pfj Chooses Recruitment Agency Software From Bond

LONDON, Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The pfj network, which comprises four leading specialist recruitment brands - pfj, The Graduate Recruitment Company, RPCushing and Sydney based ICUR - has conducted a thorough market review for a recruitment system and has chosen staffing agency software Bond Adapt Version 11 http://www.bondadapt.com from stock market-listed recruitment agency software & HCM specialist, Bond International Software. It was Bond Adapt's flexible approach to configurability that will enable pfj to retain a competitive edge that beat off strong challenges from many of its key competitors.

The pfj network is on target to achieve a turnover of over GBP10million and has been a Bond recruitment system customer for over a decade but believes that the recruitment industry is now beginning to see the effects of the second wave of technological innovation and needs to work with a robust and flexible partner to take advantage of the opportunities that will arise.

Chris Chandler, Managing Director of the pfj network explains, "The recession was an obvious time to review our cost base, processes and infrastructure. It is also a great time to look to the future and make long term investments that can give you a competitive edge. Any major investment needs careful consideration so we retained Kamanchi, as a third party who specialise in recruitment database systems, to help us map out what we needed now and importantly what we wanted to build for the future.  We are not IT experts and we wanted to make sure that not only were we equipping ourselves with the very best available recruitment system, but also that we were relying on staffing agency software suppliers that were stable enough to not pose a risk to our own business."

Chandler expands, "After a period of consultancy and evaluation, there were a number of key differentiators that made the final decision for us. Most important was the approach taken to customisation. Most recruitment system packages claimed to be adaptable, but where recruitment agency software Bond Adapt Version 11 was superior was in the ability to configure any area of the software or workflow immediately and according to our precise business needs. Bond's recruitment system competitors on the other hand were able to configure in some respects immediately, but for other aspects of what we required, we would have had to wait until the core recruitment agency software was developed and the next version was put on general release - it felt more restrictive from a timing perspective but more importantly the ideas and innovations that we will want to implement would then be available to everyone - without Bond's staffing agency software it seemed to us that there would be no competitive edge."

The pfj network is made up of specialist UK media, marketing and communications recruitment agencies PFJ Recruitment and RPCushing, the UK's leading graduate recruiter, the Graduate Recruitment Company, and also ICUR, the Sydney-based specialist for media, advertising, creative and digital jobs. All four of these businesses, entailing over 70 users, will be going live with Bond Adapt Version 11 in the coming months.

Tim Richards, Managing Director of Bond International Software, concludes, "pfj have been a customer of ours for over a decade now and we are delighted to see yet another one of our customers extending an already healthy and fruitful relationship yet further. More often than not, this is a function of the close working practices we aim to develop with all of our customers, and our unswerving focus on recruitment system product development - two factors that we believe set us apart."

About Bond International Software and Bond Adapt

London stock market-listed Bond International Software plc is a global provider of recruitment agency software and services.

Bond is the largest, and most established, global specialist in staffing agency software for recruitment agencies worldwide and is a rapidly growing provider of web-based e-recruitment and talent acquisition software to the corporate market. Bond also provides established recruitment system HR and payroll software and outsourcing services directly to both the public and private sectors.

Established in 1973 and quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since 1997, the company has consistently achieved financial growth and maximised investment in the development of technology and recruitment system service provided to its international client base.

Bond has over 35 years experience in the development and creation of staffing agency software products and recruitment agency software services that have become industry standards. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, the Group also has offices in the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Japan and Hong Kong - with a global team of nearly 500 employees, 3500 customers and over 100,000 users.

Bond Adapt is a specialist portfolio of recruitment system software applications which has earned Bond the reputation for enhancing business growth and profitability throughout the global staffing agency software industry. Although configuration of Adapt recruitment agency software is easy, Bond offers five pre-configured systems especially for Recruitment, Vendor Managed Serviced (VMS), On-site, ASP and Healthcare.

Bond Adapt recruitment system customers include some of the largest recruitment agencies in the world and a large number of private sector organisations, including: Adecco, Hays, Michael Page, Manpower and Kelly.

SOURCE Bond International Software