test measures basic level math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals and percents. |
| Essentials - Spelling | 20 | This test measures basic level spelling skills including the ability to identify correctly/incorrectly spelled words used in general and business environments. |
| Essentials - Vocabulary | 20 | This test measures basic level vocabulary skills including the ability to identify general and business terms. |
| Essentials - Word | 25 | This test measures ability to use the most common and frequently used features of Microsoft Word including the file management, editing, formatting and printing functions used every day by Word users. |
| Essentials - Excel | 25 | This test measures ability to use the most common and frequently used features of Microsoft Excel including the file management, editing, formatting, analysis and printing functions used every day by Excel users. |
| Essentials - PowerPoint | 25 | This test measures ability to use the most common and frequently used features of Microsoft PowerPoint including file management, use of text and graphics, slide formatting and the creation of presentation output. |
| Essentials - Access | 33 | This test measures ability to use the most common and frequently used features of Microsoft Access including the creation of tables, forms, queries and reports to perform basic level database functions. |
| Essentials – Computer Literacy | 40 | This test measures ability to utilize computer hardware and software including the ability to identify important hardware components, use of the computer operating system, perform common application functions, and use electronic mail and browsing applications to communicate and find information. |
