With a cloud based solution,
                                                                Situation
                                                              In 2009, Andy Springer and Jason Murray founded Rookie
                                                                                                                                 1   Rookie Recruits is now able to
                                                                                                                                     offer flexible workforce
                                                              Recruits with a shared vision to offer often overlooked                solutions and tap into talent
                                                              candidates, who make up in attitude what they lack in                  who otherwise would not
                                                              experience, opportunities to fulfill their career aspirations.
                                                                                                                                     have been able to return to
                                                              With this in mind, Andy and Jason developed an innovative
                                                              approach to recruitment- the ‘Zero to Hero’ mentoring                  the workforce
                                                              program for placed candidates. The 12 month coaching
 Case Study                                                   program was developed to support candidates and improve
                                                                                                                                     The company has been able
                                                              their performance.

                                                              While this unique offering was bound to give Rookie Recruits a
                                                              competitive edge, it also posed a challenge. Their existing
                                                                                                                                 2   to customise the platform and
                                                                                                                                     create workflow processes
                                                              software, a simple e-recruitment application could not meet            that have improved
                                                              the company’s new demands. “Our primary need was to have               productivity by allowing
                                                              a single, cloud-based solution to manage both the recruitment
                                                              and coaching sides of the business,” says Andy. “We wanted
                                                                                                                                     consultants to focus on
                                                              an all-in-one integrated function that would manage the sales          revenue generating activities
                                                              pipeline from having a candidate to qualifying them, right
   “With People Cloud we have been able to customise          through to graduating them from the coaching program. We               Reporting has transformed
 the system to suit our needs with such little fuss. It has
transformed our business to be not only a serious, fast-
     growth recruiting organisation, but by being cloud
                                                              needed a platform that was customisable and enabled us to
                                                              create our own workflow processes rather than just operating
                                                              an out-of-the-box application, like a lot of the solutions out
                                                                                                                                 3   the business from being blind
                                                                                                                                     to offering single-view
        based, it has allowed us to scale and grow much       there.”                                                                management reports that
       quicker than any competitor, in any space, in any                                                                             have increased business
                                                 country.
                                                                 Solution                                                            insight and dramatically
                                                                                                                                     improved the responsiveness
 There are no boundaries to where you can go with this
                                                              Andy and Jason relayed their current situation to Shawn
                                                                                                                                     of the business
  thing. That's why we see our relationship with Click to
Cloud as a partner in our growth and development. We          Stilwell, Director of Click to Cloud, who had recently developed
   are constantly engaging with People Cloud to look at       People Cloud, a recruitment software built on the Salesforce
                                                              platform. After reviewing the business requirements, Shawn
       what we can do, to take our business to the next
                                                              was confident People Cloud could meet the unique needs of
                                                  level.”
                                                              Rookie Recruits. Click to Cloud was able to design and
                                    Andy Springer             customise the software around the company’s new business
                                 Founding Director            model. “This has helped us to build greater efficiencies and it
                                                              has helped us reduce the need for extra staff,” says Andy. “It
                                   Rookie Recruits            has continuously allowed us to spend more time focusing on
                                                              our customers’ needs and less time on manual processes.”
Benefits
When Rookie Recruits made the switch to People Cloud, the          It's not only saved us time but money- especially when you
company was able to realise its goals of supporting its unique     multiply that result across 30 candidates a day per Scout, then
business model by operating on a flexible and powerful             150 a week, then 7,800 a year! As you can see, our return on
software solution that was both user-friendly and cost             investment for this small change was incredible.” In a
effective.                                                         traditional server based system, you just never would have
                                                                   been able to do that without massive time and financial costs.”
1. “Flexible Workforce Solutions”
                                                                   3. “Increased Business Insight”
As a cloud-based, fully integrated solution, People Cloud has
helped facilitate Rookie Recruit’s fast growth and                 The reports and dashboards of People Cloud have completely
development. With 14 full-time employees and operations in         transformed Rookie Recruits from being blind to having full
Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, the company is now looking         access and view of everything.
to expand overseas. “Because of People Cloud, we are able to
offer flexible workplace solutions and tap into fantastic talent   “I can draw a report on any aspect of the business and have it
who otherwise wouldn't have returned to the workforce,” says       rolled up in dashboard form and updated live. The trick is- I
Andy. “For example, we have stay-at-home Mums who are              don't need to have a degree in rocket science or a team of
able to resource and review candidates from the comfort of         consultants to make this sort of reporting possible. I tell the
their own homes. This allows us to create great win:win            system what I want and within a matter of seconds, I've got
outcomes with our Team members and together achieve                that report- it’s that simple,” says Andy.
more.”
                                                                   “I can now make educated decisions and dramatically improve
                                                                   the nimbleness and responsiveness of the business like turning
2. “Improved Productivity”                                         on a ten cent piece. If you are able to respond to your
                                                                   customers, not only meet but exceed their expectations
Rookie Recruits has almost fully customised the workflow           without having to go down long paths of discovery to find out
inside People Cloud and are moving one step closer to greater      the mistakes you are making, then you are building something
efficiency in their operation. “Because of our systems, our        very sustainable.”
output for each team member is 25-50% higher than the
output benchmark for most other recruitment organisations.         “No other system I have ever come across comes even close to
We want to continue pushing the envelope so our guys spend         being able to do that in a customised way for a small or
less time on the manual processes and more time servicing our      medium business. This is something usually reserved for large
customers. We recently automated a process that normally           organisations. To be a fast-growth start-up and be able to have
took our consultants 5 minutes and cut it down to 30 seconds       that sort of reporting functionality, paying what we are paying-
using the technology.                                              it’s unheard of.”
                                                                      Level 6, 65 York Street                                         sales@clicktocloud.com
                                                                       Sydney NSW 2000                                                www.clicktocloud.com

Click to Cloud Case Study featuring Rookie Recruits

  • 1.
    With a cloudbased solution, Situation In 2009, Andy Springer and Jason Murray founded Rookie 1 Rookie Recruits is now able to offer flexible workforce Recruits with a shared vision to offer often overlooked solutions and tap into talent candidates, who make up in attitude what they lack in who otherwise would not experience, opportunities to fulfill their career aspirations. have been able to return to With this in mind, Andy and Jason developed an innovative approach to recruitment- the ‘Zero to Hero’ mentoring the workforce program for placed candidates. The 12 month coaching Case Study program was developed to support candidates and improve The company has been able their performance. While this unique offering was bound to give Rookie Recruits a competitive edge, it also posed a challenge. Their existing 2 to customise the platform and create workflow processes software, a simple e-recruitment application could not meet that have improved the company’s new demands. “Our primary need was to have productivity by allowing a single, cloud-based solution to manage both the recruitment and coaching sides of the business,” says Andy. “We wanted consultants to focus on an all-in-one integrated function that would manage the sales revenue generating activities pipeline from having a candidate to qualifying them, right “With People Cloud we have been able to customise through to graduating them from the coaching program. We Reporting has transformed the system to suit our needs with such little fuss. It has transformed our business to be not only a serious, fast- growth recruiting organisation, but by being cloud needed a platform that was customisable and enabled us to create our own workflow processes rather than just operating an out-of-the-box application, like a lot of the solutions out 3 the business from being blind to offering single-view based, it has allowed us to scale and grow much there.” management reports that quicker than any competitor, in any space, in any have increased business country. Solution insight and dramatically improved the responsiveness There are no boundaries to where you can go with this Andy and Jason relayed their current situation to Shawn of the business thing. That's why we see our relationship with Click to Cloud as a partner in our growth and development. We Stilwell, Director of Click to Cloud, who had recently developed are constantly engaging with People Cloud to look at People Cloud, a recruitment software built on the Salesforce platform. After reviewing the business requirements, Shawn what we can do, to take our business to the next was confident People Cloud could meet the unique needs of level.” Rookie Recruits. Click to Cloud was able to design and Andy Springer customise the software around the company’s new business Founding Director model. “This has helped us to build greater efficiencies and it has helped us reduce the need for extra staff,” says Andy. “It Rookie Recruits has continuously allowed us to spend more time focusing on our customers’ needs and less time on manual processes.”
  • 2.
    Benefits When Rookie Recruitsmade the switch to People Cloud, the It's not only saved us time but money- especially when you company was able to realise its goals of supporting its unique multiply that result across 30 candidates a day per Scout, then business model by operating on a flexible and powerful 150 a week, then 7,800 a year! As you can see, our return on software solution that was both user-friendly and cost investment for this small change was incredible.” In a effective. traditional server based system, you just never would have been able to do that without massive time and financial costs.” 1. “Flexible Workforce Solutions” 3. “Increased Business Insight” As a cloud-based, fully integrated solution, People Cloud has helped facilitate Rookie Recruit’s fast growth and The reports and dashboards of People Cloud have completely development. With 14 full-time employees and operations in transformed Rookie Recruits from being blind to having full Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, the company is now looking access and view of everything. to expand overseas. “Because of People Cloud, we are able to offer flexible workplace solutions and tap into fantastic talent “I can draw a report on any aspect of the business and have it who otherwise wouldn't have returned to the workforce,” says rolled up in dashboard form and updated live. The trick is- I Andy. “For example, we have stay-at-home Mums who are don't need to have a degree in rocket science or a team of able to resource and review candidates from the comfort of consultants to make this sort of reporting possible. I tell the their own homes. This allows us to create great win:win system what I want and within a matter of seconds, I've got outcomes with our Team members and together achieve that report- it’s that simple,” says Andy. more.” “I can now make educated decisions and dramatically improve the nimbleness and responsiveness of the business like turning 2. “Improved Productivity” on a ten cent piece. If you are able to respond to your customers, not only meet but exceed their expectations Rookie Recruits has almost fully customised the workflow without having to go down long paths of discovery to find out inside People Cloud and are moving one step closer to greater the mistakes you are making, then you are building something efficiency in their operation. “Because of our systems, our very sustainable.” output for each team member is 25-50% higher than the output benchmark for most other recruitment organisations. “No other system I have ever come across comes even close to We want to continue pushing the envelope so our guys spend being able to do that in a customised way for a small or less time on the manual processes and more time servicing our medium business. This is something usually reserved for large customers. We recently automated a process that normally organisations. To be a fast-growth start-up and be able to have took our consultants 5 minutes and cut it down to 30 seconds that sort of reporting functionality, paying what we are paying- using the technology. it’s unheard of.” Level 6, 65 York Street sales@clicktocloud.com Sydney NSW 2000 www.clicktocloud.com