Helping You Choose the Right Recruitment Software

About a month ago Alan Whitford called me up with a great idea.  He asked if I'd considered putting together some information to help recruiters compare the multitude of recruitment software products on the market. 

As it happens I was aware there was a need for such a facility (not that I'd done anything about it yet).  I get a couple of calls a week from recruiters asking me what product they should buy.  The forum always has at least one current thread about recruitment software.  We publish a list of software providers on our site to help recruiters see what companies/products are on the market.  However, I loved the idea of a document which you could use to compare functionality and price of products.  Thus the "Recruitment Software Comparison Tables" were born (catchy name don't you think?!).

I've emailed everyone on our list of recruitment software products.  Over 30 have completed the forms so far and these are up on the site as a PDF document.  I'll be doing an "official" launch in the newsletter next week and by then hope to have added logos/screenshots for some of these companies.

If anyone has feedback on ways to improve the tables please drop me a note

Finally, Alan, thanks for the suggestion, but having spent the last 5 days working solidly on this - please keep all future ideas to yourself!  Seriously though, a massive thanks, Alan, for the idea and for your help in putting the questionnaires together.

Comments

[Alan Whitford]

Hi Louise

Fantastic job - this should become the de facto standard to help recruiters start their search for the right solution. Our hope has always been that recruiters will use the purpose built technology to improve their business, rather than shoe horning recruitment into their Outlook or Excel applications.

I sincerely hope, though, that recruiters don't just make the decision on price. After all, even at £1,000 a month, a good recruiter only needs to make one extra placement every 3-6 months to be ahead of the game!!

And,as I and many others have said for years, if you utilise a recruitment system, incorporate the candidate messaging and communications with the 'dog and bone', then you will be more successful and, more importantly, give both your candidates and your clients a better service.

Again, congrats to Louise for pulling this together.

Now, Louise, my next idea.......

Alan