RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Headway Corporate Resources
announced that its Adaptive RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) pilot
program with national retailer Hickory Farms has been expanded to over 600
retail stores and will provide more than 3,700 Hickory Farms associates for
their upcoming 2008 retail holiday season.
Key to the pilot's success is Headway's exclusive National Recruitment
Center, which includes a proprietary database of nearly one million job
candidates, as well as various e-Recruiting technologies, methodologies and
regional delivery network. These combined resources power new associate
sourcing, screening, hiring and on-boarding services for Hickory Farms.
Headway's Adaptive RPO recruitment solution for Hickory Farms enables the
hiring and deployment of retail associates in a faster and more efficient
manner than was previously achieved. In addition to the recruiting and hiring
of retail employees, Headway will also manage all human resource and payroll
responsibilities, thereby allowing Hickory Farms to concentrate on its core
activities of retail operations, store sales and customer service.
"Because of the success of the trial program, and Headway's deep
commitment and effort in exceeding our expectations, we decided to roll-out
their workforce solutions on a nationwide basis," stated Jim O'Neill, Jr.,
Vice President, Retail and Franchise Operations of Hickory Farms.
Many retailers rely upon individual stores or districts to handle their
own recruiting and hiring efforts and are becoming overwhelmed with the
increased burdens and responsibilities to source, hire, train and retain
employees. Companies are finding that an outsourced recruitment solution can
provide a higher quality of retail candidates using less time and money, which
directly translates into a greater competitive advantage for them.
Suzanne Kinkel, EVP of Recruitment Process Outsourcing at Headway said,
"Today's recruiting landscape is dramatically different than a few years ago,
as most companies just do not have the recruitment power, technology and
resources to enable them to deliver the high-volume, high caliber talent, like
we can do, on a local, regional or national basis." She further added that
"because of our breadth and depth of recruiting resources and expertise, we
deliver these functions at a lower expense than what they normally incur."
Headway Corporate Resources' Adaptive RPO has the robustness, flexibility
and scalability to offer geographically precise recruiting, which is a key
component in acquiring high-volume, multi-unit retail workers. For example,
Headway's technology can literally locate thousands of candidates within a 5
mile radius of a retail location, and then quickly assess the most qualified
ones, not only for the particular job, but also for each specific location, as
well.
About Headway
Headway Corporate Resources has been delivering innovative workforce
solutions since 1974. The company's award-winning human capital management
approach is comprised of two service divisions: Recruitment & Staffing and
Adaptive Workforce Solutions(SM). Headway provides comprehensive recruiting
and staffing resources, as well as large-scale, enterprise based, managed
workforce solutions on a national basis. Headway Corporate Resources ranks
among one of the top staffing and recruiting companies in the world and serves
an array of Fortune 1000 businesses. It has regional locations across the
country and offers a one-source workforce solution, enabling businesses to
achieve greater performance and financial savings with their human capital
efforts. Learn more about Headway Corporate Resources by visiting
http://headwaycorp.com.
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