New management features for ISV software

Recruiters collaborate with ISV to develop greater customisation for ISVís Fastpath Online product

ISV Group, the UK-based technology training company, today announces new enhancements to Fastpath Online, its flagship training and assessment software.
Fastpath Online is now fully equipped with new search engines and ìdynamic fieldsî capability to provide recruiters with the management features needed to allow them to save time in the recruitment process and make it more efficient and productive. The new features are the culmination of ongoing collaboration with the UK recruitment industry.

The new ìdynamic fieldsî functionality makes the software totally customisable for recruiters. It allows individual consultants to set fields in the software to capture additional data to the standard information that the recruitment company might set. For example, a consultant might wish to capture data that would be unique to a specific vacancy, such as a position that requires a commitment to a very early start. The consultant might want to, say, capture data on a candidateís lifestyle and/or attitude to commuting. As the software requires no IT knowledge or training, the consultant can easily set up these unique fields, and even amend them on the fly. The new search engine capability allows recruiters to make almost instant comparisons of candidatesí skills assessment, capability and availability for the vacancy.
Managing Director of ISV Group, Laurie Dobson, comments, ìThe industry has been crying out for improved management features to make the recruitment process quicker, slicker and adaptable. The new features have come as a result of ISVís long-term relationships with some of the UKís top recruiters, and our profound understanding of what they want. In addition to the new features, the management system can be linked directly to recruitersí own database systems, thereby making the data accessible where they want it, when they want it. ì

Fastpath Online is typically used in the recruitment process for secretaries, clerical, and administration positions, and can easily be adapted to test for skills and knowledge for specific industry sectors such as call centres, legal and medical. A test can be administered to anyone, anytime, anywhere. It provides full replication of live software such as Microsoft Office, Lotus, WordPerfect and Sage, and includes keyboard shortcuts to give a more realistic picture of typing skills. The Microsoft Office 2000 assessment simulations closely emulate real-world software applications and business processes, and use both on-screen and audio instructions to guide candidates through each test. Fastpath Online allows candidates to be pre-tested as they apply for jobs via job boards, which allows recruiters to make assessments and comparisons before a candidate has even made contact with them.
Dobson of ISV concludes, ìThe new features are a tremendous asset for recruiters. The ease of creating new fields means that even new consultants can immediately apply their own criteria for selection ñ essential in a climate where consultant turnover is high. ì

About ISV Group
ISV Group is a ìTechnology Training Companyî founded in 1992 and is now one of the leading providers of computer based training and assessment software for Call Centre, Recruitment and Education industries. Based in Colden Common, Hampshire, UK, ISV has developed a range of leading-edge computer based products using CD-ROM and the Web to provide e-learning facilities to business and educational organisations to improve customer service and efficiency through employee self training and assessment. With a well-established UK business, ISVís reputation has spread to the international scene and is now active in more than 16 countries including the USA, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Portugal, Turkey. This success has been achieved through substantial investment in the development of local language versions to the extent that ISV products are now available in over 11 different languages. The ISV Group combines three specialist arms producing and marketing a range of software products.

1. Call Centre Training - the versatile platform for delivering high quality training to the agent desktop. CCT is in use in over 480 call centres worldwide.
2. Fastpath - the No 1 automated testing and training product that works with Recruitment companies and HR Departments to reduce time spent administering the testing, and also provides candidates with real time assessments that reflect their true skill levels. Fastpath Online is the next-generation Web-based testing solution.
3. Applied Technology Services - offering fully accredited CD ROM based learning for corporate and home use.
Specific products offered include, Call Centre Training (CCT), the European Computer Driver Licence (ECDL), CLAIT training software, Learn to Use self training and assessment, Interlearn training and assessment, and Fastpath - the leading recruitment industry tool for skills testing. ISV has provided effective training and assessments solutions to many UK and international organisations, including Royal Bank of Scotland, Cendent Europe, Equifax inc, Yorkshire Water and Blue Arrow.