by A Cape Town-based recruitment agency, Shide Consulting, has launched a new mobile app. The app focuses on the needs of the recruitment industry in South Africa.
Introducing Toggle
The mobile app, Toggle, allows users to build a simplified, yet professional CV through automated functionality and features. It also enables you to interact with Shide Consulting and their recruitment database. In doing so, Toggle users will eventually be able to tap into a huge market of available vacancies. This will be across various industries in South Africa’s major corporate sector.
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Shide Consulting CEO, Shirley Morse, says the motivation was driven by their recruitment challenges. This, along with the current legislative changes impacting the recruitment industry. This necessitated a need to re-position their company to remain sustainable.
Morse, who heads up the all-female-owned recruitment company, says the obvious choice of attempting to move their business to another level was a mobile app.
“We also believe this will give us a bit of an edge to tap into some unknown markets. And, simultaneously, keep more people off the streets. This will enable immediacy of service, as we are literally at the fingertips of our customers and candidates. With real time access to jobs in the market, in our sphere of influence. As a natural consequence, we believe this creates a responsiveness only an app can provide,” she shares.
Effects Of Toggle
So, how would this mobile app make an impact in the recruitment sector?
“The biggest challenge with recruitment, in all its forms, today is the aspect of time. And, also, the quality of resources we present to our clients. What normally takes between two to four months at a time can now be done within a quarter or less of the time. Due to the three-tiered system, everything is done through a seamless process. Placements can take place so much faster, as the long delays are significantly reduced through the system,” explains Shirley Morse.
“This is done by a complex algorithm that does most of the work that an individual, or more, would have done through endless screening, phone calls, emails, etc. As part of our growth strategy, we aim to enhance the system to expand the recruitment opportunities in SA. Recruitment agencies will have access to the system. Thus, all having their personalized app that feeds them the best and most suitable candidates for job recruitment.”
About Digital Society
A brainchild of three Cape Town entrepreneurs, Digital Society provides startups and established organizations strategy, design, and development services for innovative iOS and Android mobile and computer applications. Along with the required server-side solutions and mobile responsive websites. The Digital Society, has developed this unique recruitment mobile app for Shide Consulting. The app is set to revolutionise the recruitment sector in the coming months.
According to Chief Technology Officer, Lamont Hoffmeester, Digital Society is excited to have released the bespoke product into the technology market.
“One of our aims as a business is really to assist in the growth and development of smaller business, with huge potential, through our capability to create intelligent technology,” he explains.
The mobile app, which launches today, is available for download from The Google Play store. The iOS version will be released shortly.
For Shide Consulting, the mobile app will cater to a market of users in South Africa that they have not previously had access to a recruitment agency.
