A web-based recruitment system is making home working a reality for consultants at specialist recruitment agency The Works, as well as helping to achieve cost and time savings. Managing director Craig Burton told Recruiter that using eploy’s recruitment software they have 24-hour access to the system from any fixed or mobile device and are distributing job alerts and CVs to potential candidates “at a moment’s notice”.

“All information can be traced and tracked, making candidate management straightforward and responsive,” said Burton. “It also allows the company to open new locations very quickly without the need for on-site or networked databases.”

With offices in Bradford, Heckmondwike, Barnsley and Manchester, the agency specialises in recruiting permanent and temporary staff for the industrial, logistical, commercial, construction, engineering and technical sectors. Burton added that it has just introduced a system whereby clients can log on to eploy and authorise timesheets: “We now have all of our timesheets in the system and ready to process by Monday in 90% of cases. This system also supports the business’s objective in achieving a paperless office, which is important to us and a great selling tool.”

The Works has worked in partnership with eploy to develop the system and move its entire search and selection process online. On average, it receives around 300 new registrations a week and from those at least 250 applications are for specific vacancies. Burton explained that none of these are touched by a consultant until they research a vacancy and consider the applicants who have applied. The software automatically extracts data from the original CV and then creates a branded version in the company format.

The Works will be among those clients upgrading to eploy’s radical new version of the software to be rolled out shortly. Drag and drop technology will allow users to customise the interface and choose what information they want to display.

Chris Bogh, eploy technical director, told Recruiter that it also allows users to search directly on recruitment channels such as LinkedIn and Twitter. “In a recruitment agency, each consultant has their own way of working so they can view what they want to see on their interface, whether it’s their dashboard, candidate records or whatever,” he explained.

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