Castle Branch complements its employment and drug screening programs with our
innovative online skill testing solutions. Castle Branch Skill Testing
provides employers with the tools to make informed hiring decisions, decrease
employee turnover and increase efficiency.
Online skill testing has quickly become an essential component of employment
screening. Our library of over 800 testing solutions allows employers to
determine whether the knowledge and skills an applicant claims on a resume are
accurate. It helps determine the correct placement of an applicant,
and gauge their success with the company.
Skill Testing is not only useful in the hiring process; it is also a very
effective tool for promotion within the company. Through skill testing,
employers can gauge the level of training required to promote an employee or
determine that it may be better to hire someone new to fill the position.
Web-based testing allows job applicants to take tests from any computer with
an Internet connection. The company administrator chooses the tests to be
administered and has the applicant take the test onsite or emails the test to
the applicant. Once the test is complete, the results are emailed to the
administrator.
Ken owned a record store. With the holidays approaching, he needed additional help, so he hired Becky, a local college student. Everything was working out well with Becky, but the record store did not seem to be doing as well as he expected. Although the store always appeared to be busy, sales were down. When Ken noticed that the store's inventory levels were substantially lower than they should be, he decided to investigate. He installed a video camera behind the register and was shocked at what he saw after only one day. Becky was not ringing up all of the purchases on the cash register. She was instead using a calculator and pocketing the money from every other sale. When he confronted Becky about what he saw on the videotape, she apologetically confessed that she was in heavy debt and needed a fast solution to her problems. Had Ken requested a credit report on Becky before making a hiring decision, he would have seen that it would be extremely difficult for her to handle her debt with the money she was making at the store, thus making her prone to finding alternative ways to finance her debt.