Softscape Introduces New Job Distribution Service that Taps into Major Social Media Sites to Improve Hiring Effectiveness

WAYLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Softscape, the global leader in people management software, today announced the Softscape Job Distribution Service™ that utilizes social networking sites and enables customer to reach a considerably greater candidate pool with each job posting. The service is offered as part of the Hiring & Recruiting Suite within Softscape’s complete talent management software platform. The Softscape Job Distribution Service taps into social networking sites such as LinkedIn^®, Facebook, and Twitter.

“Softscape is offering customers the ability to reach the audiences of the world’s largest social media sites with our new offering. This enables customers to get their open positions in front of top candidates and hire more efficiently.”

Improving hiring efficiencies and finding top candidates are constant challenges for any size organization. As the global economy slowly improves and hiring volume increases, rapidly filling key positions ahead of the competition will be essential. This new service offers a simple, automated feed to a number of major social networking websites to help expedite job distribution. People continue to spend a tremendous amount of time on social media sites and this new distribution method enables HR professionals a more valuable way to reach potential new candidates.

“Social media is something that has changed the way organizations recruit and collaborate across the globe,” said Dave Watkins, Softscape CEO and co-founder. “Softscape is offering customers the ability to reach the audiences of the world’s largest social media sites with our new offering. This enables customers to get their open positions in front of top candidates and hire more efficiently.”

Softscape Hiring & Recruiting streamlines the entire hiring lifecycle from requisition to candidate selection. The solution is a key suite within Softscape Apex^®, the most complete people management platform to drive business performance. Softscape’s Hiring & Recruiting manages the entire hiring lifecycle, from requisition creation and approval, through job posting, to applicant tracking, screening, interviewing, offer management, and on-boarding. The Hiring & Recruiting suite provides full service capabilities for all parties involved in matching candidates to positions, and features configurable status-driven workflows, role-based security ownership of requisitions and processes, advanced candidate filtering, and candidate assessment and gap analysis.

The Softscape Job Distribution Service is available today. For more information about Softscape’s solutions, please visit http://www.softscape.com.

About Softscape (www.softscape.com)

Softscape is the global leader in complete people management software that enables organizations to more effectively drive their business performance. Recognized by industry analysts as the most comprehensive strategic human capital management solution, Softscape provides full employee lifecycle management, including a core system of record, in a single, software platform for improved business intelligence. The company offers customers of all sizes and in all industries the most flexibility and choice with multiple purchase, configuration, and deployment options. For more than a decade, Softscape has helped millions of workers across 156 countries be more successful at their jobs while contributing to bottom-line business results. Softscape’s customers represent Fortune 500/Global 500, mid-market, and government organizations, including Barclays (NYSE: BCS; London: BARC), AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN [ADR]; London: AZN), Seagate (NYSE: STX), GKN (London: GKN), Kone Corporation (OMX Helsinki: KNEBV), Edcon, and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR). Softscape is based in Massachusetts with offices in London, Sydney, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Johannesburg.

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