How much does recruitment cost your company?

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How much does recruitment cost your company?

It won’t be surprising to many Employers to know that, in the UK alone, there are in the region of 260,000 graduates searching for jobs this year and only 80,000 positions available. Research recently carried out by 1stopcareer.com has found that the average cost just to get one graduate through the door of your business can be as much as £30,000!

In the increasingly competitive market place it is clearly going to be very difficult to find the perfect employee for your vacant job role, be it a placement, voluntary or permanent, and it is frustrating to receive hundreds of applications to find that only a handful of them meet even your initial selection criteria.

As Employers also prepare to become ‘age positive’ with the introduction of legislation making discrimination on the grounds of age illegal, it is even more important that Employers think ‘outside the box’ and develop a much broader strategy when it comes to the recruitment of students. Now this whole process can be made easier and less costly by using 1stopcareer.com

1stopcareer.com is an online service that can be used by graduates and Employers alike. The Company provides a facility whereby Employers can gain access to a databank of students all of whom have completed a holistic, competency based application form, based on Employer application forms used by most graduate recruiters. Employers can make very specific searches of the database to identify students with the preferred profile, qualifications and experience they require to meet their initial selection criteria. Employers then contact the students directly, thus cutting out the traditional, and expensive, role usually carried out by recruitment agencies and response handling organisations.

This unique service is managed by 3 corporate graduate recruiters with over 35 years experience between them who understand, and have identified with, the frustrations Employers face when trying to recruit.

Alison Eyers from 1stopcareer.com comments: “1stopcareer.com is our brainchild. Working within the recruitment industry we are only too aware of how time consuming and costly it is trying to find the right employee. So we decided to put together a service that would make this easier for Employers and eliminate the use of advertising, frequent campus visits, or costly recruitment agencies. Feedback from corporate users to date has been staggering – the process really does work and we know more companies out there would benefit from the service.”

Register online at www.1stopcareer.com before the 31st December 2006 to receive a 3 month trial free of charge.

For more information about 1stopcareer.com or to find out how you can register your business graduate@1stopcareer.com or visit their website www.1stopcareer.com

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For further information about 1stopcareer.com or to arrange an interview contact Ruth Palmer or Emma Hemmings at Indigo Pink PR on 01782 791386 or email ruth@indigopinkpr.co.uk or emma@indigopinkpr.co.uk

Notes to the Editor
1StopCareer.com is a new and revolutionary web-based organisation. Their new online recruitment concept will connect students to potential employers via one simple application.
With this unique service 1stopcareer.com is changing the face of graduate recruitment.