Management Communication Systems (MCS GB), providers of behavioural and aptitude tests to the recruitment and corporate HR industries, announced today the appointment of Sam Arnold as its new Sales Manager.
Sam will be responsible for the Sales and Business Development strategy of the company, working with both existing and potential clients.
Sam joins MCS from Exeter-based Recruitment Consultancy, Mango Personnel Ltd where she was the Commercial Director with responsibility for the administration, secretarial and HR recruitment, temporary and permanent.
Sam brings with her over 10 years of sales and recruitment experience, and she is looking forward to the challenge of working for an established HR Software company. Sam, from Exeter said, "I am delighted to have joined MCS. The high calibre of our different software packages, notably SkillCheck, coupled with the quality and prestige of the company’s clients, means there are many opportunities to build a successful career within MCS."
Russell Crisp, the company’s founder and Chairman, said, “MCS is a leading edge provider of strategic and scaleable software solutions for the staffing and HR industry. I am delighted to have Sam on board to help us increase SkillCheck awareness in the South West.”
For additional information call MCS on 08703 213444 or visit our website.
Sam can be contacted at sam.arnold@crisp-mcs.com
Lead Sales Executive David Gorton says “Since acquiring distribution rights for SkillCheck earlier on this year, we have seen a rapid growth in our client base. Many of our new clients are looking to test applicants’ ‘hard skills’ – their knowledge of MS Word and Excel programmes, for example. But increasingly, we are seeing more of a market for our Identity tests within the recruitment sector. With this in mind, the US-based SkillCheck Assessment Solutions team has devised three new tests designed to predict whether a job candidate will be successful in the areas of Productivity, Management and Supervision.
David explains “Identity tests are formed by utilising our building block structure to compile the perfect test for you. Each test block is pre-validated, and covers a specific area of personality, such as ‘Trustworthiness’ or ‘Helping Disposition’. When compiled together, we can create a test for any individual recruiter or company using our ‘off the shelf’ building blocks, our three new tests, Productivity, Management and Supervision being a few examples of this. All deliverable via online testing, or DVD installation.”
“We can also create custom tests, validated to your companies’ workforce behaviours if required.”
Existing ‘off the shelf’ Identity tests include:
Workplace Personality
Workplace Skills
Sales
Customer Service
Productivity*
Risk Factors
Management*
Supervision*
Cognitive Ability
*NEW
Each Identity test is composed of a number of individually validated traits that may be used as the building blocks in developing custom behavioural tests. Some of those traits include:
Assertiveness
Ambition
Candidness
Problem Solving
Math and Logical Reasoning
Stress Management
And many others.
General Manager Chris Wallwork says “The SkillCheck assessment line provides more than 850 unique tests, ranging from Audio Customer Service, to Data Entry, through to MS Office scenario-based assessments. On top of this we also offer our time-adaptive TalentScout package too, which is designed to cut your testing time dramatically. This wide-ranging functionality, coupled with the flexibility and robustness of our Identity tests, makes SkillCheck Assessment Solutions not only a crucial tool for Recruiters and HR Managers, but a cost-effective one too.”
To take a closer look at our Identity tests or SkillCheck Assessment Solutions in general, please contact David on 08703 213 444 or david.gorton@crisp-mcs.com.
MCS (GB), a subsidiary of the Exeter-based Crisp Group has today announced that it has joined the Business Test Publishers Association (BTPA).
Chris Wallwork of MCS says “I’m pleased to announce that MCS is now affiliated to the BTPA. MCS has made great strides over the past 12 months, and is now in a position where being a member of an organisation such as the BTPA will only help to further enhance the reputation of MCS whilst, we hope, enabling us to learn, and impart knowledge with existing BTPA members.
An organisation was created that would represent test publishers and create easier co-operation with scientific and professional bodies such as the British Psychological Society and the CIPD.
What the BTPA does
The BTPA works with assessment users, and professional and scientific bodies to consistently improve the quality of published assessments, the professionalism of their use and the understanding of their benefits and limitations. We:
While the Association is primarily focused on the UK, it has numerous links with organisations throughout the world including the US Association of Test Publishers and the International Test Commission and draws on best practice internationally.
Contact – Chris Wallwork (MCS Business Manager) on chris.wallwork@crisp-mcs.com
MCS (GB) Ltd. Part of the South West Consultancy firm ‘Crisp Group’, today announced that it has become a distributor of the FADV (First Advantage) Assessments Solutions software tool – SkillCheck.
SkillCheck provides more than 800 skills and behavioural tests for measuring a wide variety of knowledge, skills and aptitudes. Available in multiple languages, SkillCheck tests can be deployed on PCs, networks or the Internet. SkillCheck products feature a powerful combination of performance-based and knowledge-based skills testing, along with easy-to-use test-creation and advanced-reporting functionality. And only SkillCheck provides new time-adaptive tests that cut skills testing time in half.
SkillCheck offers specific tests in all Microsoft Office applications, as well as many other computer packages also. This, coupled with Call Centre audio tests, plus Cognitive and Sales Ability assessments, helps to establish SkillCheck as a powerful force in assessment technologies. More test types can be seen at – www.crisp-mcs.com/skillcheck.
MCS Managing Director, Russell Crisp, says “I’m delighted to be able to offer new and existing clients this exciting product. We believe that every recruitment company and HR professional should have access to the SkillCheck testing suite, as it will allow them to select candidates for jobs based on specific abilities. Coupled with our behavioural profiling tool, P3, we now believe that we can offer MCS clients the complete assessment package.”
To find out more about SkillCheck, and what it can do for your business, visit www.crisp-mcs.com/skillcheck, or call 08703 213 444.
Management Communication Systems (MCS GB Ltd) is delighted to announce that Harvey Nash, a global professional recruitment consultancy and IT outsourcing service provider, has decided to integrate the P3 behavioural profiling software into its Government and Public services division.
Speaking on behalf of MCS, Chief Executive Russell Crisp said, “I am pleased that Harvey Nash have recognized the power that P3 can bring to their overall recruitment and consultancy package. At MCS we have been working in partnership with Harvey Nash over a number of months to ensure that we are in a position to provide them with the best possible service. My team at MCS are looking forward to working closely with Harvey Nash consultants, who have demonstrated their belief in P3 by procuring our largest size license to date.”
Noorzaman Rashid, Director of the Government and Public Services Practice at Harvey Nash added, “ The P3 tool is extremely flexible and has helped add value to clients and candidates”.
MCS is the European supplier of the behavioural profiling product, P3. Used by many organizations worldwide, P3 has helped Managers and HR staff select the best candidates for their organizations, as well as enabling consultants to promote team communication and staffing relationships.
To see how P3 can positively impact your recruitment or consultancy activities, please visit www.crisp-mcs.com or telephone us on 08703 213 444. Noorzaman Rashid at Harvey Nash can be contacted on 020 7333 1436.
www.harveynash.com
