Vurv Technology, Formerly Recruitmax, Signs KPMG in South Africa

KPMG chooses Recruitmaxís corporate recruiting and vendor management applications.

Vurv, a global company in technology and services for building great workforces, announced today that it had added KPMG in South Africa to its growing list of clients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). KPMG in South Africa will use Vurvís Corporate Edition (CE) recruiting and Beyond vendor management applications to improve these two key human resources processes.

CE will help KPMG in South Africa hire graduate, experienced and temporary employees faster. This award-winning product ensures companies find and screen job candidates more efficiently and streamlines other parts of the recruiting pipeline.

Beyond will help coordinate KPMG in South Africaís use of providers of recruiting services. Effective vendor management has been increasingly important for large companies. Vurvís best-of-breed system delivers rapid and significant ROI by helping companies achieve greater visibility, efficiency and control in managing services spending.

KPMG in South Africa offers accounting and consulting services to many of South Africaís largest companies. It has major offices in 11 South African cities, including Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria. KPMG in South Africa is the South African member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative.

ìWe are excited to be working with a company that has such a long and unmatched history in helping clients,î said Darren Jaffrey, general manager EMEA for Vurv Technology. ìKPMG in South Africa clearly succeeds because of the quality of the people that the organisation hires. We believe that Vurvís solutions can help a great HR function continue building a superb workforce.î

Said Richard Warren, Director, Recruitment & Global Mobility for KPMG in South Africa: ìFrom a value perspective Vurv Technology allows us to move our current online recruitment effort in a new direction. We believe that these products will offer us competitive advantage in the South African recruitment market.î

The agreement highlights Vurvís surging business in EMEA. Since opening its London headquarters, the company has signed more than a dozen European enterprise clients and announced partnerships with leading consulting firms.

ìAround the world, Vurv is rapidly cementing its reputation as one of the worldís most innovative providers of HR technology,î Mr. Jaffrey said. ìOrganisations are selecting us because of our passion for quality and willingness to make their workforce management concerns our concerns. We see many more bright days ahead in 2006.î