John Sisk and Son manages employees with professional personnel from GOWI

John Sisk and Son, the major building contractor throughout England, Wales and Ireland, has implemented specialist Human Resources solution Professional Personnel from Gowi Total People Management to ensure accurate data entry and reliable retention of employee information. Professional Personnel will enable John Sisk to perform HR administrative tasks with greater speed and precision.

John Sisk and Son is part of the Sisk Group of construction companies founded in Ireland in 1859 and has remained a family-owned business. As a national building contractor serving customers throughout England and Wales and employing in excess of 500 employees, John Siskís UK turnover is 250m, offering expertise in a range of fields, primarily the hotel and leisure industry and retail sector.

Gowi Total People Management has provided John Sisk with Professional Personnel, a fully-integrated modular database system for Human Resources management. It covers all aspects of personnel administration, including e-HR, and provides a superior and highly functional method of managing personal data without the potentially risky process of re-entry, whilst ensuring that all relevant employee information is readily available and accessible.

Julian Armitage, John Sisk Training Manager, says, ìOur previous database was sufficient as a ëone-offí but its inability to provide back-ups and its lack of sophistication was proving to be a major drawback. Professional Personnel was well-suited to our needs due to its custom-made nature.î

Armitage continues, ìProfessional Personnel allows us to register all 500 employees and their pertinent information and also safely remove old employees and add new ones..î

Armitage concludes, ìProfessional Personnel is perfect for a business of our size considering the size of our workforce and our turnover. It is a remarkably easy system to use and allows us immediate access to data, and at a very affordable cost. What is more, the back-up from the support desk is excellent.î