Welcome!

My name is David M. Williams and I'm your host. Welcome to OpenRecruitment.Net, the premier source of information about quality, free software tools to manage the entire recruitment process.

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What you'll find here

The recruitment jigsaw
The recruitment process is explained. This could be described as a pipeline, but it's not strictly linear. Elements of recruitment go back and forth. For instance, your search for employees in your database may be unsuccessful, thus requiring advertising which takes you back to candidate screening. Additionally, there are two major entry points, namely the clients who pay your bills and the very important human element of the actual people themselves who make up your workforce. Here, I coin the term "recruitment jigsaw" and show what's involved.
My checklist for great recruitment software
There's a lot of software out there. Much is good, some is not so good. Here's a comprehensive list of what I think makes great software. Obviously, you want recruitment software to handle data entry of employees but have you considered timely response speed? Have you considered how many payslips you will need to process? Have you considered tricky employee agreements that pay variable rates based on when the hours were worked? Here's the standard by which recruitment software can be objectively compared.
Open Recruitment
Time to put theory into practice. I get no end of people asking if I know of a database they can use. I used to say I did, but they were all commercial or proprietary. No more: here's Open Recruitment, my very own recruitment software package that you can use and distribute. It's free. And it's good!
Other relevant software
Even though I think Open Recruitment is pretty good, it might not meet your needs or suit your architecture. And, definitely, if you have the budget, there's really high quality enterprise software. Here's a detailed list of free and commercial recruitment software.
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Contact me

You can e-mail me at david @ openrecruitment.net.

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