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KeenHire, Inc. Expands to Silicon Valley

Behavioral Interviewing Software & Solutions Firm Brings High Touch, High Tech Start Ups a Proven Process to Eliminate Bad Hires With New San Jose Office

KeenHire, Inc., a full service behavioral interviewing & selection solutions firm announced today it has opened an office in San Jose, California to serve high touch, high tech start ups & established firms on the west coast. Originating in Chicago, KeenHire's new Silicon Valley office responds to market demand for a presence in the entrepreneurial epicenter, and brings innovative behavioral interviewing software and services to the investors and boards of directors whose early stage companies rely on putting the right people in place. The San Jose office is located at 560 S. Winchester Blvd., Suite 500, San Jose, CA 95128.

KeenHire delivers behavioral interviewing, talent assessment and selection solutions to corporate hiring authorities and recruiters and search firms whose businesses depend on making the right hire the first time. The company uses benchmarking and assessment instruments combined with its proprietary behavioral interviewing software, KeenView(TM), to accurately predict the future performance of potential hires. Developed as a software as a service (SaaS), KeenView is a customizable database of 450 targeted interview questions, 25 core behaviors and 5 behavioral modes: thinking, interacting, acting, motivation and leadership capacities. The output is an accurate determination of whether the candidate has the ability to operate within pre-defined behaviors. Launched at this month's HR Technology Conference and Expo in Chicago, KeenView also offers the flexibility of adding specific industry, company or role related questions to customize each interview for the job.

"Employment turnover cost the U.S. economy a trillion dollars last year, and the estimated costs of a bad hire can be three to seven times a person's salary. These costly mistakes just aren't an option for high touch, high tech start ups and even most established firms that view their people as a competitive weapon," said Margaret Graziano, KeenHire's founder and managing partner.

"At the early stages of building a company, start ups in Silicon Valley and around the world depend on each and every initial hire. Everyone they bring on board has to be a true difference maker. One fouled up hire can set the plan back months or years," Ms. Graziano continued. "KeenHire helps these firms change the game, with a proven process to systematically bring difference makers to the table with unprecedented success."

After 15 years as a leading producer in the executive recruitment industry, Margaret Graziano founded KeenHire, Inc. in Chicago, IL in 2006. Graziano has helped hundreds of recruiters, search firms, and corporate hiring authorities improve their hiring practices, eliminate bad hires, and fill their teams with the right people to achieve corporate growth goals.

"Silicon Valley is one of this country's great centers of high touch, high tech innovation. We are in the people business, and our expansion to San Jose makes our solutions and our highly trained consultants more accessible to those we serve on the west coast," Graziano concluded.

About KeenHire, Inc.

KeenHire, Inc. delivers behavioral interviewing, assessment and selection solutions to corporate leaders and executive recruiters whose businesses depend on making the right hire the first time. Using a set of carefully developed and proven job benchmarking and assessment instruments combined with proprietary behavioral interviewing software, KeenHire clients eliminate flawed hiring procedures, accurately predict the performance of potential hires, free themselves from costly hiring mistakes, and bring difference makers to the table with unprecedented success. For more information please visit www.KeenHire.com or call 888-533-6447 (888-KeenHire).