London, UK, 12th June 2008 - Raet, the largest HR and payroll provider in Holland, and StepStone, the leading European provider of Total Talent Management solutions, have joined forces in the Dutch e-recruitment market. Raet will extend its portfolio with the new Raet e-recruitment module based on StepStone Solutions’ technology, allowing it to further optimise the recruitment process.
The Raet e-recruitment module offers support for all stages of the recruitment process, whilst drastically reducing administrative tasks. Clients are able to streamline and optimise their entire recruitment process, from the moment a vacancy becomes available, to attracting candidates, selection and interviews, until point of hire.
Raet Online is an integrated internet solution with a number of components including personnel administration, payrolling, tax and pension fund integration, absence management and competence management. Following a SaaS model, Raet Online removes the burden of software maintenance, ongoing operations and support. All our customers need is a PC with internet access to allow them to work anytime, anywhere.
Cees van den Heijkant, CEO of Raet, explains why the partnership is a valuable addition to the Raet portfolio: “In these times of skills shortages, it is essential to get the best candidate for the job. By having an e-recruitment tool integrated within our HR solutions portfolio, we can fully support our clients’ strategic HR policies”.
StepStone CEO Colin Tenwick adds: “When it comes to attracting and retaining the best talent, it is essential that organisations have the best possible recruitment and selection processes in place. We are increasingly seeing companies include e-recruitment as part of their fundamental HR practice, as such we are pleased to offer Raet the support it needs to optimise this process for its customers.”
About StepStone
StepStone was founded in Norway in 1996 and pioneered the development of online recruitment. Today, StepStone is a leading global provider of Total Talent Solutions, ranging from careers websites to on-demand software for e-recruitment and talent management. StepStone’s portfolio of Total Talent Solutions ranges from recruitment through on-boarding, training, career and succession planning, performance management and more. In addition, StepStone is Europe’s number two operator of careers websites (based on ComScore data). Covering 13 European countries, its portfolio of online properties allows recruiters to source candidates quickly and effectively through individually focused campaigns.
Thousands of organisations, including Aviva, Amey, Royal Bank of Scotland, AXA, British Airways, Xerox and Fiat use StepStone's products and services to help them recruit qualified staff globally. StepStone was the only European-headquartered vendor to be recognised as a ‘leader’ by Gartner, Inc’s "Magic Quadrant for E-Recruitment Software, 2006” report and was recently awarded the highest rating for Employee Performance Software by Bersin and Associates.
About Raet
Raet, based in Amersfoort, is the number one IT services provider of HR and payroll services in the Netherlands. In addition to HR and payroll processing, Raet is active in Business Process Outsourcing (‘BPO’ - services related to the outsourcing of the entire payroll and personnel accounting) and Professional Services (a broad range of payroll and HR consultancy services). Raet prepares more than 2 million salary and pension calculations every month for clients in the business community, the health care sector, government and educational institutions, pension funds and insurers, as well as for trust offices and accountancy firms. Raet has a market share of 35 percent. Our 650 employees are in direct contact with about 3.400 organisations.
More information:
Dave Mutton, StepStone
Tel: + 44 (0) 1483 739 450
Email: dave.mutton@stepstone.com
Robin Grainger / Catherine Moran
Brands2Life
Tel: +44 (0) 207 592 1200
Email: stepstone@brands2life.com