COMSYS and Brainbench Form Strategic Industry Partnership to Certify IT Staff.Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2000 Certification and Assessment Helps Ensure Top-Quality Outsourced Staff In Information Technology Project Support COMSYS, one of the nation's largest suppliers of information technology project support and specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. project services, today announced a strategic partnership with Brainbench to administer web-based certification exams to all COMSYS staff. The Brainbench certification demonstrates that COMSYS consultants are consistently high quality professionals and it ensures COMSYS customers of the quality they will receive each time they choose COMSYS to meet their IT staffing needs. As the leader in online skills certification and assessments, Brainbench will help COMSYS better target its recruiting and training. "Our goal is to help companies like COMSYS obtain and manage the information they need to retain and develop their staff and make intelligent hiring decisions," said Bill Lake, vice president and cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found of Brainbench. Each month, more than 300,000 professionals from 100 countries use Brainbench's comprehensive Web-based certification exams to validate their skills in areas such as technology, finance, administration, management, sales, customer service, job fit and more. COMSYS implemented the test process in late-June allowing recruiters and candidates to use the Brainbench Web site to administer assessments and take certification tests. In mid-August the virtual testing center will be established on the COMSYS Web site, where all the tests will be administered. Once employees have successfully completed the exams, they will become certified See certification. . "We have always endeavored to provide our customers with high quality consultants to match our client's needs," said Michael T. Willis, chairman, president and chief executive officer of COMSYS. "Brainbench certifications and assessments will help us better match consultants to our clients and ensure that we recruit and retain industry-leading consultants." COMSYS will be using many of Brainbench's services. Employment assessments, for example, will allow recruiters to determine candidates' skill sets to ensure they match the client's requirements. The virtual testing center, which will be installed on the COMSYS Web site, will allow consultants and candidates to access the entire line of assessment tests and certifications. Consultants and candidates will be able to take comprehensive certification exams to earn credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. such as MS Front Page 2000 Developer, MS IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. 4.0 Administrator, ColdFusion 4.5 Programer, Network Technician, Telecommunications IK Analyst, Corba 2.3 C++ Programmer (1) A hardware device used to customize a programmable logic chip such as a PAL, GAL, EPROM, etc. See PROM programmer. (2) A person who designs the logic for and writes the lines of codes of a computer program. and many more. About Brainbench Brainbench pioneered online skills certification and is the global leader in online skills certification with certified professionals in more than 100 countries. Brainbench provides professional online certification tests and employment assessments in information technology, finance, sales, administration, health and other categories and plans to have over 450 test categories available by the end of the year. Major investors include Lycos Ventures, L.P., the venture capital affiliate of Lycos, the popular Internet search engine (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) A technology used to make microdisplays for rear-projection TVs and head-mounted displays (HMDs). Each LCoS chip hosts a grayscale LCD shutter sandwiched between a cover glass and a mirror. ), and Primus Venture Partners. About COMSYS COMSYS Information Technology Services, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , is one of the nation's leading providers of IT project support and specialized project services. For more than 30 years, COMSYS has been a leader in staffing IT projects of any size, as well as managing comprehensive turnkey See turnkey system. projects. COMSYS has a staff of more than 4,000 consultants and associates based in more than 30 offices throughout 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. . COMSYS clients include large corporations -- 174 of the Fortune 500 and services 36 of the Fortune 50 -- as well as many midsize companies. More information about COMSYS appears on the company 's website, www.comsys.com. |
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