WorkKeys

The WorkKeys® system from ACT helps businesses cut the cost of recruiting, selection, hiring, promotion and training workers by insuring that applicants have the basic skills needed for specific jobs before they are hired.WorkKeys assessments pinpoint employee or applicant current skill levels in up to eight critical areas. Most tests are geared toward education, but WorkKeys assesses skills known to be required for the job. Jobs are observed and profiled to be sure that the assessment captures the level of skill required for a job as it is performed at your business, then tests applicants using these standards.

The specific areas assessed by workKeys are:

Applied Mathmatics
Assesses math skills used in various work environments from adding up charges on a sales ticket to using multiple formulas and conversions used in areas such as patternmaking or or other technical fields
Applied Technology
measures a person’s skill in using the basic principles of mechanics, electricity, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics to solve problems with machines, equipment, and structures found in the workplace from following instructions to use simple tools to understanding complex mechanical, electrical and fluid systems
Listening
assesses the applicants ability to listen and record information accurately and completely from a simble phone message to complex instructions
Locating Information
tests a person's ability to get information from graphs, charts, tables, diagrams, blue prints and instrument guages
Observation
Tests a person's ability to notice and remember details from observation of a situation or demonstration
Reading for Information
measures a person’s skill in reading and using work-related information including instructions, policies, memos, bulletins, notices, letters, manuals, and governmental regulations. These printed materials represent actual workplace conditions where reading materials are not necessarily well written
Teamwork
uses questions about video situations to measures a person’s skill in choosing behaviors and/or actions that support the team and lead toward the accomplishment of work tasks.
Writing
measures a persons ability to communicat accurately through a variety of of written messages

All jobs do not require all of these skills. The parts of the assessment given for a specific job depends on the requirements of that job.

For More Information, Go to the WorkKeys Website or contact one of our Business Specialist Staff for more information.

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