Kirklees Council
Finalists for the In-House Recruitment Award for Candidate Experience, with a little help from Oleeo
Industry
Local Authority
Main Challenges
Inflexibility and lack of reporting tools
Recruiting scope
11,000+ yearly applications
11,000+ annual applications
500+ annual hires
With up to 300 different jobs advertised on their site, over 11,000 yearly applications and over 1500 hires, Kirklees Local Authority need a recruitment system they can depend on.
Unfortunately their existing system did not allow them to customise application processes, data and reports were difficult and time-consuming to prepare and recruiters and managers relied on off-system information for tracking applications and activity.
Kirklees Council needed a new system that would…
- Adapt application questions for different sectors, abilities, and needs
- Remove the barrier of only using Word documents and uploading them using technology people may not have
- Provide data to analyse quickly and efficiently
- Automate reports and emails with a ‘one-stop-shop’ dashboard
- Encourage a whole team approach
- Significantly reduce admin time
Why Oleeo and what was the implementation like?
Kirklees council needed an ATS that would keep up with the high quantity of applications but also cater to the many different sectors that the council advertised.
Oleeo’s ability to shape the questions to the job was an exciting development in Kirklees’ recruitment. No longer were candidates stuck with the only option of uploading a Word document.
Chloe Thomas, Recruitment Manager and the recruitment team are now able to ask the really important questions saving the equally-important-but -can-wait-questions until later, speeding up the shortlisting process.
Results
Since implementing Oleeo, Chloe and her team are delighted with the results:
- Candidate experience rated good/very good or excellent hit 100% in May 2022
- Finalists in the in-house recruitment awards for candidate experience up against companies such as Virgin Atlantic and Homeserve
- Time saved analysing data and reports has skyrocketed
- Quick changes of career promotions at the click of a button
- Fully adapted applications for individual jobs, asking the most relevant information from candidates first, making the process swift and easy
The Future
There is much to be proud of in the recruitment department of Kirklees council but that’s not stopping Chloe and her team continuing to improve and streamline their services. There are lots of other exciting features from Oleeo that are in the pipeline including Quick Apply.
After the glitz and glamour of the award ceremony (good luck Kirklees!), it’s back to making their recruitment easier, quicker and more helpful for their future employees.
Watch this space!
“I would say that it’s flexible, and it’s candidate driven. It’s fast, it’s effective, and it’s modern. It’s what people expect.”
Chloe Thomas
Recruitment Manager, Kirklees Council
