National Testing Network Launches Five New Public Safety Testing Locations in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. - June 3, 2014 - PRLog -- National Testing Network (NTN), the leader in outsourced testing for public safety departments announces five new testing locations in Virginia. Each location has been strategically established in an effort to support public safety departments throughout the entire state.

The new testing sites will open in July, 2014, and will be located in Richmond, Charlottesville, Virginia Beach, Manassas and Roanoke.  These new testing locations will deliver entry-level employment testing for firefighters, law enforcement officers, corrections employees, and emergency communications personnel.

NTN offers entry-level employment testing that will be convenient for local job seekers, and allow public safety departments to greatly reduce their applicant screening costs. The new testing locations will serve city, county and state agencies looking to enhance their application process through a centralized, outsourced, testing location.

“Opening five new testing centers in Virginia will have a major impact on our ability to support public safety departments on the East Coast,”   said National Testing Network President, Carl Swander, Ph.D.  “NTN delivers more diversity, higher quality, and reduced costs for both candidates and departments.”

NTN is the sister company of Ergometrics & Applied Personnel Research, Inc, an organization that has 33 years of experience in testing public service professions, and specializes in video-simulated testing that exposes applicants to scenarios that are similar to real experiences they would encounter on the job. Each test has been designed and validated by Ergometrics’ experienced consultants who have advanced degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.  The tests are specifically designed to identify applicants with the necessary decision making skills and critical thinking aptitude to perform well in a career in public safety.

NTN offers departments up-to-date applicant score reports, making applicant’s test scores readily available to managers who are looking to hire new employees.  NTN provides its clients with the most current applicant information, and the necessary test score data to enable public service departments to quickly make good hiring decisions.

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About Ergometrics

Ergometrics is a human resource management firm specializing in personnel selection and training.  Established in 1981, Ergometrics has designed the most comprehensive, award winning video testing and job simulation testing programs in the nation, providing personnel testing services for over 1,600 clients in the U.S. and Canada. Forty three of the 50 largest cities in the U.S. use Ergonomics’ testing products, as do most state governments, and hundreds of local entities and smaller organizations.  www.ergometrics.org

About National Testing Network

National Testing Network, Inc. (NTN), is Ergometrics’ outsourcing division, providing continuous professional testing services for public safety departments, including fire, law enforcement, corrections departments and communications departments.  www.nationaltestingnetwork.com

Media Contact
Mary Frederickson
maryf@ergometrics.org
503-752-1941
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