RealJobs.ie, the ëNo-Agencyí recruitment website, today announced that it has signed up its first Franchisee in Waterford. RealJobs is the first Irish recruitment website to offer franchises. Franchisees will operate independent businesses but all their customers and their job vacancies will be published on the RealJobs.ie jobs website.
RealJobs launched in April 2002 and has stuck to its no-agency proposition which is a double edged sword. It is well received by jobseekers and employers who appreciate the no-agency job policy; but 90% of online jobs are advertised by agencies, and RealJobs doesnít have any agency customersÖ so, RealJobs has to work harder than your average job board to get more jobs.
So, why franchising? According to Liam Brennan of RealJobs, ìFranchising offers us many advantages and we believe it has the potential to radically change online recruitment. In Ireland there are 100,000 registered companies and less than 1% of them choose to use the major job boards. It seemed to us that there are a lot of companies who apparently choose to recruit using alternative methods - local recruitment agencies, local newspapers, local contacts and so forth. So it makes sense to us for us to go local too. Our franchisees are local business men and women who offer a local service with national reach. Our Franchisees, who are typically experienced recruiters will multiply the number of jobs on RealJobs and will accelerate our growthî
RealJobs offer a range of additional recruitment services such as filter interviewing and reference checking, which will be of value to the 99% of Employers who do not currently use job boards.
The first Franchise is for Waterford and RealJobs is delighted to welcome Shane Hamm to the RealJobs brand.
For further info contact Liam at 01 8027939 or email info@RealJobs.ie
RealJobs announces Irelands first Recruitment Website Franchise
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