As some of you will know I have been consulting with Primark for several months, working with them to redesign and improve their recruitment processes. Last week was the culmination of one of the phases - the recruitment event for the new Bristol Primark store. The site - www.primarkbristoljobs.co.uk - that I designed in conjunction with the e-recruitment software provider Amris - certainly did the trick!!
Below is the headline that appeared in the Daily Mirror today - and it says it all!
This was the first time that online recruitment had been used by Primark for recruiting staff for a new store opening (the store actually opens in August), and this trial worked very well.
For those of you that still don't use any form of e-recruitment system, consider this - just how would Primark have coped with nearly 14,000 applications arriving at their office?
The answer is a simple one.........very slowly!
