Released on = August 24, 2006, 12:52 am

Press Release Author = MeritTrac

Industry = Human Resources

Press Release Summary = MeritTrac Services, India's Largest Skills Assessment
Company, today announced their being authorized by OPP to offer the 16PF® instrument
in India as part of their assessment services.

Press Release Body = Bangalore, August 24, 2006: MeritTrac Services, India's
largest skills assessment company, has been authorized by OPP to offer the 16PF®
instrument in India as part of its assessment services. In existence since 1949, the
16PF questionnaire is recognized worldwide as a highly reliable personality
assessment tool and remains one of the most valid predictors of future behaviour.
It is also one of the most popular psychometric tests used by occupational
psychologists in assessing people for jobs and promotion



Commenting on this latest addition to its suite of assessments, Mohan Kannegal,
Co-founder and Director, MeritTrac Services said, "After offering world class skills
assessment in India for over five years now, we wanted to strengthen our offerings
in behavioral assessments. We are therefore excited to offer the 16PF questionnaire,
a truly world class tool and one of the most respected and robust personality
assessment tools available."



Speaking about this association in India, Dr.Robert McHenry, Chairman and CEO of OPP
said "We are delighted to be working with MeritTrac. We believe that their
commitment to customer service, combined with the rigour of the 16PF questionnaire
provides a powerful assessment solution for India's leading organizations."



Explaining the 16PF questionnaire, Dr.Ashok, an expert in industrial psychology and
organizational behavior and consultant with MeritTrac said, "It measures personality
traits including Emotional Stability, Dominance, Rule-Consciousness, Vigilance, and
Openness to Change, Self-Reliance, and Perfectionism as well as five global factors
of Extraversion, Anxiety, Tough-Mindedness, Independence, and Self-Control.
Measuring these personality factors can help match people to roles, reduce attrition
and provide inputs for training."



About OPP

OPP uses proven psychological approaches to help individuals and organizations
understand how behaviour affects performance. OPP helps clients to identify,
develop and retain employees, enabling them to meet changing business and
organizational needs.


About MeritTrac
MeritTrac is India\'s Largest Skills Assessment Company and is neither a
Placement/Recruitment firm nor a Training agency. The company has assessed over 1
million candidates for over 110 customers. It designs and delivers assessment to
evaluate abilities, skills and knowledge for both corporates & individuals It is a
neutral organization that provides quantitative inputs on the talent pool and helps
in measuring competencies for specific roles. MeritTrac currently tests around
40,000 candidates per month across industry verticals like IT, BPO, BFSI, Retail,
and Engineering & Education. Their clientele include marquee names like ABB,
Accenture, Adobe, Allianz Cornhill, Bharathiar University, Capgemini, Computer,
Associates, Fidelity, Flextronics, GE Consumer & industrial, Google, GRO, HP, HSBC
software, IBM, ICICI OneSource, ICICI Prudential, Intel, iSoft, Kyocera, Logica CMG,
Microsoft, Misys, SAP, SAIC, Satyam, Tavant Technologies, TESCO, UTI Bank and
Verizon among others. MeritTrac also partners state government under its SkillTrac
program and is currently the assessments partner to the Governments of Karnataka,
Kerala, Orissa and West Bengal. MeritTrac also partners several academic
institutions like Bharathiar University for assessing their students on
industry-readiness. Headquartered in Bangalore, MeritTrac has 250+ fulltime
employees and over 1000 part-time certified test administrators on its rolls.
MeritTrac operates through offices across India. They have their dedicated
assessment zones in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi. MeritTrac operates in the USA &
Mauritius through business partners. MeritTrac is an investee company of a fund
advised by HSBC Private Equity. Further details on the company can be had from
www.merittrac.com



Web Site = http://www.meritrac.com

Contact Details = Saritha Shetty
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