ComputerPsychologist.com Introduces The Similarity Index™ A New Hiring Tool That Profiles Job Compatibility

July 11, 2000 - Atlanta, Georgia
The new milIennium has ushered in a new work world. Now, more than ever, it is critical for businesses to choose wisely when selecting a workforce. People have become the most precious, and also the most expensive, resource, and hiring the right people has become the single greatest challenge for business today. Statistics show that:

• 90% of success in business is attributable to people.
• 75% of all job turnovers are attributed to mistakes made during the interviewing and selection process.
• Up to 80% of all working adults are employed in the wrong job.
• Up to 70% are employed in jobs that do not align with the person's values resulting in an unmotivated employee.

In an era when making the right hiring decision is a top priority, ComputerPsychologist.com, an Atlanta-based online testing service, has developed a new tool for matching employers with the right job candidate. This tool, The Similarity Index™, measures an applicant's suitability for a given job and assigns it a numerical value designed to help the employer determine job compatibility. By using The Similarity Index™ an employer can make fast offers to highly qualified candidates before losing them to other companies. The employer is able to save valuable time and money often invested in unsuitable candidates.

Is a candidate reserved or warm, practical or imaginative, shy or bold, and what traits does the job truly require? The psychologists at ComputerPsychologist.com, through psychological research and years of experience working with businesses, have learned that they could help employers determine the answers to these questions. They found that by using a test profiling 16 personality traits, they could offer employers an opportunity to match candidates against proven success profiles in a given job or industry.

The first step to generating a Similarity Index is to create a Peak Performer Profile. In order to do this a company's "superstars" are tested and their results are analyzed and charted in a Peak Performance Report. Next, job candidates complete a 45-minute online test. The results are automatically compared to the Peak Performer Profile and The Similarity Index is produced. The guesswork and random nature of traditional hiring methods is minimized. This paperless system streamlines the screening process and helps the employer make an objective assessment of the candidate.

According to Frank M. Merritt, Ph.D., President of ComputerPsychologist.com, "Cloning humans isn't an option, but matching their best job qualifications is, and ComputerPsychologist.com is helping companies do that. Our experience has shown that particular personality traits prove successful time after time in a given job. Profiling job applicants lets employers pursue those candidates with the best chance of success, saving time, effort and money. The immediacy of the process works to the advantage of both the employer and the candidate. ComputerPsychologist.com has virtually revolutionized the field of pre-employment testing in the job market."