While U.S. recruiters debate the value of text messaging, one of the largest franchise operators in the Middle East has jumped in with enthusiasm.

“From now on,” says Nic Beesley,  a senior HR vice president with M.H. Alshaya Co., “All jobseekers applying for Alshaya vacancies will henceforth know exactly where they stand. Whether they are short-listed or called for an interview, every candidate will receive real-time SMS updates, regardless of which part of the world they live in.”

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Peopleclick, Inc., a global provider of talent acquisition and workforce compliance and diversity solutions, announced today the release of Peopleclick Contact Management 2.1. With this new release, Peopleclick Contact Management will provide clients with advanced search capabilities and will help organizations expand their talent pool of future candidates. view article »

M5 Networks and JobDiva have partnered to build telephony integration into the JobDiva CRM application for all JobDiva and M5 customers.

M5 provides Voice-over-IP managed phone systems. The new M5Connect for JobDiva allows users to track their phone traffic as part of the workflow process within JobDiva. It can also shave 20-30 seconds off each phone call and with staffing recruiters making 50 or more calls a day, the time savings alone can amount to almost a half-hour a day.

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