StepStone Launches Gemstone Alliance to Deliver Recruitment Solutions

StepStone ASA today announced the launch of the Gemstone Alliance through which StepStone Solutions products will be recommended and delivered by a network of experienced partners across Europe. Partners will be drawn from a broad-spectrum of the recruiting industry including HR consultancies, outsourcers, media agencies and technology providers. The program has already proved successful with 11 partners across a wide range of countries including Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Denmark and the UK.

Through the Gemstone Alliance, suitably qualified and trained partners will recommend and deliver fully customised solutions based on StepStoneís established OneStep technology. OneStep provides businesses with their own dedicated and fully branded online recruitment site and highly functional recruiter back-office, delivered on an ASP basis for an inclusive monthly fee. With such a solution, employers benefit from reduced recruiting costs, improved quality and reduced time to hire. This ìOn Demandî model, which delivers technology solutions as services, vastly simplifies the adoption of leading-edge software by customers, and is already very successful in the fields of finance and CRM solutions. StepStone is the first supplier in Europe to create partnerships to deliver On Demand recruiting solutions

StepStoneís Gemstone Alliance supports 3 tiers, ranging from Diamond partners who deliver turnkey solutions, through Topaz partners who work jointly with StepStone on sales and implementation, to Amber partners who will introduce and recommend StepStone solutions to their clients. All partners will receive sales, marketing and technical support from StepStoneís local organisations across Europe.

Commenting on the launch of the StepStone Gemstone Alliance, Matthew Parker Managing Director of StepStone Solutions said, ìStepStone OneStep is a winner amongst recruiters such as Carrefour, Toyota, and DíIeteren. With a proven product and market opportunity now is the right time for us to work with partners to accelerate our take up in the market.î

Heike Gorges, CEO of HRblue in Germany added, ìHiring the right people effectively is one of the key business challenges facing many of the companies we work with. As more and more companies aim to improve their recruiting results, we see a tremendous opportunity for StepStone to build its market with this initiative.î

For more information about the Gemstone Alliance, please contact solutions@stepstone.com or phone: 44 (0) 1483 739 450