Online Recruitment System
Update
7th& 8th December 2009
Why did we get an online system?
• Competition– Survey of 91 of the UK Higher Education
institutions in 2007, indicated that 64% intended to develop an online system and 15% already had an online system.
– Recruitment team’s own survey in 2007 of 25 of the School’s main competitors concluded that out of the 43% that don’t have an online recruitment system at present, 86% are planning to introduce one.
Benefits
• Improved communication and service delivery to internal customers
• Improved communication with candidates/applicants
• Ability to recruit more from the global market • Modernisation of the School’s brand image • Reduction of the time to hire• Better management of information
Testing Phase
• Started at the end of Lent Term 2009
• User Committee
• Changes sent to WCN for action
Current Phase: Pilot Phase
• Started in July 2009• Total number of vacancies so far 28 (5
academic and 23 academic support)• 1447 applications received
Feedback Issued
• Survey issued for 17 vacancies• Survey went to candidates and recruiting
managers.
• Candidates feedback on the ‘application form’: 29%(413 candidates) said that the system was ‘excellent’ and 44% (641 candidates) said that the system was ‘good’.
Candidate FeedbackCandidate Rating of the Online Recruitment System
32%
44%
18%
4% 2%
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
Very Poor
Managers Feedback
Experience with setting up a vacancy
0%
38%
62%
0%
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
Managers Feedback
Rating the online system overall
0%
50%50%
0%
Excellent
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
Managers FeedbackComparison of this system with the current
recruitment process
0%
62%
25%
13%
Much better
Better
Worse
Much worse
Roll out Plan
• Split of Academic and Academic Support Recruitment
• Academic Support Vacancies: February 2010• Academic Vacancies: July 2010
Roll out Plan
• Recruitment Team Support to Managers– ‘Road Shows’ with WCN– Drop in sessions weekly– One to ones– Helpline – Website portal
Other Information
• Shared Sign On
• Setting up the University User committee
• Wish List creation
What’s next?
• Survey • Feedback• Roll out plan & communication• Second stage of the project
Questions?