NEWS
Alibaba,
the world's leading provider of online trading, retailing and
transaction platforms, chooses StepStone Solutions for global
e-recruitment
Optimises recruitment management in line with business
globalisation
18
Jan 2010 Singapore
| The Alibaba Group, the world's leading provider of online trading,
retailing and transaction platforms, has chosen the StepStone
e-recruitment solution to automate and optimise recruitment processes.
With over 17,000 employees around the world in more than 50 cities
across Greater China, Japan, Korea, the United Kingdom and the
United States, Alibaba Group will use StepStone e-recruitment
to attract and filter qualified candidates, streamline interview
arrangements, consolidate resume sources and develop a global
talent pool for local and international hiring. The reduction
in administrative work to manage these processes will enable Alibaba’s
HR department to focus on more strategic tasks.
With rapid business expansion since its founding in 1999 in China,
Alibaba Group has found it increasingly important to develop outstanding
recruitment strategies to remain competitive in the fast growing
online market in China and abroad. With the aid of StepStone Solutions’
best of breed e-recruitment solution Alibaba’s HR Department
can focus on key recruitment tasks and strategies.
Alibaba Senior Director of HR, Dennis Wang, said: "We believe
that StepStone Solutions will help us overcome challenges in recruiting
the best talent. We look forward to working closely with StepStone’s
international consultant team as well as local consultants who
truly understand our local business with a global perspective."
“Global Internet companies like Alibaba Group need global
talent solutions,” said Matt Parker, Group MD of StepStone
Solutions. “Its choice of StepStone for this key project
proves we are truly a global leader in e-recruitment across Europe,
Asia and the US.”
StepStone
Solutions e-recruitment is provided as software-as-a-service (SaaS),
creating a reliable platform to attract, select, manage candidate
interviews, generate reports and support talent pooling.
About
Alibaba
Alibaba Group is a leading provider of online transaction platforms
and Internet contents, offering a wide range of Internet businesses
including B2B international trader Alibaba.com, online retailer
Taobao.com, secured online payment platform Alipay.com, data-centric
computing services, as well as China's leading Internet portal
Yahoo China. Alibaba Group, founded in 1999, provides services
to Internet users from more than 240 countries and regions. There
are over 17,000 employees in more than 50 cities across Greater
China, Japan, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.
About
StepStone
StepStone helps businesses get increased performance from their
people, helps them build and develop global talent pools, and
helps people find new jobs that match their talents. Across the
world thousands of organisations rely on StepStone every day to
improve their business performance and talent development strategies
while millions of people rely on StepStone to improve their careers.
StepStone delivers world class technology and services for finding,
recruiting, retaining, managing and developing talented people.
StepStone operates some of Europe’s largest talent networks,
accurately matching employers with potential employees, and provides
a complete suite of Human Capital Management software solutions.
StepStone’s on-demand (SaaS) software and services enable
organisations to implement efficient processes, including; attraction
and hiring, post-hire talent management, performance management,
compensation management, skills and competency management, career
and succession planning, training and development management.
StepStone is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Germany-based publishing
and media company Axel Springer AG. At the end of December 2009
more than 1,400 organisations, including many of the world’s
leading businesses, use StepStone software and services. It operates
in 17 countries and employs around 800 people. Its global customers
include Aviva, Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Lufthansa, McDonald’s,
Puma, ThyssenKrupp and Volkswagen.
