Phillips Staffing Adds Tim Duerr to WorkKeys Profiling Team in South Carolina

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Nov. 18, 2013 - PRLog -- South Carolina businesses can turn to a new resource to help pave their way to success by boosting their employees’ abilities and productivity.

Phillips Staffing, one of South Carolina’s largest and fastest-growing staffing and human capital solution providers, has announced that Tim Duerr has completed all training and become the company’s third authorized WorkKeys job profiler, and one of only 20 in South Carolina.

Developed by ACT, a national non-profit testing company, WorkKeys consists of three facets: job profiling, which identifies key skills and skill levels required for specific jobs; skills assessments, which pinpoint current skill levels in up to eight areas, including applied mathematics, applied technology, listening, locating information, observation, reading for information, teamwork and writing; and targets for instruction, which guides training.

“The WorkKeys system tells workers and employers the skill levels needed for them to perform at full potential,” said Mr. Duerr.  “For businesses, the results of the Work Keys system are better hiring decisions, more fulfilled and qualified employees, an improved bottom line and reduced turnover, training costs and overtime. For employees, the result is career success.  Phillips Staffing is committed to being the state’s leader in using WorkKeys to help businesses and employees achieve the highest levels of success and satisfaction possible.”

WorkKeys® job profilers have been trained and authorized by WorkKeys® industrial/organization psychologists. The profiling procedure is designed to systematically develop accurate profiles through a task analysis that is used to select the tasks most critical to a job, a skill analysis that is used to identify the skills and skill levels required at the entry level and for effective performance on that job, and skill ranking, which determines which WorkKeys® skills are the most critical to the job.

"WorkKeys profiling allows businesses to pinpoint the skills of current and future employees compared to the requirements of specific jobs. This allows them to hire the right people and to target training programs for current staff," said Ed Parris, president of Phillips Staffing. "Individuals wanting to change jobs can improve their skill level or learn what courses might take them where they want to go. This initiative is essential to developing the top-notch work force South Carolina needs to grow and thrive in the future, and Phillips is proud to set the pace for making profiling services accessible to even more organizations in the state."

As WorkKeys Profiler, Mr. Duerr will work with organizations across South Carolina to profile their positions, focusing his time heavily in the manufacturing and logistics/distribution arenas.  Before joining Phillips Staffing as on Onsite Supervisor in 2012, he served as Research and Information Manager for Alliance Pickens, the county-chartered economic development organization for nearly a decade.  A native of Charleston, South Carolina and current resident of Clemson, he is married with two children.

“Today’s leading organizations require the very best talent to grow and advance their organizations, and Tim is an experienced professional who is passionately committed to helping us deliver world-class productivity solutions to clients,” said Ed Parris, President of Phillips Staffing.  “His WorkKeys profiling skills expand our capability in that critical area, and we are pleased to have him as part of the Phillips Staffing team.”

Launched in 1968, Phillips Staffing today is a full-service staffing, payroll management, professional placement and HR consulting firm with 68 team members in 10 offices across South Carolina and Georgia, and nearly 2,800 temporary employees on assignment for clients across the Southeast on any given day.   Headquartered in Greenville, Phillips Staffing remains committed to delivering superior talent, outstanding client service, innovative solutions, being active community leaders, and operating with the highest integrity.