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Atlantis Healthcare, a full-service communications company that operates in the healthcare industry began using Crackerjacks for their HR/Recruitment needs soon after we launched in October 2008.  They are one of our most loyal clients and have used Crackerjacks repeatedly to find and hire professional contractors.

Atlantis Healthcare is a global locally owned business operating in New Zealand, Australia and Europe.  They have been experiencing significant growth over the last 5 years (in excess of 30% pa), as such their resourcing requirements have also grown.  This has drawn their focus to finding effective ways to resource their business.  In recent times contractors have provided a solution to this; they have enabled key projects to occur that have continued the company’s growth and been instrumental in highlighting key areas where permanent staffing is needed.

After reviewing their recruitment procedures and the value that was being provided – it was clear there was room for improvement in the contract recruitment arena.

Cost savings were a key driver, but at the same time they didn’t want to compromise on the quality of candidates provided.  Carol de Monchy, Atlantis Healthcare’s General Manager (NZ) explains, “We want the best candidates on the market, but often budgets are counterproductive to this”.  With this in mind it was clear they needed to get creative in their recruitment of professional contractors.  At this point she came across Crackerjacks.  “After investigating what this new HR tool had on offer, we soon came to see that it provided a solution to our situation.  With Crackerjacks we can find pre-qualified professional contractors immediately and engage their services at considerable savings compared with traditional agency costs.”

One of the first contractors they found through Crackerjacks was a Part-time Accountant.  After posting the role, 3 suitable candidates were found after an initial search.  Interviewing was completed after a week and they were eager to offer the role to the contractor who had the best ‘fit’.  Because the short-listed contractors had already been reference checked, it meant there was a fast turn around to appointing the role.  Carol explains “The whole process was quick and easy and we could instantly roll-out the project because the contractor we chose immediately started performing from day one.”

Crackerjacks is now a key extension to Atlantis Healthcare’s HR / Recruitment procedures and they have come to utilise our online tool as their primary way of finding and hiring top-performing contractors.

What has Crackerjacks saved Atlantis Healthcare?

Before converting to Crackerjacks Atlantis Healthcare used agencies to hire professional contractors.  An example below provides an insight to the savings they’ve made.  To date Crackerjacks have saved Atlantis Healthcare over $20,000 in recruitment agency fees.