A couple months ago I responded to a Recruiter Magazine article on the need for organisations to use talent pools when looking to fill vacancies. The key point of my response was that organisations need to consider the types of information that they include in their talent pools, so they have the right information to help them make their recruitment decisions. This got me thinking on the question of, “What would the ideal talent pool look like?”

After some further thought (and head scratching) I realised that in order to answer this question I’d first have to be clear on what are the objectives of having a talent pool. The best description I could come up with had two parts: Continue reading →

Resourcing Circle has just finalised the latest versions of its online banner and newsletter adverts. In both adverts we aim to communicate the key facts about Resourcing Circle that:

• Resourcing Circle enables organisations to create talent pools of contractors
• Organisations can use Resourcing Circle to track the performance of their contractors
• Recruiters and Resourcing Managers can sign up to Resourcing Circle for free.

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Resourcing Circle has launched an enhanced version of their software which enables companies to build internal talent pools of reviewed contractors and temporary staff. Resourcing Circle automates the process of capturing reviews of contractor performance, storing up-to-date contractor CVs and sharing this information throughout an organisation.

The enhancements to the Resourcing Circle software (http://www.resourcingcircle.com) are designed to enable companies to make better use of the data held in their contractor talent pool and to allow them to increase the number of contractors included in their pool. Continue reading →

Resourcing Circle has just released a software update which provides Recruiters and Resourcing Managers with enhanced reporting on their usage of contractors and temporary staff. The reporting functionality is combined into a contractor reporting dashboard which provides a graphical overview of contractor usage and performance together with the ability to drill down into more detailed information.

Resourcing Circle Founder & CEO Errol Forbes said: “The introduction of the reporting dashboard is in response to comments from Resourcing Managers saying that they had difficulty getting accurate information on the number of contractors within their organisation and on how those contractors were being used”. The reporting dashboard is designed to assist companies in moving to a situation where they have a centralised contractor hub which provides easy access to all of their key information about contractor usage.

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