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Based in Chicago, Accomplish, Inc. is a People Development Company that specializes in helping businesses to recruit, develop and manage the performance of their best people.

Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation has been meeting its customers’ insurance needs from its headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska since 1887. The company offers a diverse range of products, including life insurance, annuities, investments, retirement plans, banking, dental and eye plans, and worksite benefits.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

Apple Chevrolet is a busy 100-employee dealership that sells a full line of Chevys, Acuras and Subarus in York, Pennsylvania. Apple uses the CPP and the WPT in hiring all types of employees, from the sales force to clerical workers.

Solution:Comprehensive Personality Profile® (CPP®)

At almost 160,000 square feet, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA, is one of the largest aquariums in the United States. More than 500 species fill 19 major habitats and 32 exhibits, taking visitors on a journey throughout the Pacific Ocean’s three regions: Southern California/Baja, the Tropical Pacific, and the Northern Pacific.

Solution:Personal Characteristics Inventory® (PCI)

Arnold Logistics LLC is a full-service logistics provider with more than 20 facilities encompassing more than 5 million square feet of warehousing space and more than 1,200 employees. Since 1976, the company has expanded its total business solution from general warehousing to include fulfillment, contract packaging/manufacturing, reverse logistics, and transportation.

Solution:Hay Aptitude Test Battery

Automotive Training Institute is a management consultancy to the automotive industry based in Savage, Maryland.

Solution:Comprehensive Personality Profile® (CPP®)

Baker Petrolite , based in Sugar Land, Texas, is a world leader in providing chemical, engineering, and technology solutions to the global hydrocarbon recovery and processing industries.

Solution:Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST)

Biotronic is a subsidiary of Calder Development Associates, Inc. CDA provides intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring through its subsidiary companies, Biotronic and NeuroMed.

Solution:Personal Characteristics Inventory® (PCI)

BRP manufactures Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft and sport boats, Johnson and Evinrude outboard engines, and Bombardier all-terrain vehicles (ATV or Quad). The company also manufactures the RM1 karts and the reputable Rotax engines that propel not only the majority of their vehicles, but also small airplanes and motorcycles made by other renowned manufacturers such as Aprilia and BMW. BPR also produces a large range of clothing, parts, and accessories.

Solution:Comprehensive Personality Profile® (CPP®)

Career Networks Institute offers fully accredited Associates Degree and Diploma programs from six to twelve months of study. Graduates are employed by top medical facilities such as the West Anaheim Medical Center, Western Medical Center, Anaheim General Hospital, Chapman Medical Center, Anaheim Memorial, Hoag Hospital, UCI Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital, and Kaiser Permanente.

Solution:Wonderlic Employee Opinion Survey

CEO International is a thriving international management consulting firm that specializes in manufacturing plant start-ups, business development, strategic planning, leadership development, change management, executive coaching and project management.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

The staff of 9-1-1 Operators of Chester County Department of Emergency Services serves the people of Chester County. Seventy-two operators field some 850 calls per day and dispatch fire, police or emergency medical technicians to the scene of a wide variety of emergencies.

Solution:Hay Aptitude Test Battery

The Clayton County Fire Department employs 300 full-time firefighters and 15 administrative positions to serve a community of 259,736 people in Riverdale, Georgia. Firefighters respond to a variety of calls, including medical emergencies, natural disasters, and accidents, in addition to fires. Firefighters must also become emergency medical technicians in order to respond accurately to the range of emergency situations they face.

Corrugated Services LP is an independent producer of recycled containerboard in the United States, with $100 million in revenues and 238 employees.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

Coyne American Institute is one of the nation’s oldest accredited technical training schools, offering training in electrical maintenance, air conditioning, refrigeration, heating, construction, computer repair, office and medical administration. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology, in Arlington, VA and licensed and approved for training by the Illinois State Board of Education. It has two campuses in the Chicagoland area.

Solution:Scholastic Level Exam (SLE)

The Dead River Company is one of the largest distributors of petroleum products to residential and commercial customers in northern New England. They deal in a variety of petroleum products on both the wholesale and retail levels, including home heating oil, kerosene, diesel fuel, propane and gasoline.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

Colorado’s oldest and largest water utility, Denver Water was established in 1918 to provide drinking water to Denver citizens.

Solution:Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST)

DiPasqua Enterprises is one of the largest franchisees within the SUBWAY system worldwide. They presently operate 90 plus locations in Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Marion counties in Central Florida with sales in excess of 40 million.

Doormark is one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality thermofoil cabinet doors and drawer fronts in North America. Established in April, 1994, the company has 100 employees and is based near Miami, Florida.

Solution:Wonderlic Productivity Index® (WPI®)

Express Employment Professionals is tasked with placing job seekers into a variety of temporary and permanent placement jobs year round.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Quicktest (WPT-Q)

Factory Card & Party Outlet , based in Naperville, Illinois, currently operates 182 company-owned retail stores in 20 states with 2,700 employees.

Solution:Comprehensive Personality Profile® (CPP®)

The Guidance Center , in New Rochelle, NY, is a state-funded, not-for-profit center that offers counseling, resources, job placement and advice to approximately 300 people each year, most of whom are in recovery from drug or alcohol dependency.

Indiana Business College’s number one goal has been to educate students and have them become productively employed. The college has developed an enviable reputation as a dedicated two-year Associate of Applied Science degree granting institution, graduating students from job-oriented programs into successful careers.

Solution:Scholastic Level Exam (SLE)

Intermountain Farmers Association has been serving the needs of agriculture since 1923. From its humble beginnings in Gunnison, Utah, IFA has grown to an operation that includes more than 25 outlets in five states. It supplies feed, garden supplies, pest management, soil testing, fertilizer, and other assorted farming related products.

Solution:Hay Aptitude Test Battery

Kramer Beverage Company is a premier beer distributor located in Hammonton, New Jersey.

Solution:Wonderlic Productivity Index® (WPI®)

Lehman’s carries thousands of non-electric products, including hand-powered kitchen appliances, water pumps, gas refrigerators, a huge selection of wood and cook stoves, and hundreds of other hard-to-find items.

Solution:Employee Reliability Inventory (ERI®)

Linvatec Corporation is a leading arthroscopy/power surgical instrument equipment manufacturer in the United States and a top market share leader globally.

Solution:Personal Characteristics Inventory® (PCI)

Lithia Motors, Inc. is a Fortune 1000 and Russell 2000 company that sells 24 brands of new vehicles and operates 83 stores and 152 franchises in 12 states in the Western United States and over the Internet through “Lithia.com-America’s Car & Truck Store.”.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

National Pen uses state-of-the-art technologies and quality control systems to create dynamic pens and promotional tools for today’s demanding marketing industries.

Solution:Wonderlic Interactive Skills Evaluations (WISE) Call Center

The New Orleans Pipe Trades apprenticeship program for Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union 60 is a five-year training program in which apprentices receive education and work experience in their field of choice.

North Mississippi Medical Center’s flagship hospital in Tupelo, Mississippi is the largest non-metropolitan hospital in America and is the third largest rural hospital system in the nation.

Solution:Employee Reliability Inventory (ERI®)

North-West College in Pasadena, California, prepares students in short-term courses for exciting careers in the medical and business fields.

Solution:Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST)

Parts Depot, Inc. is a leading aftermarket supplier of automotive parts and accessories to the commercial and retail trade.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

Peoples Flower Shops is a second-generation, family owned, retail flower company, that has been operating since 1944.

Solution:Comprehensive Personality Profile® (CPP®)

Founded in 1982 by college student Fred Meyers, The Queensboro Shirt Company has become the nation’s leading source for high-quality, customized, embroidered apparel at affordable prices.

Redner’s Markets Inc. currently operates 36 Warehouse Markets and 11 Redner’s Quick Shoppe convenience stores throughout eastern Pennsylvania and eastern New York.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

Richfield Middle School is a 6th, 7th, and 8th grade school organized into blocks and teams of students and teachers.

Solution:Wonderlic Employee Opinion Survey

Savannah Luggage Works is a USA manufacturer of custom, cut-and-sewn finished products, as well as components and assemblies for many OEM, military & industrial applications including travel, footwear, flooring, sports, and military.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

Scott Chevrolet is one of the largest auto dealerships in the Emmaus, Penn. area with 130 employees. The dealership is located on the busy Lehigh Street Auto Mile in the company of a dozen or more competing dealerships.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

Sedgwick County in Wichita, Kansas, has a population of 463,800. The county employs 60 to 100 emergency call dispatchers, better known as 911 Operators.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

SMECO has more than 9,400 miles of line and provides power to more than 130,000 residential, commercial and individual customers, but it remains a cooperative corporation, owned by its members and operated for them on a non-profit basis.

Solution:Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST)

Sprinkler Fitters U.A. Local 709 is an organization of 800+ Union journeypersons, apprentices, and retirees, who work in the specialized field of fire suppression.

Solution:Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST)

Since 1930, Standard Heating and Air Conditioning , located in Minneapolis, has been putting the customer first with the most caring, knowledgeable, well-equipped employees in the business.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

SUBWAY Restaurants is the world’s largest submarine sandwich franchise, with more than 18,000 locations in 75 countries. It is also the largest fast-food chain in the world.

Solution:Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST)

The Bell Group is one of New Mexico’s largest private employers, and has been a part of the business community of New Mexico since 1944.

Solution:Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R)

TruGreen ChemLawn is the largest lawn and landscape care company in the world. Headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, it serves 3.5 million residential and commercial customers with lawn care, tree and shrub care, landscaping, consumer products, and International services.

Universal Technical Institute (UTI) offers a combination of programs in the automotive industry.

Solution:Scholastic Level Exam (SLE)

Wheel City Auto Sales has been providing dependable and affordable transportation to thousands of customers since 1993. The dealership is one of the largest independent dealers in the Sioux Falls, SD, area, stocking a full line of SUVs, vans, cars, trucks and motorcycles.

Solution:Comprehensive Personality Profile® (CPP®)

The Woodland School District serves over 7,000 children in grades K-8 and is located in northern Lake County, Illinois in the towns of Gurnee and Gages Lake.