The Logistics Point brings Digital recruitment transparency and control Recruitment is a hot topic. Logistics has
This helps companies to form stronger
been struggling for talent for a long time and
working
companies are hungry for people who can
workforce so they are more willing to work
bring value.
when they are needed.
Additionally, the industry needs more drivers,
Catching up
but the job is not only seen as too
According to Crick the logistics sector has
demanding, but also unfashionable.
some catching up to do in terms of
relationships
recruitment
with
digitisation.
their
He
flexible
says
the
Could digital recruitment platforms bring
recruitment and engagement side of the
more people to the sector and improve
market would be run on spreadsheets, with
control and transparency?
driver allocation being largely controlled by a recruitment agency intermediary.
‘Traditional
recruitment
agencies
have
operated the same way for decades with
Connected2 ran a case study where the
hugely inefficient operational procedures,
client was able to save 2p per mile just by
paper
allocating the drivers to shifts themselves.
processes
and
high
levels
of
duplication,’ says Simon Crick, CEO at Connected2, a digital recruitment platform.
Drivers shortage ‘Many people with a HGV driving licence
He believes the model provides little to no
choose not to use it, as they find the process
transparency or control on which candidate
of recruitment not flexible enough,’ thinks
is supplied to complete the work.
Crick.
For some digital platforms are seen
Planners are able to upload their contract
as
driver requirements in a few simple clicks
far
more
transparency
and
efficient, can
provide
easily
be
using
templates.
algorithms
controlled by the hirer directly.
to
The smartly
platform match
uses the
appropriately qualified drivers to these shifts.
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