Alexander Mann announces Barclays deal

Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider Alexander Mann has announced it will be providing Barclays UK Retail Banking with a permanent hire solution.

 

Barclays is outsourcing its process management for recruiting permanent, experienced staff. The Alexander Mann solution will improve approaches to sourcing and will offer candidate management until the point of offer. It is due to go live between August and October 2008.

 

Andrew Rolfe, Head of Resourcing, Barclays UK Retail, comments: “Over the last year our resourcing function has been reviewing all processes and practices to ensure we make use of new and innovative ways to access, employ and retain the best talent to serve our customers. The new approach will provide a range of benefits for our candidates and suppliers.

 

“In particular, we aim to provide an efficient mechanism by which to process over 100,000 applications per annum and greatly improve the ease by which talented individuals can secure a great job with us. The success of our business lies with our employees and the robustness of our recruitment operation is a key factor in continually improving our skills base”