TALENT POOL TECHNOLOGY

The Resourcing Team at Essex County Council is looking to procure a talent technology (Talent Pool Technology) that will integrate with our recruitment system (currently Cornerstone).\r \r Our current contract has been running for nearly 2 years and is due to expire in April 2023.

We would be looking to procure for an initial 2 years with option to extend and would need to have any new technology in place and live from 02/04/ 2023. \r \r It is also important to understand the process to extract / migrate data from the existing system to any new system we procure if need be.\r \r User (Candidate / applicant) requirements\r \r Sign up process via Careers website: link OR direct application: link\r Mandatory info required; full name (first name & surname), home address, email address, telephone number (mobile or home) cv upload (word or PDF)\r Non mandatory info required - current salary information (range format), salary expectations (range format)\r Easy user experience (compatible with multiple device types e.g., mobile phone, table, laptop)\r Search criteria filters by job title, function area, salary, location, contract type, work hours and ability to save / update preferences\r The solution shall comply with, or be working towards compliance with the 'Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 Level AA'\r opt in / opt out options to receive job alerts / marketing info \r Remove details from the talent pool (automated)\r Edit personal information in the talent pool\r GDPR and compliance consideration e.g., privacy statement\r Job alert email to contain direct link to specified job on Working for Essex (careers site)\r \r Recruitment / professional user requirements\r \r Integrate with recruitment system - currently Cornerstone (CSOD)\r Ability to easily distinguish and search on the talent (CV key word search) example -search for a key skill, qualification, or job title\r Ability to contact candidates with marketing, jobs, events info if signed to receive this (automated email)\r GDPR consideration and compliance e.g., privacy statement\r Reporting capability - out of the box standard reports and ability to create our own\r Ability to manually add and remove / edit candidates' information in the talent pool including cv upload\r Ability to classify / tag candidates via a reportable tick box code\r SMS (text technology) - ability to contact a candidate with a tailored message