An Increasing Number of Staffing Professionals are Turning to Web-Based Tools to Compete in an Extremely Tight Market.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2000 Know It All, Inc. experiences a 450% increase in the usage web-based skills assessments products Today's technologically driven work force and competitive staffing market have put pressure on staffing and recruitment professionals to make informed hiring decisions quickly and efficiently. As a result, many companies are turning to the web for speed and efficiency in assessing candidates' skills. Know It All, Inc. has seen an incredible increase of online skills testing through tremendous usage of its Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the testing site, www.proveit.com. The testing system is an interactive, online application which can test the proficiency pro·fi·cien·cy n. pl. pro·fi·cien·cies The state or quality of being proficient; competence. Noun 1. proficiency - the quality of having great facility and competence of potential employees anywhere and anytime. These skills assessment tests can be delivered via the Internet or a company's Intranet and the results are immediately available and communicated upon completion of the test. The site itself is an offspring off·spring n. 1. The progeny or descendants of a person, animal, or plant considered as a group. 2. A child of particular parentage. of the Know It All, Inc. Prove It! testing software introduced in 1993. Over 16,000 test administrations and 256 new customers were added to the site in just the first quarter of this year. At this pace, test administrations will climb to over 65,000 and the online client base will grow by over 400% by year end. This interest in online testing comes as no surprise to the team at Know It All, Inc. The company introduced it's first online solution in August of 1997 and has been expanding the web-based solution ever since. When proveit.com was introduced it offered 36 technical tests. Today there are over 250 assessments available for technical, software, clerical skills, and call center skills. The Prove It! Internet testing site, www.proveit.com, has tested over 50,000 candidates over the past three years and is projected to spike A burst of extra voltage in a power line that lasts only a few nanoseconds. See power surge, power swell, sag and surge suppression. (jargon) spike - To defeat a selection mechanism by introducing a (sometimes temporary) device that forces a specific result. well over 100,000 candidates in the upcoming year. In fact, the 450% growth rate of this web-based skills assessment product coupled with an overall revenue spurt spurt Vox populi A surge or abrupt ↑ in the size or speed of a thing. See Fat spurt, Growth spurt. of 1800% helped capture recent recognition for Know It All, Inc. by Deloitte and Touche as the 168th fastest growing technology company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The company has also worked to meet recruitment needs through customization of online services. Recently, clients such as Corel, Rowan University Rowan University is a public university located in Glassboro, New Jersey comprising 49 buildings. There is also a satellite campus in Camden, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School with the mission to train public school teachers. , Waddell and Reed, and the South African Brewing brewing: see beer. Company, have chosen myproveit.com, the company's customizable web-based solution. Know It All, Inc. consultants have worked with these organizations to incorporate needs based, client-specific features into the design of the product. Both myproveit.com and proveit.com are secure, password driven solutions. About Know It All, Inc. Know It All, Inc. is a technology driven company and the producer of Prove It!, PC and web-based assessment and training tools used by staffing and training professionals. Recently named to the Deloitte and Touche Fast 500 list, Know It All, Inc was identified as the 168th fastest growing technology company in the United States. The company is known for its use of cutting-edge technology to develop products for a variety of market segments at break neck speed. Know It All, Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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