Client Testimonials

The Hartman-Kinsel Value Profile is the underlying instrument for the ZERORISK Hiring System, Clear Direction Development Programs, Clear Direction Team Directory, and the Career Effectiveness Report. This suite of products is utilized in many world-class companies to help them identify, develop, and retain TOP TALENT.

The following testimonials speak volumes to the program's effectiveness.

"Since we began using the ZERORISK Hiring System, our retention has jumped from 10% to 77%. And not only do the employees stay longer, but they are more productive, catch on more quickly, and require less training time."

Regina Roat
HR Director, Group One Automotive (A Fortune 500 Company)

"Our relationship with ZERORISK HR has proven to be one of the most important ingredients in our business strategy, which is focused squarely on our people and their development. Your products and services, including the Hartman-Kinsel Profile, provide the basis for our hiring, placement, team effectiveness and management development. ZERORISK is the art and science behind that part of our business strategy that is based in improving our people and their ability to be part of a high performance team."

Archie McDonnell, Jr.
President & CEO, Citizens National Bank

"The ZERORISK Hiring System is rapidly becoming a strategic component of hiring, assigning, and directing the human side of our enterprise. It stands in a class alone as a simple, highly reliable, and deeply insightful tool for making our most important organizational decisions. The training and development programs, which are accompanied with e-mail training and development exercises, have made visible differences in the behaviors of many of our people. For us, the program is indispensable."

Greg Dresh
Vice President Human Resources, Archon Group (Subsidiary of Goldman Sachs)

"The Hartman-Kinsel Value Profile is the best tool an HR manager could ever have."

Lori Rose
Vice President Human Resources, Saxon Publishers

"With respect to the hiring process, ZERORISK has proven to be a very valuable tool. All candidates who make the second round of interviews are given the profile, and their results are compared to a success benchmark for the particular job position. In summary, the ZERORISK program is helping us make better hiring decisions and is a contributing factor to improving our employee retention."

Susan Howie, CPCU, SPHR
Vice President, HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

"The ZERORISK Hiring System has proven to be a highly reliable, valuable tool in our recruiting process. I personally believe that using the ZERORISK Hiring System has not only reduced our turnover, but has helped us zero in on the candidates that best fit our corporate culture."

Bob Adair
Sr. Manager, People Services, Regency Realty Centers

"The ZERORISK Hiring System is a bottom-line success within our company. It expedites our interviewing process tremendously by assisting us in cutting to the chase in determining a candidate's strengths and weaknesses. The candidate profile and interview guide gives our managers the help they need to conduct a probing and revealing behavioral-based interview while requiring less preparation time."

David Baker
President, Apex Capital

"As an employment attorney and management consultant, I've realized that many of today's employment-related issues can be traced back to a poor job in the interviewing and selection process. I've evaluated hundreds of profile assessment tools and have found that the ZERORISK Hiring System is head of the class. It meets the legal requirements for a candidate selection tool, is deeply insightful, and is competitively priced."

Don Phin, Esq.
President, Employer Advisors Network

"The Hartman-Kinsel Value Profile consistently helps us improve our understanding of our team members' strengths and weaknesses to achieve maximum communication, resulting in cohesiveness necessary to achieve our business objectives."

D. Gilbert Friedlander
Senior Vice President General Counsel, EDS

"As a management psychologist I have taken and studied numerous assessments in thinking patterns, emotional characteristics, and self-concepts. When I took the Hartman-Kinsel Value Profile, I was truly amazed. It provided some of the most penetrating, accurate, and immediately helpful information I have ever received about myself. I can and do recommend the program to any serious individuals who are looking for development insight."blockquote

Zenglo Chen, Ph.D.
Management Psychologist, Motorola

"I took the Hartman-Kinsel Profile 9 years ago for the management development program and re-read my profile annually. It was the most helpful training I have ever received, and we at Sara Lee go through every kind of training program!"

M.B.
Manager, Sara Lee Corporation

"The ease of doing business online and your prompt verbal and written response has helped us make key hiring decisions."

Thomas Murry
President, Insurance Center, Inc.