Indianapolis, IN — March 02, 2004 – DirectEmployers Association, a not-for-profit organization formed by human resource executives from leading U.S. corporations to develop and manage Internet recruiting, today announced a partnership with Internet systems provider RecruitAlliance. The announcement was made by William Warren, executive director of the Association.
Under terms of the agreement, all DirectEmployers Association member companies will have the option to use RecruitAlliance’s popular “Recruiter Management System”, a web-based system that serves as a single point of contact for corporate staffing professionals to more effectively manage their relationship with executive recruiters. The system allows employers to post fee-paid jobs to the RecruitAlliance membership of executive recruiters or only to their own preferred recruiters group. RecruitAlliance’s system reduces recruiter phone calls, fee negotiation and efficiently manages all posted jobs and candidate referrals.
In making the announcement Warren stated, “This alliance provides a very valuable online management tool for corporate staffing professionals and access to an expanded client base for executive recruiters. It is a great application for an efficient employer/recruiter relationship and a valuable service for our member companies.”
According to RecruitAlliance founder Lou Volpe, “The alliance provides an exciting opportunity for us to extend our services to all DirectEmployers Association member companies. This will result in cost savings, a dramatic improvement in a company’s third party recruiting effort and an expanded market for executive recruiters”
Stephanie Walker, Human Resources Consultant, Mellon Financial Corporation and current user of the RecruitAlliance Recruiter Management System, describes it as, “An outstanding, time-saving management tool for corporate recruiters and executive search firms alike.”
About DirectEmployers Association:
DirectEmployers Association is a national association of employers which collectively owns and manages the DirectEmployers employment search engine that links job seekers directly to employer web sites.
DirectEmployers Association’s member companies include an impressive group of industry leaders such as Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT), Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Allegis Group, ALLTEL Corporation (NYSE: AT), Analysts International (Nasdaq: ANLY), AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN), Bank One (NYSE: ONE), BAE Systems (BAESF.PK), Bausch & Lomb (NYSE: BOL), Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX), Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Cingular Wireless, Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK), GE (NYSE: GE), Getronics, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Hall Kinion (Nasdaq: HAKI), H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Kindred Healthcare (Nasdaq: KIND), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Mutual of Omaha (NYSE: MUO), Nestle USA, Inc. (OTC: NSRGY), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), Schering-Plough (NYSE: SGP), Somerset Medical Center, Southern Company (NYSE: SO), Sprint (NYSE: FON), Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS), Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: VOL), and Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX).
About RecruitAlliance:
RecruitAlliance is a members-only organization consisting of executive search firms and corporations. Its “Recruiter Management System” is a web-based service that provides a single point of contact for corporate staffing professionals to manage their activities and relationships with executive recruiters.
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