I've been interested in the recruitment matching service that TalentPuzzle offer and so got hold of a few update stats. One of the things that I think would make it difficult for a site like this to get momentum is that you need do see a good a variety of jobs on there to entice the recruiters to sign up. The idea is a good one - recruiters can visit the site and see live vacancies where a corporate actually wants to use an agency. However, with everything that recruiters have going on even something as simple as this can be difficult to get buy in for.
They only launched at the end of 2009 and already have more than 60 clients (and their recruitment needs!) singed up - including one FTSE 250 company and one Fortune 500 company. Whilst the companies useing this come in a variety of sizes the most common roles are Engineering, IT, Sales and Finance. The average advertised placement fee is 15%.
The other good news is that for any CV submitted in February that leads to a placement (no matter when) they will not charge the standard fee of 25% of the placement fee. So the recruitment consultant gets 100% of the advertised fee. Check it out and feel free to leave any feedback here!
I run an agency and we are signed up to the Talent Puzzle service and i have to say that i think its a briliant idea and could well be the future shape of recruitment.
Darren
Posted by: Darren Bayliss | 25 February 2010 at 10:26 AM
Its a great idea. Very impressive.
Posted by: monicauk | 26 February 2010 at 05:05 AM