Study Finds Fully Integrated Front-Office Solutions Drive Recruiting and Sales Efficiencies
Boston (PRWeb) February 20, 2007 -- Bullhorn, the global leader in On Demand, front-office staffing and recruiting software, today released the results of its cornerstone study,
"2007 Staffing and Recruiting Trends." The report is the fourth in a year-long research series Bullhorn sponsored to determine the impact of staffing and recruiting software on the staffing and recruiting industry. This latest research report delineates the key findings of market research surveys conducted during Q4 2006, as well as the overarching themes found in all four of the Bullhorn-sponsored surveys.
"These findings demonstrate that integrated front-office software provides staffing and recruiting professionals with competitive advantages in both sales and placement and that companies utilizing it maintain greater sourcing efficiency and effectiveness," said Art Papas, CEO and co-founder of Bullhorn.
The survey was distributed to more than 63,500 staffing and recruiting industry professionals. The survey results revealed that integration and synchronization of the front office are crucial to improving placement rates. More than half of all respondents reported that having anytime, anywhere access to all client and candidate information would have a substantial impact on placement rates. In addition, 71 percent of all respondents ranked a fully integrated front-office sourcing tool with automated search agents as the most likely way to improve sourcing efficiency.
These findings are discussed in the report,
"2007 Staffing and Recruiting Trends." The survey also found:
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Industry leaders utilize tools to drive recruiting and sales efficiencies.
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Almost half of all respondents (43 percent) reported relying on tools other than integrated front-office software to automate their front offices.
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Recruiters often revert to familiar tools they feel comfortable with. Although 65 percent of respondents said that Microsoft Outlook makes up half of their candidate management system, this solution is the most likely to cause dissatisfaction of the four most popular software solutions.
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A front-office sourcing tool fully integrated with both automated search agents and Microsoft Outlook would be the most welcome innovation.
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A fully integrated and synchronized front-office solution featuring on-demand, real-time access to client orders, ATS, search agents and job boards is viewed as the best available system.
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Sourcing new candidates and securing new business are the top priorities for staffing and recruiting professionals, followed by improving placement rates.
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59 percent of respondents said that referrals are their most effective method for sourcing candidates, while 54 percent said classified ads are the least effective sourcing method.
This report is available for free download
here.
Bullhorn is the staffing and recruiting industry's only On Demand, integrated front-office solution. Comprising email, calendaring, sourcing, applicant tracking, customer relationship management and job management, Bullhorn enables users to communicate and collaborate with contacts, candidates, colleagues and clients in real time to generate, source and fill job orders, or make placements, at anytime and from anyplace. Bullhorn is used by more than 600 customers and 7,500 users worldwide, including emerging, medium and large staffing and recruiting firms servicing a wide range of industries. Information technology, professional services, office/clerical and healthcare represent a few of the many job markets Bullhorn services. The Bullhorn Blogger is the company's online community where customers, partners, Bullhorn professionals and prospective customers share ideas and best practices to advance the productivity of the staffing and recruiting industry through the innovative use of Bullhorn's On Demand, integrated front office.
About Bullhorn, Inc.
Bullhorn is the global leader in On Demand, front-office staffing and recruiting software, providing the only completely integrated front-office solution for staffing and recruiting firms. Bullhorn enables its customers to synchronize sales and recruiting to generate, source and fill job orders in real-time, at anytime and from anyplace, at the highest rates in the industry. Delivered through software as a service, Bullhorn continually meets the evolving business needs of its customers. More than 600 firms and 7,500 users worldwide, including some of the largest global staffing firms, partner with Bullhorn to meet the employment demands of the global economy. For more information, visit
www.bullhorn.com or call +1(888)GoLive8.
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