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The right person is out there, and finding them just got a lot easier

Give every candidate a smooth experience that gets them excited to start work. Stay in constant communication with candidates, helping them feel valued and improve their experience to build an employer brand. Overcome the competition for talent with your team on top, every time.

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Recruitment without the roadblocks

Streamline recruitment processes

Automate repetitive recruitment tasks. Optimise job adverts with key information. Increase reach and post adverts to multiple job boards in one click. Speed up shortlisting with CV parsing. Create talent pools for when an applicant may be a better fit for a different role. Save time and reduce errors. Win-win. 

Enhance the candidate experience

First impressions count. Tailor the recruitment and onboarding experience and allow applicants to manage their journey by giving them a full view of the process. Introduce them to their team, prepare them for day one and enable them to input key data so they’re instantly part of the team and ready to hit the ground running from day one. 

Improve the hiring manager's experience

Every campaign. Each CV. All the insights in one place. Hiring managers and the recruitment team can add and collaborate on notes directly on the candidate’s record. Plus, stay compliant with GDPR easily thanks to robust cybersecurity measures. 

Make attracting, managing and hiring talent easier, starting today

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Simplified processes

Spot the standout CVs a mile off with the help of AI-enabled parsing. Prevent bias with anonymisation. Meet candidate expectations and reduce your time to hire.

Candidate engagement

Create custom onboarding journeys and apply automated status updates to keep candidates updated on their progression through your talent pipeline. 

Effective onboarding

Have productive new employees straight out the gate with an onboarding process that sets them up for success, increasing productivity by over 70%.

“With People First, we're taking a modern approach to recruitment and selection - it's a great platform.”

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“The recruitment module has enabled us to receive applications online and brought us into the twenty-first century in terms of recruitment. Their service cloud is a valuable source of information, support and help. MHR is committed to evolving the product in a way that is beneficial to customers and users.”

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Recruitment and onboarding FAQs

What is recruitment software?

Recruitment software helps to reduce the time to hire by optimising the whole recruitment process through automation and modern processes. 

It brings multiple benefits to organisations starting at the job posting and finding new talent to onboarding and retaining employees. Providing a seamless experience from start to finish.

Why is recruitment management software important?

Recruitment management software gives organisations the tools to automate tedious admin tasks, quickly assess candidates’ information for shortlisting, and provide consistent communication to candidates – one of the biggest pitfalls in recruitment. 

Being within the HR system allows automatic updates of your people data, so all your information is in a single place.

How does recruitment software improve the hiring process?

Recruitment software improves your hiring process in multiple ways. From attracting more quality candidates due to positive candidate experience reviews to automating admin tasks and introducing new software that streamlines shortlisting. 

Considering high quality candidates don’t stay on the job market for long, organisations are investing in recruitment management software to stay ahead of the competition, speed up their postings and reduce the time to hire.

How to streamline your whole recruitment process?

A recruitment management system (RMS) helps streamline the whole recruitment process. By automating time-consuming, tedious admin tasks and providing tools such as application from questions to screening candidates for shortlisting - you can reduce the time it takes to hire quality candidates, all whilst providing a positive candidate experience.

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