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How does recruitment software help staffing firms?

Owing to the end of the recession, placement agencies and staffing firms now have a major role to play in the recruitment of candidates. They are the one of the most important points of contact between the clients and candidates. Being such an important component of recruitment it is critical for them to maintain a resume database. The resumes are usually stored in various files; spreadsheets and folders which make retrieval of resumes a difficult task. Coordination with clients and candidates is another important task that takes up a lot of the recruiters’ time. The solution to all these challenges is to invest in a good recruitment software for staffing firms.WHY CHOOSE RECRUITMENT SOFTWARE?Create and Maintain an Updated DatabaseYou can easily build a database of your own and enable recruiters to retrieve resumes faster. Candidate CVs can be located quickly using simple keywords like name, skills, current location or date of birth. Resumes sourced by one recruiter are made available to all other recruiters to ensure larger number of closures.Track Progress of Candidates Submit candidates to more than one client. You can track the progress of the candidate with each and every client with the help of multiple work flows.Track Recruiter Activity EasilyIt is also possible for managers and supervisors to get a clear picture of their recruitment activities even during bulk processing of candidates. Analyze your key hiring metrics like sourcing effectiveness, recruiter productivity and time to hire is made possible with auto-generated reports. Track Bills and Incentives EasilyRecruitment software enables you to generate and track bills for every candidate till you receive payment against the placement. You can also setup your own formula for calculating incentives to be paid to recruiters.Increase Recruiter ProductivityRecruiters can get over with their routine work faster by using productivity tools such as resume parser, automated to-do list, shared calendar, mass mail and many more provided by recruitment software.Whether yours is a start up placement firm or a well established one, invest in a recruitment software to close positions faster and increase revenue generation considerably. Nitman’s flagship product, Talentpool is a recruitment software, made specifically to address the needs of corporates. Talentscout, the latest product caters to the needs of staffing firms and placement consultants.