Kala Technology terminates partnership with Jobs2Ireland
14/05/2010
This week Kala Technology Ltd has terminated our relationship with Jobs2Ireland Job Board.
We were delighted to be able to be in partnership with OneJobWorld in offering an alternative job board to Recruiters/Employers and Candidates alike. But we felt that we need to be in a position to offer more to our customers hence Kala Technology's decision to go it alone.
In the near future Kala Technology will be launching a new Job Board which will be 100% owned by Kala Technology Ltd and will operate under the Kala Banner. It is an exiting time for us and we will bring our customers the same attention to detail as we have done in the past.
More to follow........
eRecruitment and Danish State Government
16/10/2009
We are very proud to announce that on Friday 16 October 2009 Økonomistyrelsen (Danish Government) signed a contract with our HR Manager partners in Denmark for delivery of HR Manager eRecruitment for up to 180 state institutions and up to 600 self owned state institutions with a total of approximately 140.000 employees.
This contract comes after more than 2 years work with a total of 19 companies involved. In the final round HR Manager Denmark were up against IBM/SAP, Stepstone, Kommunedata (Largest Danish IT company). The contract is for a minimum of 5 years and is a multi-million euro deal.
We wish our partners well as eRecruitment marches on to become a system of choice amoung some of the leading companies across Europe.
LIFE 400 niche job board launched
14/07/2009
Kala Technology in association with OneJobWorld launch a new LIFE400 niche job board called LIFE400jobs.
The aim of this job board is to provide a central repository for experienced professionals in, not only, LIFE400 but SMART400, POLISY400, CAPSIL, CLOAS and skilled professional Life Assurance business analysts.
As the LIFE400 system is available across the globe LIFE400jobs will be the ideal job board for recruiters and employers to search for candidates. LIFE400 experience almost carries a passport to work across the globe.
New SMS portal from eRecruitment
12/07/2009
It is now possible to create SMS templates and communicate with candidates via SMS from Kala Technology's online eRecruitment system.
The SMS templates can be used to send reminders of interviews and to invite users and candidates for ad hoc meetings. The Mobile Portal lets you publish advertisements to a format that suits mobile phone screens. The advertisement can contain a link to a form where the candidate can leave their contact information and signal interest. Candidates can also text for instance 'job 123' to a given phone number and in turn receive an application form to directly apply for a position advertised in printed media.
Good News for e-Recruitment
10/06/2009
The survey of 403 Personnel Today readers state that 46% of respondents have reduced their recruitment budgets since last year and the proportion of agency use verses in-house recruitment has fallen from 40/60 last year to 25/75 this year.
48% have reduced their spend on Recruitment Agencies whilst E-Recruitment technology has seen the biggest budget increase with 22% of respondents increasing their budget and 32% keeping investment in this area.
Why are Employers Increasing their use of E-Recruitment?
Employers are embracing technology to help reduce costs and improve diversity of recruitment & promote their employer brand.
86% of respondants said that online recruitment is the most cost effective method and more than 90% feel that online recruitment is easy to use.
66% felt E-Recruitment it helps with the diversity of recruitment.
Respondents are increasing the budget on employer branding and 89% feel that having a strong employer brand is even more important in a downturn.
How are Employers using Web-based Technology?
Although 87% felt they would not adopt video CV�s in the e-recruitment mix, nearly half (48%) said they were likely to use online testing within the next 3 years.
31% felt that they would use social networking, audio and video tools within the next 2 years
All this is really positive stuff for the online recruitment industry and highlights how quickly employers are becoming savvy in web-based recruitment.
Although there will always be a place for good recruiters and head hunters, those who can add real value to their service, I have to disagree with Kevin Green (Chief Exec of the REC). By the time the market picks up, I do think that employers will have learnt the skills and they will have the internal resources to sift through the market place for the best candidates!
This can be further reiterated by the growth of organisations like ourselves, designed to educate and implement effective online recruitment strategies, it can only get better and more cost effective for the employers!
To Blog or not to Blog, that is the question!
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Yes we will probably get around to adding a Blog to our website.
Why do you upgrade your MS office systems every time there is a new release?
Is it a bit like, oh I have to have that new model of car because my older model will depreciate quicker - so what.
What great new whizz features are you or your staff using in MS Office 2007 than they didn't have in MS Office 2000. I can bet that the majority of users don't even have the time to even learn about the new features !
What is in it for you, less money in your bank account as you fork out for new releases that you won't even need but have to have or else no support.
Enter Open Source and it's FREE
It's completely free, available for all main-stream operating systems and can be used for any purpose: personal, private or commercial. You can install the same copy on as many computers as you want and give away unlimited copies to your friends. It is the pinnacle of Open Source software - and absolutely worth a try for any business looking to cut costs. Download available at www.openoffice.org
So the next time your staff come looking for €10,000 (or more) to upgrade their version of MS Office, say, hey I remember reading an article on Open Source freeware and it does exactly what it says on the tin - FREE!
HR Managers need to get creative with Recruitment
This very interesting article appeared in Ireland's popular Sunday Business Post newspaper (2nd Nov 2008) and we have reproduced it here with the kind permission of the Sunday Business Post.
As the recession takes its toll on the Irish labour market, it can be easy to forget that even companies with ailing balance sheets need to recruit to replace key employees with business-critical roles.
However, with generous recruitment budgets a thing of the past, it is time for all employers, but particularly those who fall into the SME bracket, to get creative.... read more...
Northern Ireland Fair Employment Monitoring Return
Kala Technology announces the inlcusion in its Human Resource Management System - HRMANTOOL the requirement for the Northern Ireland Equality Commission of the Fair Employment Monitoring Return.
This will greatly enhance the ability of Human Resource departments to make accurate returns within a shorter time frame and allow a history of returns to be viewed at any time.
HRMANTOOL will be implemented into the first Northern Ireland property in the coming weeks.
Copenhagen Airport chooses eRecruitment
We are proud to welcome Copenhagen Airports A/S as a new customer in Denmark.
Copenhagen Airports A/S is the listed company that owns and operates the airports at Kastrup and Roskilde.
They are 1900 committed employees entrusted with everything from planning the airports´ future and the services they offer to the daily cleaning and maintenance of the airport.
Copenhagen Airports makes its infrastructure, buildings and service facilities available to the many companies that have business operations at the airport.
Copenhagen Airports share a common goal: to ensure that their passengers have a pleasant stay at the airport.
Lars Ringdal, Partner HR Manager (Oslo)
Kala Technology and HR Manager enter partnership agreement
Kala Technology has recently partnered with HR Manager (Oslo), a supplier of eRecruitment web based recruitment software.
"Partnering with HR Manager allows us to supply a one-stop-shop HR and Personnel solution to our clients. eRecruitment is a welcome addition to the market, functionality and price are both key to the success we've enjoyed so far!" John Mooney, Managing Director of Kala Technology.
The recent IDC report (IDC is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets) suggests that erecruiting is growing and it is niche companies who are providing 'best of breed' products that are responsible for facilitating the 72% increase seen in this on demand market. As Online recruitment gathers more and more momentum the range of products is improving, eRecruitment is noted by it clients for boasting candidate screening and automated email responses as standard.
"HR Manager believe such attributes and their indirect approach to the market are some of the reasons that eRecruitment has been quickly adopted by various partners and has been implemented in some well profiled businesses after entering the UK and ROI market just six months ago" said Mark Hollingworth, Partner Manager for HR Manager.
Today more than 12,000 users in over 200 companies use eRecruitment daily to improve and assist their recruitment processes.