Certes champion carbon neutral recruitment

Certes Computing, the specialist IT staffing organisation, has partnered with TalkingCV.com to offer its clients and candidates an innovative new web based recruitment service in support of its bid for more environmentally conscious recruitment.

Talking CV is a revolutionary 3 Dimensional Personal Profile consisting of video, audio and text. Using an Internet-enabled PC with webcam, candidates are able to record a structured interview ñ which is structured to suit each clientís role, helping to bring to life a previously one-dimensional text-based CV. This unique service allows clients to dispense with time consuming first stage interviews and helps to dramatically reduce the often extensive travel arrangements surrounding the interviewing process.

Talking of this new concept Simon Churan, MD of Certes said ìWe estimate that over a year the total average mileage involved in our candidates getting to interviews adds up to in the region of 150,000 miles. If our clients routinely implemented the TalkingCV concept at initial interview stage, weíd be reducing this amount by about two thirds, so when you start to evaluate the carbon emissions involved, its easy to see that this would have a very favourable impact on reducing carbon emissions.î

Churan continues ìTalkingCV is a fantastic product, which provides recruiters with a clear picture of candidatesí personalities, communication skills and other vital attributes. It allows them to profile candidates regardless of their location, cutting recruitment costs significantly and with its capacity for ëMulti viewingí, it allows involvement of key people within the short-listing process - anytime and anywhere.î

Certes will be demonstrating the TalkingCV product on stand 524 at GC2007, and will be reinforcing their environmental commitment by purchasing a tree via CarbonFootprint.com for every 10 visitors to their stand.

www.certes.co.uk