DiscoverMEIndiana University

Kelley School of Business

October 19, 2000

Agenda

• History• DiscoverME – Personality-based Placement

Services• DiscoverME – Online Personality Matching

Technology• The Next Generation of the Internet• Parting Thoughts

History

• 1996 Why DiscoverME?• 1997 Can it be done? • 1998 Will they come?• 1999 How do we grow?• 2000 Go it alone or partner?

• 2001 Process for globalization?

DiscoverME

Personality-based Placement Services

•Based on the Five Factor Model of Personality.

•Over 800 research studies have shown this assessment to be reliable and predictive.

•Proven to have no racial or ethnic bias.

•Allows Candidate to determine qualifications for and interest in the position.

•Can be changed as needed. More dynamic than job posting or classified ad.

•Uniform assessment process

•DiscoverME is anonymous to your Top Performers

•System “learns” what is unique about your Top Performers and creates an aggregated profile.

•Candidate receives notification of the match first.

•If Candidate declines, feedback is provided to Client.

• If Client indicates interest in pursuing Candidate, email is automatically sent to Candidate with instructions for next steps in process.

•If Client declines, regret notice is sent automatically to Candidate.

Patent Pending MethodologyRole Development

Proprietary Role profiling process to support the identification, valuation and relative statistical weighting of ‘differentiating characteristics’ of Top Performers or Role Models.

Performance Indexing

Proprietary matching process to mathematically calculate the Performance Index, or an individual’s ‘percentage fit’ to a specific Role – based on a 35-dimensional, multivariate analysis.

Proprietary TechnologyWeb-enabled, user-friendly interface to support sophisticated, dynamic database management and deployment technology.

DiscoverME - Online Personality Profiling and Matching Technology

• Human Capital Management Applications– Online Recruiting– Applicant Screening– Internal Staffing– Succession Planning– Career Development– Professional Development/Mentoring– Training– Retention

Strategic Partnerships

• Internet job boards• Staffing and recruitment firms• HR technology integration firms• eLearning firms• HR consulting firms• Other online HCM services

The Next Internet Generation• Unprecedented User-focus.• Continued aggregation of Users through business

and consumer portals.• Portals to integrate best-of-class service offerings.• Distributed User information for privacy and

verification.

Parting Thoughts• Know yourself.• Appreciate your uniqueness.• Explore the world. • Find the places where you can be your best.

• Life is short…don’t settle.

Thank you. Best wishes.

carol_rudder@discoverme.com