IHG – FIT Tools Enable Hotelier to Improve Employee Skills and Reduce Turnover

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is one of the world’s leading hotel companies, and has a broad portfolio of preferred hotel brands, with 710,000+ guest rooms across over 4,800 hotels in nearly 100 countries, and operates nine hotel brands: InterContinental®, Crowne Plaza®, Hotel Indigo®, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites®, EVEN™ Hotels and HUALUXE® Hotels and Resorts.

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Illinois CancerCare, P.C. – Assessment Platform Provides Tools to Make Successful Hires

Illinois CancerCare expressed interest in hiring individuals who would fit the organization’s values—primarily focused on helping people suffering from cancer and blood diseases overcome them to live healthy, inspiring lives.

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OCCM – Reduces Employee Turnover by Streamlining their Hiring Process

One Call Care Management (OCCM) is the nation’s leading provider of specialized solutions to the workers’ compensation industry. According to OCCM representatives, the organization had a very high turnover rate or customer service and agent related positions. “When we first reached out to the DeGarmo, we were in search of a product that would allow us to better screen candidates that would be a better fit for our positions—which would in turn reduce our turnover rates.” according to Tracy Shansky, Director HRIS & Analytics. OCCM also wanted the talent assessment solution fully integrated into their existing ATS platform (MyStaffingPro), with candidate data immediately available to recruiters upon assessment completion. Further, they wanted the ability to access behavioral interview guides based on assessment results for each candidate.

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U.S. Cellular – Culture Fit Assessment is Key to Valued Outcome

U.S. Cellular was interested in establishing an objective way to identify best in-class talent that strongly aligned with its culture. According to Russ Nykaza, Vice President of Human Resources, “When we first engaged DeGarmo, we knew it would be a major change initiative.”  Read more

Tierra del Sol – Customized Assessment Provides Unique Yardstick to Measure Applicants

As a non-profit social services organization, Tierra del Sol Foundation has a number of positions that are unique to the organization and needed the ability to customize assessments to meet the needs of particular positions. According to Kevin Panet, Human Resources Manager, “We were facing high turnover, especially with involuntary terminations, and it was often said that, ‘the employee was just not a good fit for the organization’.”

The goal for DeGarmo was to leverage assessment technology to enhance the talent profiling process in an efficient and effective manner to meet the unique needs of Tierra del Sol Foundation. Read more

STCU – Credit Union Assessments Reduce Teller Turnover

According to the Spokane Teachers Credit Union (STCU), the teller position had always been the position with the highest turnover. “We first engaged DeGarmo due to the desire to have a way to compare candidates on an equal playing field and felt an assessment was a tool which could provide this for us. We had heard about DeGarmo through a credit union organization and reached out to learn more,” said Delena Smith, Recruitment and Employment Specialist with STCU Human Resources. “It was appealing that DeGarmo had worked with other credit union clients,” noted Smith, “The DeGarmo offering was tailored to our position and for our organization, and having the assessments computer based and results available immediately was also attractive.” Read more