For a growing recruitment business, agility is key. The need to develop a centralised hub for all their agency data spurred Melbourne-based agency Aspect Personnel to transition to JobAdder more than a decade ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne thing I have learned about recruitment consulting over the last 10 years is that the more effort it takes to record information, the less likely you are to do it,\u201d explained Matt Sampson, Aspect\u2019s Managing Director. \u201cSo one of the drivers behind transitioning to JobAdder was just that it\u2019s so user-intuitive, it\u2019s so simple to use and it\u2019s easy for our consultants to record everything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time, Aspect\u2019s existing ATS was still in its beta phase, a \u201cclunky, hard-to- customise\u201d system that came with \u201cbig delays in customer service.\u201d JobAdder was initially used as a multi-loader [for job posting] and \u201cwe just had such an awesome experience,\u201d said Matt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it came time to implement JobAdder as an RMS, Matt noted that the platform \u201cwas the most user-intuitive RMS that [he\u2019d] seen. Getting people up to speed on JobAdder is so straightforward. We\u2019ve got people here who are up and running within 3-4 days.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One aspect Matt enjoyed the most was dealing with JobAdder\u2019s co-founders. \u201cTo understand the roadmap for JobAdder, its mission and see how well that aligned with our own mission and journey, made me feel like our business growth was in parallel. We bought into that journey and wanted to be a part of it,\u201d said Matt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fast forward to today and Aspect\u2019s 18-strong recruitment team are focused on delivering a world-class service to their clients and candidates. \u201cI want to build and grow an amazing team where people want to come and work every day. We want to build careers and businesses, our clients\u2019 and our own,\u201d said Matt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With JobAdder\u2019s intuitive approach to recruitment, Matt can make use of the data the agency gathers on every level, from individual recruiters, to teams and for the business as a whole. \u201cCandidate source is a great example to identify where our placements are being generated, where our candidates are coming into our community from,\u201d explained Matt. He added that a few consultants had also analysed fill rates of exclusive versus non-exclusive jobs, \u201cso the great thing about JobAdder is that we can customise our fields to enable consultants to record data useful for their desks as well as data that would benefit the team and the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are moving into a data-driven society and I think that JobAdder does a great job of capturing that data.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Matt added that JobAdder\u2019s analytics platform PowerAdder \u201cis an awesome tool to add another layer of analysis. This is really beneficial for me as a business owner, as it allows me to understand some of the opportunities and bottlenecks we\u2019re facing as a business and with individuals in the business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think a big mistake that we can make in recruitment is we try and solve the wrong problem, whereas the data we can pull out of JobAdder and in particular PowerAdder, allows us to understand the problem or the challenge or bottleneck, so that we can spend our time and energy solving the right problem,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Take analytics around job boards. \u201cWe spend a lot of money on advertising through various sources,\u201d explained Matt, adding that it was very hard to measure the ROI for this. \u201cROI for us is the billings, the revenue we\u2019ve produced as a result of candidates we\u2019ve attracted from particular advertising sources, so by utilising the data on JobAdder, we can see exactly how much we\u2019ve spent with various advertising sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe can see the number of candidates that we\u2019ve been able to attract, the number of candidates that we\u2019ve interviewed, the number of candidates that we\u2019ve sent to our clients, the number of candidates that have been interviewed by clients and really importantly, the number of candidates who have been successfully placed into roles,\u201d said Matt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll the analysis we\u2019ve been able to conduct over the last 10 years within JobAdder that we wouldn\u2019t have been able to on our previous ATS makes the cost unquantifiable, because it would be that significant,\u201d added Matt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One piece of advice Matt gives when he refers the platform to others, is \u201chave JobAdder manage the data and transfer. That\u2019s one thing we did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe underestimated the size of the task to transfer data from our old RMS to our new one,\u201d said Matt, adding that this became apparent as soon as the handover was complete. \u201cIt was done not only accurately but incredibly efficiently as well. So the other piece of advice that I give and I certainly learned was measure twice, cut once.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With data helping to inform the agency\u2019s growth plans, Matt believes that Victoria is still a great source of opportunity given the current infrastructure spend. \u201cOur vision has always been to have the capability, capacity and trusted reputation to provide recruitment solutions to businesses operating in the built and natural environments\u2026so there\u2019s work to be done in Victoria.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
JobAdder will be there to support Aspect every step of the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor me, there are three things about JobAdder that not only keep us loyal but have us advocating the company to our industry colleagues: the simplicity of the system, the innovative mindset of the business where they are the first to develop a product and grow, and the relationship we have with JobAdder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe transparency with which JobAdder runs its business and the openness of the company when they talk about the journey they are going on, is an invitation to be a part of that journey. It\u2019s really exciting and engaging for us,\u201d said Matt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe feel more like a partner and I think that\u2019s really important for our business. We like to think of our \u201csuppliers\u201d more so like partners and they\u2019re the ones we enjoy doing business with the most.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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