Skillbase(c) 1.1 SALES: (508) 281-0400 EVALUATION RELEASE TECHNICAL INFORMATION: (617) 227-2059 ллллллллллллллллллллллллл Quality Assured Software Gloucester, Ma INTRODUCTION: -------------------------------------------- You are about to embark on a process that will revolutionize the way you do business. Skillbase(c) will improve your "strike" ratio of requirements to placements and streamline your office administration at the same time. Just start using the program. 500 sample people, each with 45 different computer skills, and over 1500 sample skills are already entered so you can see immediately the results you will obtain when you enter your own data. Skillbase(c) will also train your sales staff since the skill dictionary contains descriptions and definitions; all at the fingertips of your recruiters and sales people. As you build your own dictionary, particular to your clients' industries, you will have a complete glossary of skills tailor-made to your own business. Data entry is a breeze, since once you enter a skill, it cannot be misspelled later on by someone else. You can enter an unlimited number of people and skills, without diluting the speed of Skillbase. In fact, due to the sophistication of the program, the more skills you incorporate in a search, the faster the search will be. Simply hit F1 from anywhere in the program and you will have complete instructions to maximize the benefits of Skillbase(c). FEATURES: -------------------------------------------- Skillbase(c) will improve your business as it has for many other satisfied users because: Skillbase(c) provides unbeatable speed in making matches of skills with individuals - less than 5 seconds for complex skill match searches. Looking up phone numbers will be a snap. Find people by city, zip, phone exchange, state or any other way you want, in addition to skills. Skillbase(c) comes installed with a dictionary of THOUSANDS of computer skills, including definitions and descriptions. Your sales and recruiting staff will have instantaneous access to this dictionary while on the phone with consultants or clients. No more fumbling for notes or reference books to look up definitions or descriptions of obscure computer lingo. And you can add skills and definitions while on line, on the phone. Minimal data entry is required since pop up dialogue boxes anticipate the data you will enter. Maximal reporting using an entire suite of printers will provide you with quality printed output. Unsure to make the switch? We will provide you with a filter to import your existing database directly into Skillbase(c). Skillbase(c) will improve your efficiency - that is a fact. Skillbase(c) has features that will make you smile. automatic phone number dialing customizable information fields customizable reports customizable screens user defined colors extensive memo fields runs under DOS 3.3, 5.0 and DR DOS 6.0 requires only 512 K RAM stunning user interface minimal keystrokes simple to learn and master multi level passwords multiuser with separate user settings fault tolerant super fast search algorithm robust online help system Windows 3.0/3.1 compatible helpful technical support GETTING STARTED: -------------------------------------------- First make sure that you have a minimum of 50 files in your config.sys file! From this directory type sb and hit return. This is the main menu. At any time you can hit the F1 key for help. Perhaps the most effective way to learn the program is by using this online help system. For now let`s travel through the program! From the main menu you can use the up/down arrow keys to move through the different selections. When the highlighted bar is positioned over a menu choice, hitting return will enter that area of the product. You can also type the first letter preceding each menu choice and achieve the same result. QUICK TUTORIAL: -------------------------------------------- From the main menu, type "A". You will be shown a listing of 500 fictitious people. Each of these individuals has 45 skills. There is no limit to the number of individuals, nor the skills per individual. At the top of the list you will see the names of the fields being viewed. You can use the F7-F10 keys to redefine these scrolling fields. Hit the F10 key now. Select City using the arrow keys, then hit return. You have just resorted the table by the city field. Hit the F1 key at this time to learn more about the power of redefined scrolling fields. When you are finished reading the help screen, hit the ESC key one time to return to the table view. Now type the letter "r". Notice that the table has moved, and you are now viewing people in the database with the city starting with Randolph. This "quick find" feature appears in all the lists throughout the program. Hit return now. You are currently in a data entry screen. Hitting return advances you through the fields. Now hit the F2 key. This is a printer status box. When you see this, it indicates that you are about to print exactly what you see on the screen. Hit ESC to abort the print job now. To see what skills this individual has, hit the F4 key. You will immediately see a scrolling list of skills. Use the up/down arrow keys to scroll through this list. To enter a new skill for this individual, hit the INS key. Now a new scrolling list will appear. This list contains 1562 possible skills to choose from that are always available to you in the program. Type the letter "g". All the skills that begin with the letter g will appear. Hit return to select a skill. The skill that you hit return on has been assigned to the individual's record. At any time that you enter this record again, the skill that you just assigned will be associated with this record. Now we will conduct a search. Hit the ESC key several times until the main menu appears. Type the letter "D". You are now in the main search screen. First a simple search. Type the letter "c" then hit return. Notice that the column on the left now contains the computer language C. This is your first criteria. Hit the F6 key. By the time you have read this, Skillbase(c) will probably have completed searching through all 500 people and will have found all the people who know C. When the search is complete you will be notified with an audible beep. Hit the ESC key several times to return to the main menu. Again type the letter "d" to enter the search screen. Type in the following skills hitting return after each skill: COBOL, MFS, NOMAD, RSX, SUN, and TECO. Type CTRL-E to force an exact match, then hit F6 to start the search. Skillbase(c) will examine 500 people, each with 45 skills, in a matter of seconds! Compare this speed to other programs! What if a skill you require is not available? No problem! You can enter skills while you are creating a record, or while you are in the skill dictionary. Hit ESC several times until the main menu appears. Type the letter "b". This screen contains 1562 skills with genres and definitions! Add any skills you wish. You will not be allowed to enter duplicate skills. (This will save you lots of time and will guarantee you find all the people with the skills you want). Skillbase(c) offers breathtaking innovation that sets it apart from other DBMS products today. We hope that you will examine the product carefully, paying close attention to the quality, the features, and the speed. The online help system should answer all of the questions that you have. If not, feel free to contact us today! Skillbase(c) was developed to work for you immediately. No macros, no programming, no intimidating commands. Skillbase(c) is also being offered for a short period of time at a very special price. Please contact us for further information! Any data that you enter into this evaluation version will be stored and will work identically in the commercial version, so feel free to experiment with your own data!. To leave Skillbase(c), type "x" from the main menu. To run Skillbase(c) again, type go from your C: drive, or type sb while you are in the \SB directory.