Press Release
TalentTracker® helps B&Q slash attraction costs with 70% of staff recruitment
Logical Innovations, UK provider of TalentTracker® online recruitment software has been working closely with B&Q for a number of years delivering a bespoke, online recruitment system.
B&Q’s bespoke system is a web based application process which incorporates job based questionnaires designed to effectively spot top talent whilst providing immediate feedback to candidates.
Results have already shown that at least 70% of candidates have been recruited with minimal or no attraction cost to B&Q, with the help of the Talent Bank feature used within the recruiting software. The Talent Bank feature is a database of potential candidates that have been pre-screened against B&Q’s own business rules.
Not only can a Talent Bank capture speculative candidates via B&Q’s website, it can also re-route applicants who were unsuccessful in a particular application, but who could be well suited to another role or even location within the business.
This feature has allowed B&Q to build its library of talent for future requirements of the business. By calling on existing talent, it drastically reduces the needs for external recruitment campaigns such as press advertising.
However cost is only one advantage to B&Q. With a need for recruiting seasonal staff quickly, a library of talented candidates is essential to allow the company to call on applicants as and when they need to. The system is designed to cope with high volume applications and typically processes around 300,000 applications per year.
David Buchanan, Managing Director of Logical Innovations explained:
“We were astounded to hear that B&Q had hired a candidate in just 25 minutes as a result of calling on the Talent Bank to find a suitable applicant. By incorporating a database of potential, pre-screened applicants in your recruitment system, any business can dramatically slash the cost of advertising and time to hire.”
B&Q use Talent Bank in conjunction with in-store advertising to build their database of candidates and in general can interview the same day as a vacancy arises.
The award winning TalentTracker® software can be supplied customised to meet the needs of individual businesses regardless of their size, and is currently being rolled out as B&Q’s dedicated recruitment system.
Ends 01.08.06