First Advantage acquires Recruiternet

First Advantage Corporation, a global risk mitigation and business solutions provider, today announced that the company has acquired Recruiternet Inc., provider of Projectix, a leading corporate applicant tracking and talent management software solution. This addition enhances First Advantage’s product offering and provides opportunities for cross selling its suite of human resources-related services, which includes background screening, drug-free workplace programs and tax credits screening.

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Portland, Maine, Recruiternet has established Projectix internationally as a premier applicant tracking system (ATS), managing integrated hiring workflows and enhancing the recruiting and staffing process. Available as a hosted ASP offering or as a client-hosted licensed solution, Projectix supports all aspects of the hiring process, manages both hourly and salaried hiring, and is based on the most flexible technology available. Projectix solutions support talent management across an organization and around the globe, offering 13 standard language translations and complete localization of the data scheme. Projectix is tailored to a company’s particular recruiting process, including seamless HRMS integration, complementary service offerings and advanced workflow support. Its comprehensive, integrated hiring solution includes a Monster Premier ATS Alliance Membership, background checking, behavioral assessments, tax screening and a variety of other client specific service collaborations. Projectix has been consistently ranked as a leading applicant tracking solution by independent sources, including Gartner, AMR, Workforce Management and ERExchange.

As part of First Advantage’s suite of human resource products and services, Projectix will be rebranded and marketed as First Advantage Hiring Management Systems.

Projectix ATS is a valued addition to First Advantage’s expanding platform of human resources services, said John Long, chief executive officer of First Advantage Corporation. Our new Hiring Management Systems provide the means to deliver a conveniently integrated package of employment related services including our background screening, drug testing, tax credits and, now, applicant tracking software - to enterprise clients . We are especially pleased with the system’s international capabilities and look forward to pairing the system with First Advantage Quest, our Asian Pacific employment screening unit, as we pursue new business globally.

As part of First Advantage’s human resource services solution, we are renewing our commitment to creating the most efficient and effective hiring workflow for our clients, said Robert Neveu, president and founder of Recruiternet. With First Advantage’s focus on overseas expansion and our valued relationships with other service providers, we are uniquely positioned to provide an industry leading and truly comprehensive hiring management solution worldwide.

First Advantage will also gain Recruiternet Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Recruiternet that is headquartered in the U.K. and supports European clients, as part of the transaction.

First Advantage Hiring Management Systems will align under the company’s Employer Services business segment as part of the Employment Screening Services division.