Polaris Assessment Systems Launches New Pre-Employment Testing Service; Testing of Entry-Level Workers Gets Easier - and Costs Less.DETROIT -- Polaris Assessment Systems, Inc., a Detroit-based employment testing Employment testing is the practice of administering written, oral or other examinations as a means of determining the suitability or desirability of a job applicant. Background company, today announced the launch of low cost, high quality testing and interviewing programs targeted at the hiring of entry-level employees. Based on "best practices" technologies, Polaris has refined its methods over the past year with partners in the healthcare, manufacturing, entertainment/attractions, and call center industries. Every partner found significant results using the newly validated "Polaris" testing systems. Performance increases of 25 percent, reductions of employee turnover exceeding 50 percent and sales increases of over 50 percent were found in user companies through rigorous validation studies. Company founder and president, Dr. John Arnold states that, "After 20 years of large corporate consulting, I have identified ways to provide world-class employment testing programs that can be offered at fee levels that are often half those charged by the larger consulting companies Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a ." Dr. Arnold, a Ph.D. industrial psychologist, previously headed one of the largest Human Resource consulting Services Provided Human Resource Consulting firms provides advice to their clients regarding the financial and retirement security, health, productivity, and employment relationships of their global workforce. firms in the US. Todd Sperl, corporate manager for Workforce Assessment and Performance Improvement at St. John Health  St. John Health St. John Health , a multi-hospital healthcare organization with headquarters in Warren, Mich., says, "Our follow-up evaluations show that the Polaris systems improve new hire performance significantly and reduce the turnover in our organization by over 60 percent." David McCann David McCann (born March 17 1973) is an Irish professional road bicycle racer for the american continental squad: Team Colavita Racing. He was the 2006 Irish national road race champion, a title he has won 2 other times. , manager of Associate Relations with United Stationers United Stationers NASDAQ: USTR is the largest wholesale distributor of office products in North America, with sales in excess of $4 billion. Its brands include Azerty, a computer products distributor, and Lagasse, a sanitary maintenance company. , North America's largest broad line distributor of business products, states, "Beyond the effectiveness of their testing systems, Polaris Assessment Systems was extremely client-focused and sensitive to our needs throughout the development of our customer service and distribution center screening systems." Further examples of the improvements obtained in performance, sales and turnover are available at the "Polaris" web site www.polaristest.com or by emailing Dr. Arnold directly at jarnold@polaristest.com. The web site also offers details on the testing and interview systems available from Polaris. Polaris Assessment Systems, Inc., a Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe (grōs point), name referring to five residential suburbs of Detroit, Wayne co., SE Mich. They include the city of Grosse Pointe (1990 pop. 5,681), inc. 1879; Grosse Pointe Farms, city (1990 pop. 10,092), inc. 1893, on Lake St. Park, Michigan-based consulting company, is focused on doing one thing - and doing it very well - the testing and assessment of entry-level employees for pre-employment purposes. |
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