Total Attorneys Recruits Qualified Hires on Facebook and Twitter With Jobvite
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jun 10 (MARKET WIRE) --
Jobvite, creator of next-generation recruitment solutions, today
announced that Total Attorneys, the Chicago-based premier provider of
legal services for small law firms, has chosen the e-recruitment
platform to hire through popular social networks. Total Attorneys finds
candidates who fit its culture by utilizing the valuable -- and growing
-- contacts and information in its employees' social networks to target
job opportunities and spread the word virally.
Jobvite is the only recruitment application built to involve all employees
in the hiring process and leverage their social networks to find quality
candidates. Companies use the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application to
reduce recruitment spending and increase the impact of existing resources.
Total Attorneys is a fast-growing law technology-enabled services firm,
with approximately 200 employees and plans to add an additional 75
employees across departments through the end of 2009. Since implementing
Jobvite in March, the company has discovered excellent candidates and
hired several new employees through social referrals on Facebook and
Twitter. Now, more than half of Total Attorneys' hires come through
referrals.
"I believe the key to building a highly-functional team is retaining the
culture that has made us successful, even as we undergo rapid growth,"
said Ed Scanlan, CEO of Total Attorneys. "Encouraging the entire staff to
recruit turns everyone into brand ambassadors. By using our social
networks to recruit, we're inherently reaching the best-qualified
candidates. Jobvite gives us a powerful and effortless way to maximize
our social graph."
Within two days of introducing Jobvite's social recruitment platform to
employees, Total Attorneys saw a dramatic increase in applications for the
targeted positions. The ease of distributing a short and descriptive job
link with a one-sentence explanation via Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
helped the company double the amount of qualified resumes for that
position in less than a week.
"Social recruiting has enabled us to hire
strong new employees who we would never have connected with via
traditional recruiting methods," said Sarah Widner, Talent Manager at
Total Attorneys. "From the first I heard of Jobvite, I immediately knew
it was a perfect fit for us. Employees here are very active in social
media, both participating in social networks and developing social media
products for our clients, so Jobvite's unique social recruitment platform
is a natural match."
In addition to encouraging its own employees to refer candidates, Total
Attorneys is planning to promote an affiliate program where anyone can
participate in recommending candidates via social networks and receive a
referral bonus for successful hire, whether you work at the company or
not. Jobvite tracks the referral chain from the originating Total
Attorneys employee through to the applicant, noting every person in
between who has passed on the job invitation.
"Companies have long known that referrals are the highest quality, longest
lasting, lowest cost hires," said Dan Finnigan, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Jobvite. "Jobvite's API integration into the leading
social networks and instant matching makes referring jobs to the best
talent effortless -- and Total Attorneys is proving it."
About Total Attorneys
Total Attorneys is a technology-enabled services provider that furnishes
marketing, software and back-office administrative services to law firms.
Total Attorneys continues to innovate by providing its clients with a
flexible support model that fits the changing needs of small businesses.
Total Attorneys revenue has doubled every year since it was founded in
2002, with over 9500% growth in the last 5 years. It was named #2 on
Crain's Chicago Businesses 2009 Fast Fifty and #169 on the 2008 Inc. 500
fastest growing private companies in the United States. For more
information, visit www.totalattorneys.com
About Jobvite
Jobvite is used by companies to manage all aspects of hiring in an easy to
use Web 2.0 platform. Jobvite is the only eRecruitment application that
powers word of mouth marketing for jobs. Jobvite engages people to send
targeted job invitations to contacts in their social networks and helps
companies make high quality hires at lower cost. Customers of the
Software-as-a-Service application include leading edge companies like
Advent, Infinera, SupportSoft, TiVo and Zappos.com. For more information,
visit http://www.jobvite.com
Contact:
Nicole Wasowski
LEWIS PR for Jobvite
415 992 4400
jobvite@lewispr.com
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