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Plateau Adds Competency Assessments to iContent Library

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Arlington, Va. — May 2
Plateau Systems, a provider of talent management software, services and solutions, announced that iContent users can now access iLearn Solutions’ iTest assessments using Plateau’s iContent solution. iTest assessments allow organizations to evaluate individual employee job-skill strengths and gaps and assign specific activities to close those gaps, enabling more effective, focused and measurable employee development.

"iLearn Solutions content provides iContent customers with an objective means for evaluating skill and competency strengths and gaps," commented Danny Larsen, president of iLearn Solutions. "Offering our assess-to-learn content solutions through iContent facilitates focused, performance-driven talent management. Our iTest assessments, included in the comprehensive Employee Development Gold bundle, enable organizations to prescribe targeted training and validate learning acquisition on a per-employee and organization-wide basis."

Using iContent, the industry’s first content-as-a-service solution, users can browse, purchase and deploy iLearn Solutions’ Employee Development Gold bundle, a collection of 100 iTest assessments spanning a broad range of business, technology and leadership development topics. The assessments can also be purchased individually or in the following sub-bundles: Professional Transferable Skills, Sales and Customer Service Skills, Desktop Software Skills, Management and Leadership Skills.

iTest assessments are designed, developed, updated and validated based on a standardized “iLearn as iTest” methodology, incorporating principles of applied learning, in-depth labor-market research, job-task analysis, subject matter expertise and psychometric analysis. Published in a ready-to-deploy format that easily integrates with any SCORM or AICC-compliant Learning Management System (LMS), iTest assessments can be implemented and mapped to standard or organization-specific competency models and learning catalogs with minimal effort. By administering iTests pre- and post-learning, organizations can measure and link ROI with specific employee-development initiatives.

“Though long considered the lynchpin of employee development, competency management remains a complex priority for today’s organizations,” said Paul Sparta, chairman and CEO of Plateau Systems. “iLearn Solutions’ iTest assessments are reducing the labor, cost and consistency challenges around competency management by providing a framework that allows organizations to objectively assess employee skills and performance. By making these assessments available through iContent, iLearn Solutions is expanding its global reach and enabling global organizations of all sizes to increase employee effectiveness and overall business productivity in a cost-effective way.”

Companies worldwide are realizing substantial benefits from adopting iContent as the preferred solution for on-demand content. By providing organizations with a single place to buy, manage and store third-party and custom developed content, iContent speeds the availability and delivery of content, while simultaneously decreasing the time and labor costs associated with managing and storing learning and talent management content.

For more info: http://www.plateau.com/icontent/

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