Infosupport extends its HR Solutions Portfolio with a Powerful e-Recruitment system

Infosupport Limited, the HR Solutions company, has today announced that it is expanding its HR offerings with the addition of a powerful e-Recruitment solution. The news comes days after Infosupportís parent company, The GOWI Group, announced its acquisition of Abacus e-Media, a Web-based developer specialising in content management, publishing, job advertising and recruitment systems.

As part of the new acquisition Infosupport is incorporating the Recruitô system into its HR solutions portfolio. Recruit is a web-based collaborative solution that allows HR professionals and operational managers to streamline the recruitment process and exploit the Internet to cost effectively fill vacancies. Recruit is used by a number of the UKís largest employers to underpin their entire recruitment process and is contributing significantly to reducing the time and cost of hiring.

Recruit has been designed to help organisations reduce the operational costs associated with traditional recruitment methods and maximise the value of the Internet as a channel to attract candidates through the company website or online job boards. The system uses a sophisticated Workflow system to track, authorise and manage all aspects of the job and to ensure that the right checks and balances are in place throughout. HR professionals can oversee their entire recruitment campaigns using personalised executive dashboard technology. From job specification, advertising, applicant sorting, applicant communications to comprehensive reporting functions, Recruit transforms the recruitment process.

ìWe are delighted to welcome the Recruit product into the Infosupport HR portfolio,î said John OíNeill, Managing Director of Infosupport. ìe-Recruiting is an explosive market which according to the Aberdeen Group is set to grow to $10.3 billion worldwide by 2008. The drivers for growth include the high cost of inefficient, time-consuming hiring practices, reported labour shortage in coming years, the increased need for improved screening practices and a growing recognition of real talent and its retention, rather than seat fillers. The benefits are indisputable; reduced recruiting and hiring costs, improved screening capabilities and faster hiring.î John continued, ìWe are now perfectly positioned to respond to the e-Recruiting needs of our existing customers and to expand into new markets with this powerful and expanded set of HR solutions.î

Group MD of the GOWI Group, Mike Smart commented, ìInfosupport and Abacus e-Media share a rare set of corporate, product and market synergies. This acquisition is a move that reinforces our market position as an international software development company and enables Infosupport to strengthen its value to its customers and to the market at large.î