Independence, innovation, individuality: three words that sum up what clients value about the unique approach of PRD to the development of assessment systems. For nearly two decades, PRD has set the agenda in technical and theoretical developments in psychometric testing, assessment centre design and the matching of methods to the assessment needs of organisations.

Advances pioneered at PRD have led to increased validity in selection testing at the same time as dramatic reductions in adverse impact on minority groups.

Many organisations have commissioned bespoke psychometric tests from us: the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Northern Ireland Civil Service; the Construction Industry Training Board; Allied Irish Banks and SBC Warburg; Reed Employment and Manpower.

Our published tests are amongst the best known and most widely used: the ABLE series from OPP and GMA and MOST from ASE. We can usually turn a test development around from scratch in about three calendar months, at a price that confounds those with a vested interest in claiming that bespoke test development is too expensive for all but the very largest organisations. You can try your hand at some of our computerised test designs on the CareerDemon site, where we pioneered novel methods for the Internet delivery of tests.

We have special experience with call centres. Call centre simulators (Simucall) , which teach the use of a fictitious call centre using voice on an ordinary PC and test the rate ond effectiveness of learning, have proved particularly successful, and are in use in organisations such as Reed Employment and First Direct Bank.