This best system is designed so that, not only does it provide the basic functions found in competing products, but it also includes unique capabilities and features not found anywhere else.

Custom Résumé Generation. Unlike other products, this winner stores résumés in several forms -- as a number of logically related components and as a single source file. Those logical components can then be assembled and reassembled in a virtually limitless number of ways, using different formats and contents targeted specifically to the user's requirements. For example, a government solicitation might require that submitted résumés be a maximum of one page, in twelve point font, and show the person's name, job title, directly applicable work experience, and education. With this tool, satisfying such a requirement is simple.

Skill and Experience Tracking. Most products that permit identification and selection of people for a work assignment or proposal use one or both of two basic methods: (1) full-text search for a word, phrase, or combination of words and/or phrases; or (2) key word searches.

Full-text searches work well when seeking people that possess rare or unusual skills and/or experience, but tend to give inaccurate or imprecise results when performing more typical searches. For example, a search for a C Programmer may yield the secretary who keyed in the data for testing a C program. That person is unlikely to be a C programmer.

Key word searches, on the other hand, tend to give much more accurate results because people are explicitly associated with the key words or phrases that are especially relevant to their backgrounds. This product uses key word searches because the minimal effort required to set up the key word associations is more than offset by the time saved by precisely targeted searches that find the people who "really" meet the requirement.

Key word searches can not only be performed based upon job skills, but it is also possible to run searches based upon variables such as salary, education level, application experience, project experience, employer experience, security clearance, SIC/market experience, and years of work experience. In addition, skill experience searches can be refined to include the years of skill experience and the level of experience (from trainee up to guru).

Ease of Use. It does not matter how powerful a product is or how much functionality it contains if it is difficult to use and understand. This winner was designed for and developed in a Windows environment and takes full advantage of Windows. Data entry is minimized, navigation between functions is quick and easy, and required information is usually available at the click of a mouse button.

Other Important Features. This best system encompasses functions that are either not included in competing products or require the purchase of multiple products to obtain the same capabilities.

• It stores information about an organization's employees, contract employees, and/or job applicants/candidates;
• It provides tools to facilitate the import of existing résumés and the extraction of keywords from résumé text and job experience information;
• It performs skill and experience searches;
• It supports preparation of proposals, including proposal costing
• It maintains employer and client information;
• It permits preparation, storage, and management of résumés;
• It matches people with job openings;
• It supports event management including scheduling of meetings, interviews, and contacts with job applicants; and
• It provides tools that help organizations comply with government regulations and respond to government audits.

New capabilities are continually being added to support an expanding set of human resource functions.

Superior Product Support. Customer satisfaction is of paramount importance. The product support program is designed with that goal in mind. Each license comes with a warranty of 180 days. The warranty includes unlimited telephone support on a toll-free number during normal working hours, documentation updates, new software releases, advance notice of new products and usage tips.

For further information, contact John Bender at 703-642-5153 or at jbender@acibiz.com