Another top 20 UK IT agency adopts the iProfile

Allegis Group, the UK subsidiary of the worldís largest IT recruitment company, have just announced that they have signed to become iProfile Compatible in order to further improve the quality of their candidate information and make their database an even more valuable asset.

The iProfile is the industry standard format for ìthe online CVî that allows candidates to easily define and update their skills, experience, availability and job preferences for agencies. In the IT sector alone, the iProfileís adoption has been described as ìphenomenalî with over 900,000 UK IT professionals now owning one.

As the IT market picks up and the supply of candidates decreases, many of the leading IT recruitment companies are turning their focus to improving the quality of their candidate information. This is clearly demonstrated by the fact that, with Allegis signing, 50% of the UKís top 20 UK IT agencies have now adopted the iProfile.

Carter Smith, Finance Director of Allegis, commented: ìProviding our consultants with the tools to get the best candidates to our clients as quickly as possible is a key priority for us. Our consultants have already seen a decrease in the supply of good candidates coming through from advertising and as the market continues to improve, we believe our candidate database will become a much more important asset. Having reviewed a number of products on the market we found that the iProfile was the only solution that would enable us to automatically process and enter CV information into our database in a high quality format and ensure that it is kept up-to-date.î

Recruitment companies that are iProfile Compatible are reporting on average that they are seeing around 50% of their candidate information being updated every 3 months as a result of the iProfile.

The iProfile is available to recruitment companies across all industry sectors. To find out more, contact TheSkillsMarketís sales team on info@theskillsmarket.com or 020 7354 9669.