Skill Tests

Skills Tests

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Ever hire a candidate who looked great on paper and in the interview process, but didn’t have the skills required to be effective in the position? This scenario happens more often than you think.

Research suggests that nearly 50 percent of people who apply for a job at a small business employing from one to 49 individuals submit resumes with false information. Further, employers often make assumptions about the proficiency of a candidate based on such things as education and previous work experience.

Save your company time and money associated with hiring the wrong individual for a job. SurePayroll’s online Skills Testing services ensure that candidates have the necessary job skills before they even come in for an interview.

Why employers use Skills Testing

Hiring mistakes are very expensive for employers. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that the average cost to an employer for a bad hiring decision can equal 30 percent of the employee’s potential earnings during the first year of employment—and that doesn’t include the amount of earnings paid to the employee.

When the wrong person is hired, an employer has already incurred recruiting and advertising costs, as well as time, labor, and possibly travel involved in the interviewing process. To replace a bad hire, an employer must incur these costs all over again.

Hiring an individual who exaggerated their computer skills can cost a company thousands of dollars to train or replace the bad hire. And while typing speed is costly, an employee hired who has falsified their technical expertise can damage a company’s reputation and put customer relationships at risk.

A bad hire causes stress to other employees and can result in productivity lost when they have to pick up the slack.

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Available Skills Testing categories include:

	Basic Computer Knowledge
	Typing & Data Entry
	English Language/Grammar
	Office Software
	Arithmetic
	Operating Systems
	Hardware & Networking
	Application Development
	Web Development

If you don’t see a test that fits your needs, Contact Us 1.800.983.8099, ext. 1001 and we can create a customized test to meet your needs. The more specific a test is to a particular position, the more legally defensible it is per the standards of the U.S. Department of Labor Uniform Guidelines. You may also run a sample of our Skills Testing free.

PURCHASING NOTE: When you purchase Skills Testing services, you are buying credits that can be used toward any test in the Skills Testing service inventory. When you are ready to distribute the test to an individual, you will be prompted to select a specific test from the services available.

All Skills Tests are $21.95 each.

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