RALEIGH, N.C., December 16, 2005 - Taking recruitment to the next level, Peopleclick Inc., the leading provider of total workforce acquisition solutions for global companies, today announced a new version of its Recruitment Management System, RMS. The company´s latest solution is aimed at helping global companies increase recruiter productivity and engage top talent. A web-based, enterprise-wide solution, RMS offers a new candidate portal, market-leading concept search functionality, global capabilities and significant screening enhancements.
"RMS addresses recruiter productivity and the candidate experience - two employer pain points that are of increasing importance in today´s tightening labor market," said Kathy Barton, Peopleclick´s senior vice president of marketing and product management.
Royal Philips Electronics has been a Peopleclick client since 2002 and is currently using the new version of RMS. "With employees in more than 60 countries worldwide, our partnership with Peopleclick and use of the RMS product is key to the hiring of several thousand employees each year," said Ewa Wisniewska, global program manager for Philips. "The enhancements with RMS will help us drive efficiencies exploring our global candidate pool and improve the candidate experience in the online application process."
Improved Candidate Experience - Global Candidate Portal
As candidates across the globe have taken on the role of informed consumer and companies are competing for top performers, the candidate experience is key. Peopleclick RMS offers global capabilities including multi-lingual career sites. Peopleclick customers can make their career sites available to candidates in as many languages as they would like, including all Asian and double-byte languages. Plus, candidates can search and apply in the language of their choice.
In addition, the candidate portal allows potential applicants to utilize personal accounts, search agents, application assistance and referral tools. Often used for internal mobility, the candidate portal also includes robust new employee referral features.
Search Efficiency Drives Recruiter Productivity
The new search tools within RMS make it easier to match qualified candidates with appropriate job openings. This includes conceptual search, which allows recruiters to refine a set of search results around a selected candidate and to mine the entire talent pool based on this "ideal" profile. In addition, resume keyword highlighting and the ability to search questionnaire responses, attachments and recruiter or interviewer notes is now available.
"The search engine is the key to making recruiting more efficient," said Lou Adler, author of Hire With Your Head and president of The Adler Group, a training and consulting firm helping companies make hiring top talent a more systematic process. "Peopleclick´s new search technology has the potential to quickly separate the best candidates from all the rest and would have an enormous impact on recruiter productivity."
Questionnaires Enhance Screening Potential
The new candidate portal enables the use of questionnaires in the application process or at pre-determined points in the hiring process. For example, companies can choose to use basic screening questions when a candidate initially applies, and then automatically send skill-based questions later in the hiring process. Recruiters with permission can create job-specific questions, bundle them into reusable questionnaires, add them to job postings and link them to set hiring process milestones.
Additional enhancements to RMS include simplified approval processes and a redesigned user interface.
About Peopleclick
Raleigh, N.C.-based Peopleclick Inc., a privately held company founded in 1997, is one of the world´s leading enterprise-wide Total Workforce Acquisition providers. Peopleclick provides a holistic solution that includes products, services and expertise encompassing recruitment and vendor management, diversity planning and EEO/Affirmative Action compliance. Peopleclick currently serves more than 2,500 customers in 97 countries, including 54 of the Fortune 100. For more information on Peopleclick´s products and services, visit www.peopleclick.com or call 1-877-820-4400.
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