With more and more agencies now turning to ëtrueí web based recruitment software solutions, the Managing Director of specialist recruitment agency, The Works, speaks here about the significant business benefits his company has achieved since it moved its entire search and selection process online with eployís recruitment software solution four years ago.
Craig Burton, Managing Director, The Works confirmed, ìBy working in partnership with eploy to continually develop and update our system over the last 3-4 years, we have achieved considerable time and cost savings, management benefits for the company and ultimately an improved service for our customers.î
With the internet becoming the first port of call for the majority of job seekers today, The Worksí web portal has been developed to communicate with candidates and clients effortlessly using eployís application as an integral part of the service. Craig explains the benefits of this, ìvetting and short listing suitable applicants is now a faster and more efficient process that results in very few phone calls from candidates as we drive everyone to our website to register and apply for any vacancies they feel they qualify for.î
On average, The Works receives around 300 new registrations per week and from those at least 250 applications are for specific vacancies. Craig confirmed that none of these are touched by a consultant until they research a vacancy and consider the applicants who have applied for that position. eployís built in tools then automatically extract data from the original CV and create a branded agency CV in our own company format. Craig said; ìthis process has made huge savings for the business as we no longer need an administrator in each of our 4 locations since all of our admin is now done at Head Office from the same system and anyone can work on any job from anywhere. I cannot begin to explain how much time this saves.î
ìWe have also just introduced a system where clients can log in to the system and authorise timesheets. This has been received really well, as we now have all our timesheets in the system and ready to process by Monday in 90% of cases! This system also supports the businessís objective in achieving a paper-less office, which is important to us and a great selling tool.î
Craig also explains the impact the web-based system has had on his consultants. ìIt has completely revolutionised the way they operate. Because the system and website is one and the same itís simple to move consultants around and even home working is a reality in our business now. They now have 24 hour access to the system 365 days a year from any fixed or mobile device with Web access, and can distribute job alerts and CVís to potential candidates at a momentís notice. All information can be traced and tracked making candidate management straightforward and responsive. It also allows the company to open new locations very quickly without the need for onsite or networked databases.î
Commenting on his plans for the future he said ìWe are a great advocate of online recruitment software and have worked with eploy for over four years to establish our online strategy and we now plan to further develop our interactive services to help generate increased revenue.
There are no boundaries with eploy. The team are great when it comes to responding to new ideas, training and questions. I sometimes call them with some unusual requests but they always come back to me quickly and importantly answer the calls themselves. eploy is our business now.î
To take a look at eploy and the latest advances in recruitment technology with a free online trial, please telephone eploy on 0800 073 4243 or email info@eploy.co.uk.
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