UK online fixed-fee model set for global expansion

Newman, who has been in recruitment since 1994, told Recruiter that having recognised how the internet was changing the way recruiters and candidates think and behave, he felt it was time for a new approach. Recruitment Genius combines traditional recruitment skills and techniques with innovation to develop a more efficient and cost-effective model for employers.

Using Recruitment Genius, an employer pays £199 and Recruitment Genius refines the job advertisement, optimises it for all the job boards in its network and posts it to relevant sites and channels via Broadbean. The applications come back to Recruitment Genius' own applicant tracking system and using a mixture of research and human expertise, the most suitable candidates for the role are sorted. The employer can at the time choose to interview and hire as many candidates as they like from this selection for the flat fee.

Regular user of the service is cloud hosting

A regular user of the service is cloud hosting and computing company ElasticHosts and CEO Richard Davies told Recruiter that all of its appointments to date are Recruitment Genius candidates. "It is much more cost-effective than using agencies, and simultaneously much easier than us posting directly on job boards, since they manage many boards on our behalf," he said. "We have appointed several Recruitment Genius candidates, and are very happy with them. It is a great way to get visibility for our positions."