U.S. based assessment company ePredix expands operations to Australia

ePredix, Inc., U.S.- based online assessment company, has opened an Australian operation in Sydney to support its increasing global presence.

ePredix was one of the first companies to take pre-employment assessments online and has created a unique business model focused on tying together all aspects of human capital management. Driving both process efficiencies and improved business results, ePredix provides online, data driven and predictive tools to drive employee recruitment, retention, succession planning, development and workforce planning. ePredix assessments leverage over 50 years of research and data and has in excess of 40 Million cases under management. Assessments are continuously enhanced based on an ongoing analysis of ROI with ePredix clients.

In a recent analysis of ePredix pre-employment assessments implemented with the retail division of global leader Luxottica Group (parent company to Lenscrafters, Sunglass Hut and OPSM), ePredix was shown to positively impact a number of key business metrics. ePredix assessments successfully identified applicants who would steal less, stay longer and sell more. Relative to Luxottica benchmarks, direct savings associated with hiring ePredix recommended applicants included a 4.6 Million dollar reduction in shrinkage and a 5 percent reduction in turnover after 90 days. Direct increases in revenue were demonstrated by a 40% increase in sales growth during the peak shopping season. ePredix technology is an integral component of Luxotticaís end-to-end recruitment solution which is further associated with reductions in cost and time to hire.

Katrina Dewar, the founder of ePredix is an Australian and moved to the Executive Chairman role as she moved back to Australia at the end of 2004. Dewar said, ìePredix has kept close ties to the Australian marketplace, so it made sense that Sydney would be the site of our first non-U.S. location.î The Australian subsidiary, ePredix Pty Ltd., is headed by Trudy MacDonald, an Australian Psychologist and former Vice President of ePredix Inc. Trudy is an Australian and was one of the first employees of ePredix in 1999. She has played an integral role in the success of ePredix and was the logical choice to lead the Australian operation.î

MacDonald said that ìthe Australian marketplace has started to embrace many of the trends that have emerged in the U.S. employment market over recent years. Australian companies are seeing the value of integrated tools that drive business performance. Using the business metrics to measure the potential contribution of an employee or applicant is critical to making informed people and business decisions and to remaining competitive.î

Boasting an impressive global and Australian client base, ePredix has partnered with many of the worldís leading organizations to drive business performance across job levels and industries.