Virgin Trains Chooses Advorto Solution to Help Reduce Recruitment Costs and Lower Related Carbon Footprint
London, 30 June, 2009: Virgin Trains, one of the UK’s most extensive rail networks, that transports more than 20 million passengers annually and employs more than 3,000 staff, has chosen Advorto’s eRecruitment Management System to help reduce recruitment costs and lower the company’s carbon footprint related to bringing on new staff.
Chosen from a shortlist of six vendors, Advorto’s eRecruitment Management solution replaces a manual, paper intensive system by moving Virgin Trains’ UK recruiting efforts to an online system. This includes a careers section on their website where candidates can apply for and schedule interviews online, and management can track and monitor progress seamlessly, without the need for a paper trail.
“We chose Advorto following an extensive tendering exercise, not only because they could meet our specification within budget and timescales but also because they closely match our corporate culture of a ‘can do” attitude,” said Pauline Whitehead, Head of Talent at Virgin Trains. “The Virgin Group takes corporate responsibility very seriously. Moving to an online system will help us eliminate unnecessary paper use and lower our carbon emission by reducing the need to post out documents. It will also bring improved efficiencies in recruitment administration allowing the recruitment consultants to use their time on the more value-added aspects of recruitment.”
“We are pleased to add Virgin Trains to our growing portfolio of clients,” said Mike McClelland, founder and managing director of Advorto. “In addition to reducing paper waste and postage costs, upgrading to an online recruiting system has many benefits, including reducing cost to hire and spend on outside agencies.”
Advorto is one of Europe’s leading providers of on-demand, recruitment management solutions in the talent management market. Founded in 1998, Advorto uses a forward-thinking, consultative approach to assist organisations, such as Abbey, Blockbuster and Network Rail, to gain control over their recruitment process. Advorto helps HR departments to automate the full requisition to hire process for graduates and experienced hires, including vacancy planning, talent attraction, candidate selection, onboarding and management information.