Tough economic times necessitate tough economic decisions. Economic conditions that would have been disregarded or brushed under the carpet when the going was good assume much greater importance when cost cutting becomes the norm in order to ensure continued growth and in some cases survival. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Human Resource hiring process.

It is often noticed that organizations have a number of systems, standards, procedures and policies in place that are geared to optimize the work environment, but the hiring process is not necessarily always that scientific and systematic.

Although things are beginning to change, more often than not, many organizations still depend on only traditional guides like résumés, references, interviews and background checks to get all the required information about potential employees. Although these procedures are important as part of the selection process, unfortunately, time and again, these methods have proved less effective than when assessments are added to the above hiring processes.
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UPDATE (7/3/10): Customer access to all applications has been restored. However, some individuals may continue to be directed to our previous IP address for the next 24-48 hours.

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In an effort to better handle our rapidly expanding growth and customers’ needs, we’ve been hard at work preparing to upgrade our website infrastructure. To support this enhancement, we have scheduled a period of extended downtime this holiday weekend.

Beginning at 10:00 PM ET on Friday, July 2, 2010, customers will be unable to access their PsyMax accounts. Assessment participants will similarly be unable to log in to their assessments. We expect to reopen the PsyMax applications by 10:00 PM ET on Sunday, July 4, 2010. However, since our servers will be moving, it may take up to 72 hours for your internet service provider to locate our new IP address.

During this period of downtime, you may continue to visit our site for any news. We will post an update here once our applications are back online.

If you have any questions or concerns about this scheduled outage, please call us at 866-774-2273 or contact us at customersupport@psymaxsolutions.com.