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Achiever Case Studies

North American Lighting - Utilizes the non-exempt Scoreboard testing series to select employees to work in teams for the Mercedes, Toyota and Nissan lighting harness manufacturing plants in the United States.  The first plant to begin using the Scoreboard testing now has higher production levels, the fewest quality control problems, the highest retention rate and lower workmen's compensation costs than any other plant of its kind in the United States.

Nextel - After testing Nextel's most successful salespeople on the Achiever to set up benchmarks, they assessed over 500 customer service people to determine which had the aptitudes and behaviors to become successful in sales, thus enabling management to make better decisions more objectively and fairly as to which customer service people to put into sales.

Red Robin Restaurants - Uses the web-based Achiever/Scoreboard to select better Managers/Servers to facilitate more rapid growth and productivity. Red Robin is renowned for their outstanding customer service and employee loyalty and attributes the use of CRI assessments and CRI benchmarking techniques in facilitating such an environment.

McGraw-Hill, Business Week and Standard and Poor's - Utilized the Achiever in the Project Gold program within McGraw. Also utilizes CRI's benchmarking technique and the Achiever in the hiring process for McGraw-Hill, Business Week and Standard and Poor's.

U. S. Army - CRI's assessments are utilized by the U. S. Army in the selection and development of Army recruiters to meet their recruiting objectives.

Universal Computer Systems - Houston based, with over 2500 employees in the United States and more in foreign countries, they have been testing applicants, regardless of level, on our system for years.  Their President attributes much of their success in choosing the right people for all levels, including supervision, management, sales, technology and administration, to the use of the Achiever/Scoreboard systems.

Talx - In St. Louis, Missouri has been a client for well over a dozen years.  TALX is considered highly successful, profitable and received an award last year for being one of the best and fastest growing small companies in America.  Their President attributes much of their success in choosing the right people in a variety of different jobs, including administrative as well as top management, to the use of our Achiever system.

Brink's Home Security - The Achiever has been a major contributor in  the selection of not only those who sell the Brinks Home Security systems, but in improving the overall quality of installers and repair personnel who are the nuts and bolts side of keeping this national home security organization running smoothly and the customers happy.

Cintas Corporation - Uses CRI's Scoreboard assessment in the hiring process in twenty locations across America. They use the voice testing system for those applicants and personnel that can't read English.

Cendant Companies - A wide user of the Achiever and CRI Benchmarking for top people in various jobs in Cendant companies as a model from which to hire and train.  Cendant companies include Avis, Fairfield Communities, RCI, Century-21, CitiTravel, Budget and many others.

U S Food Service - By developing 'benchmarks' of its top people within the organization, and using those benchmarks in the hiring process, they have indicated that they been able to realize increased sales and improved customer service.

Cici's Pizza, El Chico's - In their fast food facilities, as well as restaurants, CRI Benchmarking and Assessment Tools have been very successful in selecting staff at all levels, reducing turnover and improving group cohesion.

TalentCare Group / CRI Alliance - Clients

Our services have been successfully used by clients such as General Electric, Toyota, Time Warner Cable, McGraw-Hill, Marconi, Cendant Corporation, Honeywell Consumer Products, U S Food Service, Sprint, Federal Express, Avis, Brinks Home Security, CitiTravel, Haverty's, Gemological Institute of America, InfoCision, The U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Defense, University of Phoenix, TAC Americas, Sofa Express, Dish Network, Pitney Bowes, Hard Rock Café and many other leading organizations.

·      Alliant Food Service	·      American Bank	·      American Fidelity Life
·      American Marazzi Tile	·      Ashland Chemical	·      Atria Communities
·      Avis	·      Brinks Home Security	·      Burger Street
·      Business Week	·      Cameron Ashley	·      Candlewood Hotels
·      Career Magazine	·      Cendant Corporation	·      Cici’s Pizza
·      Cintas	·      CitiTravel	·      C. R. Bard
·      Darr Equipment Company	·      Dresser Industries	·      Fairmont Homes
·      Federal Express	·      First American Title	·      Gemological Institute of America
·      General Electric	·      Gold Kist	·      Haverty’s Furniture
·      Ikon Office Systems	·      Infocision	·      L. D. Brinkman
·      Logan's Roadhouse	·      McGraw Hill	·      Marconi
·      MicroAge	·      Montana Mike’s	·      Nalco
·      Nextel	·      North American Lighting	·      Pathmark Stores
·      Pitney Bowes	·      Protection One	·      Red, Hot and Blue
·      Rexel	·      Siemens	·      Sirloin Stockade
·      Snyder’s of Hanover	·      Sofa Express	·      Specialty Minerals
·      Sprint	·      Standard & Poors	·      Sterling Commerce
·      TAC Americas	·      Time Warner Cable	·      Toyota
·      Uniden	·      University of Phoenix	·      U. S. Army
·      U S Foodservice	·      Vencor	·      Woodmen of America

If you would like to learn more about why these notable clients chose the TalentCare Group / CRI Alliance to help them improve and better manage their talent acquisition and organizational development programs, please contact us today.

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