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AIRS Launches Engage, the Industry's First CRM Dedicated to Flexible, Inclusive, Pro-Active Hiring

AIRS announces the launch of EngageTM, a groundbreaking contact management and networking platform for recruiters. AIRS EngageTM, now available for purchase, is the recruiting industrys first true 'CRM style contact manager and offers a set of features and functionality unavailable in traditional ATS platforms or generic sales CRM systems.

Wilder, Vt. (HRmarketer/PRWEB ) June 21, 2005 -- AIRS Launches EngageTM, the industrys first recruitment CRM dedicated to flexible, inclusive, pro-active recruiting.

AIRS, the global leader in advanced sourcing solutions for talent acquisition professionals, announces the launch of AIRS EngageTM, a groundbreaking contact management and networking platform for recruiters. AIRS EngageTM, now available for purchase, is the recruiting industrys first true 'CRM style contact manager and offers a set of features and functionality unavailable in traditional ATS platforms or generic sales CRM systems.

Great recruiters are essentially great sales people and solid sales are built upon lasting relationship-based networks," said Christian Forman, CEO of AIRS. While the traditional recruiting technology -- the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) - serves as a hiring system build around an ERP model exclusively focused on active applicants, AIRS EngageTM is a networking and prospecting platform, designed exclusively for recruiters and sourcers that is focused on prospects, not just job candidates, allowing for flexible, inclusive, pro-active recruiting."

AIRS EngageTM features include:

-A fast, easy to use" CRM style contact management platform that can be easily customized by the users to reflect their own recruiting process and style. The EngageTM platform allows for enterprise and workgroup sharing, list and contact view, a full database search capability and; email, call and activity journaling.

-Point & Click" customization that maps to the way you source and recruit with customizable fields and user-defined drop-down menus.

-AIRS Toolbar technology for instant, automatic resume and contact data import that includes a highlight, click and import feature, automatic resume source coding and name generation research.

-Sophisticated e-marketing technology that enables multi-media emails and allows for complete 'open and 'click thru tracking. Perfect for major campaigns or simple notes, this allows recruiters to identify and call qualified and interested non-respondents and facilitates effective message tests to improve marketing outreach.

-On-demand sourcing and talent pool metrics for fast ROI and talent pipeline measurement with sophisticated source tracking and ATS export tracking.

-Seamless data export to every major ATS to virtually eliminate data entry and associated costs when a prospect" becomes a candidate."

-Seamless integration with Spoke -- an innovative Web-based service that enables recruiters to penetrate targets by leveraging their extended network of relationships in a private and secure way. Recruiters can tap into Spokes database of 30 million personal profiles and receive corporate data on 500,000 organizations.

EngageTM is designed for: pro-active recruiting teams focused on driving productivity and collaboration; forward-thinking corporations that are building passive candidate talent pools for ongoing recruitment or market outreach; strategic talent acquisition professionals that are looking for an affordable contact management upgrade to their ATS or HRIS platform; executive search professionals who need a flexible networking tool to manage their client, referral and industry contacts; and recruiters and sources who are buried by tedious and repetitive data entry tasks.

According to Forman, AIRS EngageTM allows recruiters to leverage their networks through effective CRM and relationship building, grow their connections with key prospects and referral sources through measurable e-marketing, and manage their 'sourcing pipeline outside the confines of their ATS. Organizations will be able to slash tedious data entry labor by ninety percent, build a powerful, passive candidate talent pool, streamline and manage their proactive recruiting campaigns with 'on demand metrics, and expand their networks through workgroup collaboration -- all through a simple user interface that is customized to their staffing process!"

To learn more about AIRS EngageTM, call 802-299-2900 or visit www.airsdirectory.com.

About AIRS:
AIRS is a diversified Human Capital Solutions company providing executive education and sophisticated web tools for Talent Acquisition, Performance Development and Career Transition to more than 70 percent of the Fortune 500 as well as market-leading companies in virtually every industry. Founded in 1997, AIRS is headquartered in Wilder, Vt.

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