Partnership Yields Hiring Management Software for Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Straight Source is a national company that specializes in recruitment process outsourcing. As a recruitment process outsourcer, we foumd we needed a customized solution that allowed us to tailor system functionality to the needs of our clients while potentially interacting with their existing applicant tracking systems. e-venueSM will allow us to fully customize our hiring management system, interact with our client's system, and meet the business process re-engineering needs of our engagements."

Richardson, TX (PRWEB) February 4, 2004 -- Straight Source and XXI Technologies have announced a strategic partnership to create the next-generation Hiring Management System (HMS) designed to meet the specific needs of recruitment process outsourcing engagements.

The web-based software application, called e-venueSM, assists recruiting leadership in managing the entire recruitment and hiring process. Straight Source Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alan Cayton stated, "In managing thousands of hires per year for Fortune 100 companies, we constantly face unique issues that are often not met by today's applicant tracking systems. As a recruitment process outsourcer, we needed a customized solution that allowed us to tailor system functionality to the needs of our clients while potentially interacting with their existing applicant tracking systems. e-venueSM will allow us to fully customize our hiring management system, interact with our client's system, and meet the business process re-engineering needs of our engagements."

Rick Seaney, President of XXI Technologies states, "We are excited to be the development partner chosen for this project. Architecting and developing new technology designed for a newly forming industry is a challenge. We have an opportunity to set the standard here."
e-venueSM, which is currently patent-pending, was first developed to meet Straight Source's demand to process a large number of non-exempt candidates. The system would capture the candidate's information, match candidates to available jobs, screen the candidates, schedule them for the next step in the hiring process, and notify candidates of changes to their applicant status. The new Hiring Management System will extend the functionality throughout the lifecycle of the hiring process while integrating with legacy systems. Also, the system will assist the reruitment organization in the day-to-day management of the process and assure process adherence.

"Our clients want us to manage the recruitment process and increase service levels while also reducing associated costs," said Alan Cayton. There are some wonderful technologies available today that have all kinds of bells and whistles, but we are competing to be more efficient. E-venueSM allows us to provide the most efficient recruitment model available."

About Straight Source
Founded in 1993, Straight Source is a pioneer in the recruitment outsourcing industry. Focusing solely on large-scale recruitment process outsourcing engagements, Straight Source has improved the recruitment and hiring processes for companies like UnitedHealth Group, Sprint Corporation, Reliant Energy, Allstate Insurance, FedEx and more. Through the Straight Source Delivery ModelSM, Straight Source enables companies to transition from practices that are less effective to hiring models that optimize recruitment return on investment. Straight Source is a privately held corporation headquartered in Richardson, TX with operations throughout North America.

About XXI Technologies
XXI Technologies, LLC is a leader in providing high-level expertise in the deployment of software systems and Internet enabled applications. By providing leadership through technology consultation, application development, and deployment, XXI provides turnkey software solutions from design and architecture to deployment and maintenance. This technology leadership and value are deployed through industry-leading expertise in Java and its wide variety of flavors and tools.

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