e-recruitment buddy; lower recruitment costs

e-recruitment buddy was founded by Michelle Jones, our Managing Director. After graduating in 1994 Michelle embarked on a sales career before landing her first recruitment job in 1997. Michelle's brief career synopsis;

• April 97 – August 98; Recruitment Consultant (temporaries desk) for Recruit Plc.
• Oct 98 – July 2002; Branch Manager and Senior Recruitment Consultant @ On Track Recruitment & Training Ltd.
• 2002 – 2005; established and ran own Recruitment Consultancy business, The Recruitment Partnership.
• April 04 – Oct 07; established and ran niche legal jobs-board, www.simplylawjobs.com prior to its acquisition in Oct 07.
• Sept 07 – Dec 07; gave birth to her baby boy, Archie & took 4 months maternity leave whilst also selling SimplyLawJobs to Friday-Ad Holdings.
• Jan 08 – Nov 08; working as Project/Marketing Manager for a niche group of job-boards (Simply Online Services).
• December 2008; utilising her extensive recruitment and job-board expertise, Michelle established e-recruitment buddy to deliver cost effective recruitment solutions for a variety of businesses.
• July 2010: gave birth to her beautiful baby girl, Edith, & took a few months maternity leave .... now back and available to do business with most days!!

So why establish e-recruitment buddy? A statement from Michelle;

“I am not going to disrespect 'traditional' recruitment agencies or ask you to question how they can justify their fees – I’ve been one and I know many of them, the good ones work hard for their money. However, in this current marketplace, in certain industry sectors, there are far more candidates than jobs – so getting a response to your advert is not an issue. What does proves problematic is all the administration hours you put in when it comes to handling the responses, along with the sheer amount of sources available to advertise on.

Many businesses face a daunting task when it comes to online recruiting and often waste money & time in the process, whether that is through ineffective advertising or unexpected administration time. The economic climate over the recent years has affected all of us and cutting back on recruitment costs is a key part of a company’s strategy. I truly believe that by working with e-recruitment buddy you can seriously reduce your cost per hire. That belief, coupled with the changing recruitment industry and my personal passion for on-line recruitment is what led to the birth of e-recruitment buddy.

Listen to a 10 minute interview about e-recruitment buddy on the BORN Podcast with Julian Stopps: February 2009.

My astrological sign is Capricorn - associated traits include 'tenacious, practical, trustworthy, persistent, dedicated, hard-working, disciplined and focused' - I am definitely all of those, so why not start working with us today and find out what a big difference we can make to your recruitment process & ultimately your bottom line!."

Michelle Jones

78% of employers who recruit online are convinced that it saves money and attracts more candidates. {Employment Review November 2007}