ISV.Online, the leading supplier of skills testing software and training services to recruiters and employers, is pleased to announce the addition of the Microsoft Office 2021 skills tests to its comprehensive list of tests covering everything from literacy, numeracy, accounting, typing, data entry through GDPR, cyber security, health & safety, driving to contact center and psychometric testing.

 

 

The launch of the new tests means that ISV’s recruitment agency and direct employer clients now have even more tools to allow identify the best talent.

 

Microsoft Office 2021 tests have been designed to measure candidates’ proficiency and knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of products such as Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. The assessments incorporate a variety of question styles, including Multiple Choice, Drag and Drop, Consecutive Ordering, Hotspot and Video. Candidate has an option to go through some practice questions before they start the tests. Each assessment has between 25 to 40 questions and the time allowed for each of these varies from 15 to 20 minutes.

 

 

Microsoft Office is an essential tool in most office environments and is necessary for many jobs from administrative and secretarial work to sales, marketing and management. Testing candidates’ skills give recruiters and employers real data to assess a candidate’s suitability for the given role, therefore avoiding bad hiring decisions. The tests are essential to identify employees’ areas of strength and development as well as ideal for benchmarking existing employees to identify training gaps.

 

Paul Thompson, Sales and Marketing Director at Ikiru People, the company behind the ISV.Online brand, commented: “Skills testing reduces bad hiring risks, minimises dropouts, and increases the chances of earning a fee by recruiters! We have added these new tests as a direct response to our clients’ needs and we are very pleased to deliver them so promptly.”

 

Microsoft Office 2021 tests are available now and existing ISV clients can start using them at no extra cost alongside tests for previous versions of Microsoft Office such as 2019, 2016, 2013 and 2010.