Eilakaisla - Flexible and Modern Recruitment System Enables Growth

A pioneer in the Finnish HR industry since 1971, Eilakaisla was looking for an adaptable and flexible system to support its business – and found it in TalentAdore Hire.

With the introduction of TalentAdore Hire, the number of applicants at Eilakaisla increased by as much as 36.4% during the first year. The feedback from jobseekers has also been excellent.

Eilakaisla’s CEO Antti Soro and Service Manager Anu Grekula sat down with us to discuss why they chose TalentAdore Hire and how the collaboration helps Eilakaisla achieve growth through candidate-driven recruitment.

People-oriented pioneer in human resources

Already a 50-year-old company, Eilakaisla’s mission is to be the strongest domestic provider of HR services in Finland. The strategy and daily business operations are guided by the “Eilakaisla value system”: quality, customer focus, entrepreneurship, economy, and continuous development. These values form the pillars of both internal cooperation and cooperation with customers.

Candidate and employee experience have played a major role since the company’s inception.

– If we don’t deliver an excellent candidate experience every single time, we won’t succeed in this business, sums up Antti Soro, CEO of Eilakaisla.

Eilakaisla serves corporate clients in dozens of industries with all their recruitment needs, from short-term temporary work to demanding expert recruitment and assessments. For job seekers, Eilakaisla is a reliable and flexible employer.

Find out more about Eilakaisla’s diverse range of jobs on their career pages.

Diverse recruitment needs require an adaptable partner  

At Eilakaisla, the importance of information technology as part of business operations has always been acknowledged: the transition to the computer age in Eilakaisla was made as early as the end of the 1970s. When the company was looking for a new recruitment system, it needed a solution that could meet the diverse business needs of staffing and recruitment.

– We needed a recruitment system that could support our business and be flexible. Our recruitments are very different from each other, depending on the industry, the client and the client’s recruitment needs,” says Antti about the needs assessment for the system acquisition.

Equally as important was to find a partner aligning with Eilakaisla’s long-term business and values, both based on continuous improvement.

– The quarter year of a family-owned business is 25 years. With this in mind, we wanted to find a partner with a focus on long-term work and development,” Anu explains.

– Collaboration, architecture and comprehensive integrations with other systems improve the user experience and quality of work. For our end-users, being able to contact support in real time is fantastic.

Smooth and efficient process ensures high quality

Each recruitment is a project involving many different stakeholders. In a recruitment agency, the focus on process streamlining and efficiency is particularly strong.

– Both the jobseeker, us and our client company need to be in the same process and within the same system, from start to finish. Information must flow seamlessly throughout the process, so that all parties have a sense of and knowledge about the progress,” sums up Antti.

– So far, we have done this well and we feel that TalentAdore Hire has made it possible.

Talent Community and advanced search tools help tackle applicant shortages

Every professional recruiter faces assignments that are challenging to fill relying only on traditional job advertisement. This is where previously assembled talent pools and smart search functions show their worth.

– Advanced search functions and Talent Communities have provided us with some of the most concrete benefits, says Anu.

– In situations with very few candidates, we can utilize existing talent pools and search for suitable candidates using the search functions. This makes our work much more efficient.

High-quality communication boosts both business and employer brand

According to Duunitori’s State of Recruitment survey of 2023, the most common pain points in recruitment, according to candidates, are lack of active communication and difficulty in applying. TalentAdore Hire’s customizable application forms, communication tools and AI-assisted applicant feedback have been major factors behind Eilakaisla’s high scores in applicant feedback.

– We actively seek feedback from applicants through TalentAdore Hire.

– Fluent communication is one of the things our jobseekers are rooting for. Another common praise is that they don’t have to log on to the system to apply, Anu says about the feedback they have received.

A recruitment company always represents its client company. Therefore candidates must be left with an impeccable impression of the recruitment process.

– During each recruitment assignment, we are responsible for the employer brand of our client and our own. This means that all applicants must feel heard and understood,” says Antti.

And most importantly, candidates must receive feedback if they are not selected for the job they are applying for. Otherwise, the next recruitment assignment might end up unfilled. 

– If applicants feel the process isn’t moving forward or they are not getting feedback, they would not apply for a job through us again, says Antti.

TalentAdore Hire has been integrated into Eilakaisla’s business

How do you know if your software acquisition has been a success? When end users can’t tell you which features they would be willing to give up!

– We couldn’t live without a single one of them anymore, everything works so well, Anu laughs.

– We have been able to continuously develop our own business because TalentAdore’s applicant tracking system offers everything possible, says Antti.

– I sincerely recommend TalentAdore to recruitment and staffing agencies, as well as to our clients of all sizes,  who need their own “in-house” recruitment system.

The fruitful cooperation between TalentAdore and Eilakaisla continues on the already-set path of continuous development. A good example of this is the ongoing joint project on the integration of personality assessment software.

– Thank you for the partnership so far! I know it will continue even more closely moving forward.

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