BEIJING, March 30 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- ATA Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAI) ('ATA', or the 'Company'), the leading provider of computer-based testing services in China, announced today the launch of a groundbreaking personnel selection solution, 'HR Select', to assist enterprises in China in achieving low-cost, high efficiency, high precision talent evaluation and selection.

'HR Select' is an innovative and comprehensive solution for talent selection based around ATA's testing service. Through intelligent resume analysis, the solution can screen, filter and manage eligible resume data through a process that is flexible, fast and accurate. The core of 'HR Select' solution is the bundling of test tools designed around competency models, providing enterprises with our market-leading test service to assess and select the right candidate, systematically reducing risk of wrong hiring.

In developing this solution, ATA has conducted research on 150,000 different job skill sets, covering several areas of competency, including IT, foreign languages, finance, accounting, management, and legal. ATA has also cooperated with leading institutions such as ETS and SHL to set up test items covering 600 positions with 1,000 evaluation modules and a test item bank containing millions of test questions.

'We are leveraging what we do best, testing, in our 'HR Select' solution to target the largely untapped but developing assessment aspect of the recruitment market,' commented Walter Wang, President of ATA. 'Our 'HR Select' tool offers an easy, efficient way to screen talented people, helping recruitment directors make better and more accurate hiring decisions and ultimately lowering their recruitment cost. The 'HR Select' platform launch marks our entry into the assessment area of the recruitment market across all industry verticals. This builds on the success we enjoyed in 2008 with our existing enterprise customer base in the financials vertical of leading banks and insurance companies. With 10 years of experience in the testing market in China and a wide range of globally recognized assessment tools offered, this platform is set to greatly enhance the recruitment process by making testing service available to enterprises across China. We aim to work together with current leaders in the HR market that provide resume sourcing to enlarge the total addressable market and provide a win-win solution.'

Mr. Christos Malliaros, corporate management consultant from SHL, said in his speech: 'Testing in recruitment is a well-recognized concept for most Western countries.