Recruitment software development is a process of constant innovation and refinement. Over the years we have done much to broaden and improve the toolkit our clients can use to manage their day-to-day tasks and two of our recent additions make it easier than ever by completing a feature “loop” in the the use of jobs. Building on functionality already present in our Requirement Plan we can automate two of the labour intensive parts of being a temp consultant. Read more →
Efficient users often extol the virtues of saved sets in MatchMaker as a corner stone of fast, effective use of the database. In our searches any combination or set of criteria can be saved for later and recalled when needed, and due to our capability to save the criteria themselves rather than the results they even re-run and update when we doing so. For years this has been an integral tool in a recruiters kit as the daily repetition of searches is replaced with up to date search information that is only a click or two away.
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On the 25th of May 2018 data protection is changing. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) aim to solidify and unify protections for individuals across the EU and will introduce some new processes into the recruitment lifecycle.
The majority of the GDPR is handled procedurally and can be individual to your business (timeframes for retaining data, for example) and so we recommend speaking to your legal advisors to help prepare. Whilst this article does not provide any legal advice on how to manage GDPR MatchMaker 12 does have tools in place for performing common tasks and combined with the tips in this article should help you prepare for the 25th; Read more →
Compliance has always been a major pain point for recruitment businesses and there’s no relief in sight. Following the immigrant worker blitz at sandwich manufacturer Greencore’s factory in which 32 illegal workers were seized, the Immigration Minister has pledged to crack down on illegal immigrant workers using “the full force of government machinery”. Greencore, a supplier of sandwiches to Waitrose, M&S, and Sainsbury’s among others, now faces a possible £20,000 fine per worker.
The agency involved in supplying the seized workers obviously stands to suffer a heavy loss, in fact a loss or fine of this magnitude is enough to flatten the average recruitment consultancy so the question you must ask yourselves is this – how does this happen, and how can I prevent it? Read more →
