Employer FAQs
-
Can I control procurement so orders are
not placed with unauthorized vendors?
-
Can I get resumes of candidates who apply
on our web site directly into MatchBoard?
-
How do my vendors benefit by joining
MatchBoard?
-
Can MatchBoard help ensure that we always
get the best negotiated prices from our vendors, instead
of list prices?
-
We don't have a dedicated recruiter for
our contract or permanent positions. Can our Hiring Managers
directly use MatchBoard?
-
Our recruiters are based in multiple locations
and service all our facilities nationwide. Can they work
cooperatively as one team?
-
How can we see if any of our current or
ex-employees are available for new positions before we seek
outside candidates?
-
How do I get my existing candidates database
into MatchBoard?
-
How do I advise my vendors that a particular
open position is now closed?
-
Can MatchBoard be used for managing performance
evaluations of consultants and employees?
-
Can quality and price performance reports
on vendors at one location be automatically available to
users in other locations?
-
Can MatchBoard export data to our accounting
and personnel systems?
-
What kind of training is available for
our users?
-
How will MatchBoard be of benefit to
smaller companies?
Can I control procurement so orders are
not placed with unauthorized vendors?
MatchBoard has extensive facilities to control yet provide
flexibility in which vendors your organization deals with.
Approved Vendor groups can be set up centrally for the organization.
Policies can be set up to disallow purchasing from other vendors,
or require approvals for non-standard purchases. Reports are
available showing activity with any vendor or vendor group,
as well as Exception Reports on non-standard vendor purchases.
back to top
Can I get resumes of candidates who apply
on our web site directly into MatchBoard?
Yes, you can use a provided Resume Entry application and integrate
it into your web site. Applicants will appear in buckets corresponding
to specific positions they have applied for. Once inside MatchBoard
you can very easily compare, dissect, sort, filter and shortlist
candidates for your positions.
back to top
How would my vendors benefit by joining
MatchBoard?
In addition to being able to do business with you in a way
convenient to you, your vendors enjoy several significant
benefits by becoming MatchBoard members:
- They can respond to your requirements instantly, far more
accurately, and with less effort, thus improving the chances
of making more placements and doing more business with you.
- They can automate their back office activities like tracking
consultants skills, matching skills and availability to
customer requirements, tracking open positions and projects,
planning recruitment activities, interacting with their
subcontractors, etc.
- They gain competitive advantage over vendors who are still
servicing you manually - by being able to respond much quicker.
- They get an additional sales channel to market their candidates
at minimal cost.
- MatchBoard automation frees up both their salespeople
as well as recruiters to service significantly more customers
and candidates, thus reducing costs and increasing commission
earnings for their employees.
- They get a sales advantage in winning new customers who
may also be on the MatchBoard system.
- They get real-time updated lists of Open Positions from
their customers which ensure they don't waste time on filled
positions.
- And many more...
back to top
Can MatchBoard help ensure that we always
get the best negotiated prices from our vendors, instead of
list prices that some of our managers may agree to?
Approval requirements can be set up in the system to minimize
non-standard pricing. Managers can also get access to the
full list of negotiated prices for any type of position for
any vendor. In addition, they also get statistical prices
paid for similar positions from all vendors. Exception reporting
is provided showing purchases with non-standard pricing, or
pricing with excessive variance.
back to top
We don't have a dedicated recruiter for
our contract or permanent positions. Can our Hiring Managers
directly use MatchBoard to advantage?
MatchBoard is designed to be used easily and efficiently by
Hiring Managers either independently or through dedicated
in-house recruiters. Hiring Managers can define and publish
their own positions, work with outside vendors, search the
Internet, receive and screen resumes, set up and track interviews,
negotiate prices and Work Orders, etc. very easily and quickly
through MatchBoard. You can also outsource Recruiting duties
to us and continue to work through MatchBoard with our dedicated
recruiting team.
back to top
Our recruiters are based in multiple locations
and service all our facilities nationwide. Can they work cooperatively
as one team?
Yes. Your recruiters, Hiring Managers, evaluators, procurement
personnel, etc. worldwide can work cooperatively together
off a single MatchBoard database at one of your offices, so
they are all provided real time updates of all MatchBoard
activity. So your recruiters in different locations can give
each other permission to view (and modify, if necessary) each
other's positions, candidates, vendors, etc. They can assign
positions or candidates to each other to work on, and even
schedule Tasks for each other through the system. Once a position
is visible to the recruiter, MatchBoard will automatically
alert him to status changes, and schedule important To Do
items relating to that position on his home page.
back to top
How can we see if any of our current or
ex-employees are available for new positions before we seek
outside candidates?
MatchBoard provides special treatment for internal employees,
and if required, to ex-employees who you may wish to re-hire
in the future. You can specifically search internal employees
or ex-employees for skills, amount of experience, availability,
etc. using the same familiar Search features in MatchBoard
that you use for other searches.
back to top
How do I get my existing candidates database
into MatchBoard?
Conversion services are available for converting your existing
database over to MatchBoard. For most databases, this is a
quick and reliable process. Please see Services for more details.
Alternatively, where possible MatchBoard search routines can
be customized to search your existing database and return
the candidates found directly into MatchBoard for further
processing.
back to top
How do I advise my vendors that a particular
open position is now closed?
Simply close the position in MatchBoard®
and all your MatchBoard vendors will be automatically updated
by the system. MatchBoard keeps a running record of which
non-MatchBoard vendors were sent information on each position.
You can send those specific vendors a MatchBoard formatted
email message that the position is closed right from within
the application.
back to top
Can MatchBoard be used for managing performance
evaluations of consultants and employees?
MatchBoard provides highly flexible performance evaluation
tools to schedule, conduct, record, consolidate and report
on evaluations throughout the organization. Evaluations can
be conducted based on criteria and objectives the evaluator
chooses and then reported on at various levels in the organization
for at-a-glance views of how an employee, group or division
may be performing.
back to top
Can quality and price performance reports
on vendors at one location be automatically available to users
in other locations?
Performance reports on vendors can be meaningfully tuned to
provide useful information for any company location or for
the whole enterprise. Reports are available to any user in
your organization, at any location (so long as the user has
permissions to view the reports).
back to top
Can MatchBoard export data to our accounting
and personnel systems?
Yes. Standard export formats will be available shortly. Customized
export formats can also be developed by MatchBoard Services.
back to top
What kind of training is available for
our users?
MatchBoard is designed to work the way you do (instead of
the other way around), so little training is required to get
going. To get the most out of the system, new users are encouraged
to attend the User's Class as soon as possible after installation.
Your MatchBoard Administrator, who is responsible for configuring
and administering the system for your business, should attend
the Administrator's Class. Please see Training under Services
for more details.
back to top
How will MatchBoard be of benefit to
smaller companies?
MatchBoard brings 'big company' automation, purchasing power
and efficiencies even to the smallest companies. Because it
is priced according to usage capacity, it can be a very cost-effective
solution to recruiting and procurement that all companies
face. Small companies especially stand to benefit through
automation because they typically do not the recruiting volumes
to justify a dedicated team of recruiters to meet their needs.
MatchBoard brings an established marketplace of vendors, agencies,
job boards which can help find the right candidate for you
with minimal effort. Other MatchBoard services are also available
to further relieve your staff from taking time away from their
core competencies to search job boards or interview vendors.
Please contact a MatchBoard Representative to find out details
of our Small and Midsized Company (SMC) program.
back to top
|
