One of the UK’s leading providers of on-site service solutions (among them security), Sodexo has today taken online talent management “to a new level” with help from Tribepad, an award-winning “next generation recruitment platform”.
Through the use of the latest in cutting-edge technology, Sodexo’s new Careers Centre will enable the company to recruit the best talent both from within and externally. Candidates themselves will also have an enhanced experience. From now on, they can manage their profile on the system as well as take part in forums and discussions in the community section.
The new system will allow Sodexo to leverage social media by helping to attract, engage and hire the right talent. It will also enable Sodexo to build real talent communities by allowing candidates to apply for a role by registering on the Sodexo Careers Centre. They are then able to build their online profile within the system and link their social media accounts such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter and enhance their profile with additional documents, images and videos.
Each potential candidate can not only access the job details for which they are applying, the system automatically flags to them other potential roles which may be of interest to them. For each application the candidate is able to track where they are in the process and the system will alert them to any action required.
Taking talent management “to a new level”
Melanie Hayes, head of talent at Sodexo, told Info4Security: “The launch of the Sodexo Careers Centre is really putting us ahead of our competitors when seeking to recruit the best talent. It takes our talent management to a new level, helping us to engage with candidates from the outset which helps us to reinforce Sodexo as the employer of choice for the majority. We can ensure they’re fully equipped with the right information to help them through the application process.”
Hayes continued: “It’s not just potential employees the system benefits. It will also revolutionise how anyone within Sodexo recruits, simplifying the process with the latest technology which matches candidates registered on the system. In short, the new Sodexo Careers Centre will enable us to build real talent communities which will support engagement, aid internal hiring and ultimately enable us to hire the best candidates.”
The new Careers Centre uses social media channels to push new vacancies out to a wide audience and, with Tribepad hosting the system, jobs can be marked up and pushed out and then easily found through the various search engines.
The high visibility which Tribepad offers will drive traffic through to the new system, in turn allowing Sodexo to build up a bank of the best talent in the industry.
According to Sodexo: “Gone are the days of candidates posting their CV online and hoping for the best. We’re stepping forward and taking the lead in changing the way we recruit through the creation of a true talent pool community where the best candidates are truly engaged with us and the opportunities we can offer.”
Sodexo launches new corporate citizenship report microsite
Sodexo has published its seventh annual corporate citizenship report as a microsite at www.ccr2012.sodexo.com
Previously, the companu has produced hard copies of the report but this year has issued a summary document and the microsite for the full report in order to give readers a more engaging experience that includes video clips.
The report demonstrates the role that corporate citizenship plays in the company’s culture and performance, and highlights some key achievements of Sodexo teams over the last year.
It details the progress of the Better Tomorrow Plan, the company’s sustainability strategy to 2020. The plan aims to consolidate corporate citizenship efforts across operations by combining values and ethical principles, specific sustainability commitments and an assurance to engage with stakeholders.
The report provides an insight into how Sodexo manages the Better Tomorrow Plan and tracks progress. It covers health, nutrition and well-being, local community development (including Sodexo’s worldwide STOP Hunger campaign) and details of commitments to environmental performance in the supply chain and at Sodexo sites.
Thomas Jelley, Sodexo’s corporate citizenship manager, said: “The report details our progress over the year, our future goals and commitments. During 2011 we worked especially hard on stakeholder engagement across all areas of the Better Tomorrow Plan and have made significant progress. We were also enormously grateful for significant external recognition in industry awards and our ‘Gold’ ranking in the Business in the Community CR Index.”
