Increase Workforce Productivity      
To be competitive and profitable, your organization needs to:
  1. Improve the caliber of potential employees
  2. Increase the productivity of existing employees
  3. Reduce the costs of poor hiring decisions and turnovers.
          Work Keys can help.

Building a qualified workforce
Individuals who are already in the workforce often need additional training to keep pace with changing workplace requirements and to sustain a competitive advantage. At the same time, many U.S. students are leaving school with inadequate skills to perform today's jobs. Most jobs require combinations of skills in math, reading, writing, communication, and teamwork. When workers lack these skills, they make their employers and their communities less competitive in the global marketplace. Successful employers are now taking the initiative to make sure that their current and future employees get adequate training to perform jobs successfully.

Work Keys is the answer for workforce improvement.
You can take the guesswork out of your employee selection, promotion and training with Work Keys. This innovative, integrated program helps you select the most qualified job applicants, keeps your hiring and training costs as low as possible, and improves worker productivity with better bottom-line results for your organization.

What is Work Keys?
Work Keys is used by employers worldwide to identify the skills employees need to be successful on the job and to determine where additional training will help build a higher performance workforce. Much more than an assessment program, Work Keys offers a complete spectrum of job analysis, assessment, instruction and training services. The program is built around a common skill scale that accurately measures both the skills of individuals and the skills required for successful job performance. In the few years since its introduction, Work Keys has been adopted by business, industry, government agencies, and educational institutions in 45 states and several countries, with more organizations joining the ranks of satisfied users each quarter.

The benefits of Work Keys
  • Develop a better picture of the skills your employees need by systematically profiling job requirements in your organization.
  • Increase productivity by placing job applicants and employees in jobs that match their skills.
  • Screen and select employees with needed skills while meeting Americans with Disabilities (ADA) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requirements.
  • Reduce the high hidden costs associated with poor hiring decisions, including those for lost production, turnover, rehiring, and additional training.
How Work Keys works
Work Keys is built around a three-step process that helps you analyze skill requirements for jobs in your organization and then match individuals to the jobs that are right for them.
  1. Job Profiling
    • Aided by SkillPro software and the Directory of Occupational Titles, incumbent workers describe the tasks involved in their jobs and determine the level of competency in the foundation skills needed to perform the job. The results of the job profiling session are then compiled into a report.
  2. Assessments
    • Skills are measured and compared with job requirements, and a prescription for training is produced.
  3. Instruction
    • Employees are offered training that is specific to the requirements of their jobs and are equipped with the skills they need to enhance their performance.
The three-step process,
The process begins by gathering data or asking resident subject matter experts what skill level is needed in various categories to perform the job. This procedure yields direction before embarking on any training regimen. In the next step, assessments qualify who needs training, in what areas, and to what degree necessary to meet the requirements or performance criteria of the job. In this fashion, companies can determine the skill level at the time of the training. Finally, post-instructional testing measures what effect instruction had, thus validating the gain from the training program. Adding Work Keys to human resources and the industrial training program at your company is both efficient and effective in showing results.
For more information about how Work Keys can work for your organization, please contact our workforce development specialist at 717-653-3012.