| Publisher | Brainbench | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | Date added | 09 Jun 2006 | |
| Topics | Career Development, Data Quality, Training and Certification | ||
| Downloads | 339 | ||
In 2001, IBM's Americas IT Specialist Profession Discipline Leader set out to implement an online skills measurement system that would improve IBM's ability to pinpoint that knowledge. The skills measurement strategy began with a need to improve success rates for the company's employee certification process. IBM conducted a survey among employees that used their new testing system, supplied by Brainbench, a Northern Virginia-based skills measurement company. According to IBM's Americas IT Specialist Profession Discipline Leader, 98% of the people that responded said that tests were a good indicator of skills levels. 83% said that tests were useful in developing skills. 88% wanted tests included as an integral part of their career development program.
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