KT Associates: New Pre-Employment screening service

Companies tired of recruiting the wrong person for a job can benefit from a new service on offer from KT Associates.

ERI is a pre-employment screening method used widely in the USA since 1986 and is suitable for any level of employee from shop floor staff to managers.

Developed by a team of psychologists and human resource specialists, it provides information to help interviewers conduct better-informed interviews and, armed with the right facts that are not otherwise available, better decisions.

And it provides accurate results whether or not the job candidate answers truthfully.

Katie Jones of Ringwood-based KT Associates said: ìERI fits well with our existing services in people development and recruitment services.

ìThe annual cost of hiring just one wrong employee can be enormous. But these losses can become easily manageable through the use of the ERI system and the cost of adding it to the hiring process is far outweighed by the better decisions made about candidates.î

ERI takes just 15 minutes for applicants to complete on paper or online, with immediate results and structured follow-up interview questions and reference questions in cases where there are any areas of concern.

It contains 81 statements which are answered as being either true or false, none of which are intrusive.

It can be easily integrated into a recruitment process, and assesses seven qualities that relate to reliable, productive and safe job performance:

ï freedom from disruptive alcohol and illegal drug abuse
ï courteous job performance
ï emotional maturity
ï conscientiousness
ï trustworthiness
ï long-term job commitment
ï safe job performance

Katie said ERI helped an organisation build a workforce characterised by reliable and productive employees, with employees who recognised the importance of hard work and who took pride in the products and services they provide.

She said: ìIt reduces expenses associated with turnover, workersí compensation claims, lost time, and employee theft, not to mention losses from unproductive and unreliable employees.î