Optimum service from First Choice

RDB Pro software minimises start-up costs and takes hard work out of data management for Optimise Associates.



As a recruitment agency - finding key sales and management personnel for Hi-Tech business-to-business clients - Optimise Associates believes it takes a dedicated and hard working team to understand a companyís culture and needs. Managing Director, Alex Lemon expected nothing less from recruitment software providers when searching for new software to manage his agencyís data. From a shortlist of five it was expert and compelling consultancy from First Choice Software (tel: 01256 314600) that led to its popular RDB Pro managing all Optimise Associates client information.

A key benefit that appealed to Alex was First Choiceís suggestion that Optimise Associates would benefit from leasing RDB Pro software, he says: ìIím a small recruitment agency so as a result my start up costs have been minimal, apart from the purchase of a computer and broadband my biggest outlay has been data transfer. A lot of companies offer an online solution or want to sell you a piece of software but First Choice do consult to find an answer that is best suited to your company not its own.î

Having used most recruitment software packages in the past, Alex explains: ìThe difference for me was the people and service from First Choice, although cost per user in comparison with other providers was an added incentive.î He found speed and installation time extremely quick and comments:

ìFrom saying yes to First Choice getting it up and running was excellent and even though every other company I had spoken to had told me data transfer was an absolute nightmare and would take ages, First Choice was more positive and had it done within a month.î

Optimise Associates RDB Pro database is accessed over the internet via a secure connection to the ASP and information is available 24/7 from any computer anywhere in the world. It also receives a full data back up disk once a month. Alex couldnít be happier with the way things are running and concludes: ìI have no downtime and no software faults, administration time is vastly reduced and after sales support is second to none, in fact I have no hesitation in recommending First Choice and RDB Pro.î