11 Aug 2009 07:00
| For Immediate Release | 11 August 2009 |
Bond International Software Plc
CAFOD USES NEW IT SYSTEM TO RECRUIT THE BEST IN DEVELOPMENT WORK
Tuesday 11th August 2009: CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) will be using a new IT software system to support its recruitment drives. The software, known as Bond Talent - online recruitment & talent management software - from stock market-listed Bond International Software, is an online recruitment web portal which will enable the organisation to save up to 1,000 hours of administrative time per year.
Coomy Ogbewele, HR Information Manager at CAFOD, says, "A large amount of our recruitment is run through manual processes, which are intrinsically time-consuming. We are spending as much as eleven hours setting up each vacancy and contacting candidates, and the shortlisting can then take another two to three hours to sift through the thirty to forty applications we would receive for each vacancy."
In 2008 CAFOD recruited for 97 vacancies. Using the Bond Talent system, the organisation will be able to automate many of the processes, especially the transfer of information to and from job boards, and between internal HR systems. Based on last year's recruitment figures, CAFOD can expect to save up to 1,000 hours of administrative time over the whole year, leaving the Human Resources department more time to devote to CAFOD staff.
Bond Talent is a specialist application for the global recruitment and talent management markets which has been designed to greatly reduce hiring costs and to enhance the strategic capability of in-house resourcing teams. The system is user-friendly and very flexible allowing for reduced paperwork and improved efficiency. This gives key recruitment staff more time to concentrate on developmental rather than administrative tasks.
As a humanitarian organisation, CAFOD also needs to be able to source and deploy additional resources with little or no notice should a crisis develop. CAFOD currently have a talent pool but it is looked after on a largely manual basis, which is particularly hard to maintain and keep up-to date when needing to work quickly and accurately.
Ogbewele also welcomes the fact that the new system will be compatible with what CAFOD already uses. "One of Bond Talent's key advantages was that we could integrate the recruitment software with our pre-existing HR software, therefore creating a true end-to-end talent management process. We will now be able to advertise a position, manage the applications, create a shortlist, hire and then process the successful candidate(s) directly into our HR system, all without any duplication of data entry," Ogbewele adds.
Tim Richards, Managing Director of Bond International Software, comments, "CAFOD is a global organisation with very particular needs and demands. Bond Talent's flexibility makes it ideally placed to fit in with CAFOD's existing processes, as it can be deployed quickly, and it is a web-based solution that will enable the organisation to rapidly source additional and pre-vetted talent should the need arise."
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About CAFOD www.CAFOD.org.uk
CAFOD is the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, the official overseas development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales working with communities in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, supporting people to find their own solutions to poverty. The agency works with all people regardless of race, gender, religion or nationality.
About Bond International Software and Bond Talent www.bondtalent.com
London stock market-listed Bond International Software plc is a global provider of recruitment and human capital management (HCM) software and services.
Bond is the largest provider of specialist staffing software for recruitment agencies worldwide. Is a rapidly growing provider of web-based e-recruitment and talent management software to the corporate market and provides HR, recruitment, payroll software and bureau services directly to both the public and private sectors.
Established in 1973 and quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since 1997, the company has consistently achieved financial growth and maximised investment in the development of technology and service provided to its international client base.
It has over 30 years experience in the development and creation of products and services that have become industry standards. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, the Group also has offices in the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa and Hong Kong with a global team of over 400 employees and 3500 customers.
Bond Talent is a powerful and versatile web-based application specifically developed for corporations who wish to streamline their in-house recruitment processes and save costs. It offers seamless online interfaces to deliver sophisticated workflow and accessibility for all stakeholders involved in the Resourcing and HR Processes, with multi-lingual and character set capability. Talent has been designed to complement rather than replace, important HR processes. It reduces paperwork and improves efficiency which frees up staff to concentrate on strategic development rather than administrative tasks. The solution is ideal for multi-site global offices where training, language and day-to-day business practices can benefit from both Bond's experienced support teams and the complete configurability and scalability of the product.
Bond Talent customers include some of the best known corporations and a large number of private sector organisations, including: HBOS, Habitat, The Co-operative Group and easyJet.
For further information, please contact:
Bond International Software
Tim Richards
Managing Director Courtlands, Parklands Avenue, Worthing.
Tel 01903 707070 Email trichards@bond.co.uk
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