Human Resources: TalentDrive Transforms the Landscape of Online Recruiting

Chicago, Ill. (PRWEB) July 12, 2007 -- TalentDrive, the first company to provide the most comprehensive online http://www.talentdrive.com (resume sourcing and screening) solution, announced the availability of its services to recruiters and hiring managers worldwide.

It’s the first company with the capability to pull http://www.talentdrive.com (resumes) from more than 40,000 Web-based locations – including niche job boards, local community Web sites, http://www.talentdrive.com (social networking) sites, university sites, etc, -- combined with experienced industry experts who provide objective, eyes-on review of resumes within sales, manufacturing and distribution, information technology, finance/accounting, and R&D/engineering.

With more than 35 million resumes dispersed over 40,000 Web-based locations, recruiters and hiring managers are spending more than 65% of their time searching the Web for qualified resumes. TalentDrive provides a new approach to online resume sourcing by applying Metcalfe’s Law (which states that the value of a network grows by the square of the size of the network) and expanding a company’s ability to search every Web-based location instead of a select few -- creating a larger "network" of resumes that will significantly increase the number of quality resumes.

"I was inspired to create a service like TalentDrive during my previous venture, CPRi, a marketing staffing firm," said Sean Bisceglia, CEO of TalentDrive and an experienced entrepreneur who sold CPRi to Aquent in 2007. "While at CPRi, I witnessed first hand the positives and negatives of http://www.talentdrive.com (online recruiting). We found that working with big job boards wasn’t enough and expanded our reach to niche job boards, online social networks and community sites, but it wasn’t easy to manage all the different Web-based locations, and I knew we weren’t reaching all of them."

"According to the Society for Human Resources Professionals (SHRM) more than 90% of HR people are now using the Internet to recruit," he added. "TalentDrive provides a candidate sourcing solution that enables companies to leverage the Internet as a recruiting tool more efficiently and effectively, increasing a hiring manager’s productivity by 90 percent."

The technology does not stop there. Qualified resumes are then pulled through a filter where the resumes are scored through a set of highly defined algorithms. From there U.S.-based industry experts personally review each resume, evaluating and selecting the right individuals who match specific standards and qualifications to provide a pipeline of the most qualified talent, ultimately resulting in more quality hires.

"I see us as the Orbitz of online resume sourcing," Bisceglia noted. "By connecting with every possible Web-based location for a resume posting and applying advanced search technology with expert eyes-on review, we ultimately provide the most qualified resumes from the largest pool of candidates."

TalentDrive is headquartered in Chicago and New York with plans to open three new offices in major cities within the next several months. Over the next two years, TalentDrive plans to expand globally, leveraging minority investor Aquent’s 70 worldwide offices.

About TalentDrive
TalentDrive provides growing and established companies with a new way to source and screen quality talent through a combination of proprietary technology and eyes-on review by experienced industry experts. With millions of resumes dispersed over tens of thousands of web-based locations, TalentDrive’s sourcing service enables companies to better leverage the Internet to find talent within Sales, Manufacturing and Distribution, Information Technology, Finance/Accounting, and R&D/Engineering. TalentDrive’s advanced technology and expert screening enables companies to spend less time sifting through unqualified resumes, helping to increase a hiring managers’ productivity by 90%.

TalentDrive was founded by accomplished entrepreneur, Sean Bisceglia in Chicago, Illinois. Sean started TalentDrive as majority owner in 2007 with minority investor Aquent, the world’s largest marketing and creative services staffing firm. With revenue over $400 million a year, Aquent has over 70 offices in 17 countries, including European headquarters in London and Asia Pacific headquarters in Sydney.

For additional information on TalentDrive’s services and solutions, visit or call 866.916.2249, www.talentdrive.com.

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