Home Depot uses this information to determine which applicants to interview and what questions to ask during the interview. NCS gets the information back to us the next day, sometimes processing as many as 10,000 application forms. We also valued their expertise in forms design. NCS helped us design a scannable employee application form and test answer sheet. NCS currently works with Home Depot to track how much training each of its retail associates receives each year.
All retail associates attend ongoing, in-store training.
NCS tracks per associate the number of hours of training completed, courses taken and test results. Founded in 1978, Atlanta-based Home Depot currently operates 980 stores in 45 states, five Canadian provinces, Puerto Rico and Chile. Most Admired Companies by Fortune magazine, which has also ranked it as America's Most Admired Specialty Retailer for seven consecutive years. Headquartered in Minneapolis, NCS is a global information services company providing software, services, systems, and Internet-based technologies for the collection, management and interpretation of data. NCS serves important segments of the education, testing, assessment and complex data management markets with nearly 5,000 employees serving its customers from more than 30 locations worldwide.