A study conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development indicates that 77% of international organisations implement human resource information systems in order to improve quality, speed and flexibility of information. Technology has considerably changed the face of recruitment internationally and we are starting to see similar shifts, but current mind-sets need to change in order to fully benefit from technological innovations currently available. In light of the current global economic situation, recruitment budgets are going to be stretched even tighter and organisations will be looking to find more cost-effective and innovative forms of recruitment. Making use of the online revolution and using social networks and online interfaces, recruiters can now tap into a wider variety of candidates and vast amounts of information at the click of a button, considerably reducing costs.

In order to address challenges facing companies in the human resource and recruitment management field, we have developed several online based information and personnel management systems that are both cost effective and will maximise ultimate business objectives.

One such example – PersonL (www.personlplace.com a web-based recruiter assignment management software suite), affords recruiters the ability to fully control the recruitment process from start to finish using purely web-based tools, saving both time and money.

PersonL incorporates the entire recruitment and placement management process from the creation of job specifications, advert management, registering of applicants in terms of CVs and personal profiles, intelligent matching algorithms, interview stages with automated regret, as well as final approval and pre-appointment reference checking correspondence.

Other online user-friendly interfaces implemented by White Wall Web to enhance business performance include Knowledge Management and Enterprise Wiki’s. In this day-and-age, with employee turnover figures on the increase due to the trend of job-hopping and the current job market situation in terms of job losses, information is easily lost. Using Knowledge Management and Enterprise Wiki’s, a virtual pool for all employees to dive into, deposit and source information, this precious commodity is literally at your finger tips. Tools such as these save companies not only time and money but also relieve some of the stress surrounding employee retirement, retrenchment and resignation.

We believe technology will continue to offer opportunities to increase efficiency and effectiveness for industries that work with high volumes of information and data storage. With the increase in candidate sourcing from foreign nations, this new technology will mean it is easier to recruit candidates from disparate geographical locations.