Kronos® Extends Expertise in Selection and Hiring with New Manager Assessment
Scientifically validated field-based manager assessment helps organizations tackle tight labor market
CHELMSFORD, Mass., March 5, 2007— As the labor market continues to tighten, selecting and hiring qualified employees is a growing challenge for organizations. Findings of the recent "Working in America: What Employees Want" survey, sponsored by Kronos® Incorporated (Nasdaq: KRON), found that many employed adults are looking for a new job because they don't like their manager. (http://www.kronos.com/About/pr_LaborDay_aug28.htm) To help organizations develop strong teams of employees and reduce costly turnover, Kronos developed a new assessment specifically designed to hire and retain effective field-based management teams. The assessment, and accompanying interview tools, enable organizations to hire managers best suited to the unique needs of a particular field location.
"Hiring the right unit-level manager is critical to workforce productivity. Our latest assessment is designed to aid field-based organizations in retail, healthcare, and dining in creating field management teams that exhibit the competencies recognized as critical to driving their business success," said Chris Marsh, president of the Kronos Talent Management Division. "Add qualified field managers to a frontline workforce of skilled employees and the result is a culture of productivity."
Kronos' field-based manager assessment screens candidates for industry- and job-specific competencies in areas such as coaching, critical thinking, ability to execute against plans, leadership and motivation, and communications. The online assessment and behavioral interview guides integrate with the Kronos talent management solution and are available as a pre-packaged offering based around a particular industry and can be tailored to meet the unique management requirements of an organization. The solution assists organizations both with selecting external hires and with identifying and promoting currently employed individuals who possess the critical talents associated with effective unit-level management.
"Our employees are our finest ingredient. The Kronos solution will enable us to couple hiring the best employees with hiring the best managers which creates a recipe everyone enjoys," said Roger Ahlfeld, senior vice president of human resources and training at Uno's Chicago Grill. "The manager assessment solution will enable us to quickly recruit, assess, and hire managers whose personalities and work habits align with our core values, which supports our operations strategy."
Experts in selection science
Scientifically validated staffing assessments, which guide employee selection and hiring decisions, can reduce workplace disruptions and lost productivity caused by hiring mistakes. Staffing assessments provide organizations with a proven tool to measure critical behavioral traits that predict whether that person is more likely to succeed in a particular job. The evaluations made by these assessments are used in conjunction with interview guides to help hiring managers make more effective hiring decisions. The consistent use of these hiring tools can greatly improve the quality of an organization's workforce over time. These staffing assessments enable organizations to consistently improve staffing decisions, which results in happier and more productive employees, an improved customer experience, and overall increased profitability.
The Kronos Talent Management Division employs a team of industrial/organizational psychologists with deep expertise in researching, testing, and analyzing data related to hiring, assessments, and human resources techniques. The scientists at Kronos are active authors and speakers on a range of topics related to selection science and other workplace issues. If you are interested in speaking with a Kronos expert, please contact pr@kronos.com.
The Kronos Talent Management Division, based in Beaverton, Ore., was formed upon completion of Kronos' August 2006 acquisition of Unicru, Inc.
About Kronos Incorporated
Kronos Incorporated empowers organizations around the world to effectively manage their workforce. At Kronos, we are experts who are solely focused on delivering software and services that enable organizations to reduce costs, increase productivity, improve employee satisfaction, and ultimately enhance the level of service they provide. Kronos serves customers in more than 50 countries through its network of offices, subsidiaries, and distributors. Widely recognized as a market and thought leader in managing the workforce, Kronos has unrivaled reach with more than 30 million people using a Kronos solution every day. Learn more about Kronos at www.kronos.com.
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