Recruitment Software Application – Software House
The Challenge
Prior to the availability and onset of the internet, helped
market and develop a software application for the UK
recruitment industry working for a small one man band
company which later became a market leading product in
the UK with 250 established recruitment customers and
over 500 sites. The application was needed to search
1000’s of CV’s and keywords instantly and be able to
produce a list of matching candidates with CV’s so that a
recruiter could quickly review a list of potential candidates
and forward their CV’s to a prospective employer. In the
day many of the recruitment companies were using a manual and time consuming method to search
and select CV’s for submission to a client – this process was slow and often meant that they could
never deliver CV information on time to fulfil employment requirements. The application would reduce
the data entry times and improve search and selection time to literally seconds to allow recruitment
companies to forward CV’s to their clients as soon as they received a requirement. Using this
software also meant that recruitment companies were always first to the post and could service
multiple requirements very quickly.
The Solution
The application was written for the fast and efficient DOS operating
environment (Windows wasn’t around at the time) using a 4GL
called Revelation. These tools were state of the art and allowed
users to implement PC networks across their offices with minimal
file serving requirements i.e. a 486 server would service 50 PC’s
quickly The solution also integrated with MS Word so that CV’s
could be formatted in the most sought after word processor of its
time and either be printed or emailed. CV information was also
held in the database so that a combination of free text words and
skills sets could be used when searching for candidates. In order
to speed up the data input process, CV scanning and interpretation
was also developed so that multiple CV’s could enter the system everyday and be ready for
searching. All client, candidate and vacancy details and contact information were held in the system
and the solution provided referential integrity with an audit history which could be viewed by
candidate, client or vacancy record. Good system navigation was also made available making it easy
for a recruiter to talk to a client or candidate and move around the system easily.
The Benefits
- Instant searching on 1000’s of CV’s using free words “and” “or” options.
- Instant access to 1000’s candidate records based on key word and skill searches.
- Full database information on clients, candidates and vacancies with full audit history.
- Plentiful lists and lists save options for recruiters to review at any time.
- Many automated processes to reduce admin time and increase productivity
- CV scanning and interpretation to speed up data input.
- All CV’s were indexed ready for searching on the same day.
- Small recruitment business could manage multiple clients with multiple requirements.
- Most recruitment companies using the software increased their business by 40% in one year.
- Product was well supported with high levels of customer care put into place.
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