Zoho Announces Zoho Recruit

Online, November 24, 2009 (Newswire.com) - PLEASANTON, Calif. - November 23, 2009 - Zoho today announced the immediate availability of Zoho Recruit, its easy-to-use applicant tracking system that helps staffing agencies, recruiting professionals and HR departments to source, track and hire the right candidates. Zoho Recruit automates the entire hiring process - from creating and posting job openings to recruiting new employees - so recruiters can spend less time on those steps and more time getting the right candidate. A video tour of Zoho Recruit is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ccpu0KvZ4I.

"Zoho Recruit serves the staffing agencies, independent recruiters, HR departments and many other people who want an application tracking system," said Raju Vegesna, Zoho evangelist. "Now, our users have a complete staffing and hiring solution that lets them acquire, screen, assess and position candidates in a short span of time. Zoho Recruit streamlines the recruitment process, so staffing teams can focus on strategies for acquiring the right talent."

Recruiting New Staffing Users with Zoho Recruit

The success of the recruitment module within Zoho People led to the creation of the standalone service, Zoho Recruit. A complete staffing and hiring solution, Zoho Recruit lets users acquire, screen, assess and position candidates in a short span of time, while securely managing all data from a single UI. Highlights of Zoho Recruit include:

• Activity dashboard - Provides a quick snapshot of the latest activities in the organization, such as interviews scheduled, job openings added, new clients, status updates and more.

• Candidate module - Helps track candidates and their progress. Users can track interactions with the candidate, tag candidates for quick searches, send bulk mails to candidates and also track hot candidates.

• Job Opening module - Lets managers create job requirements and lets recruiters post openings on their website. Users can attach job requirements and add notes on any changes.

• Client and Contact Management module - Lets agencies and independent recruiters track clients and their contacts' details. Productivity tools include Forward to Client, which sends short-listed resumes to clients with a single mouse click; Hotlists, which helps with bulk mailing to clients on new candidates; and Activity Log to keep track of changes.

• Interviews module -- Keeps track of the scheduled interviews, their status, and most importantly, the concluding decisions and the reasons for them.

• Customization module - Customizes the service to suit each organization's needs - all through a simple drag and drop interface. Users can add their own section, fields, configure audit for fields, etc. Users can also add their custom status to suit their business process.

Pricing and Availability

Zoho Recruit is available immediately. In addition to the free version, Zoho Recruit offers paid plans starting at $12 per month.

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About Zoho

Zoho is a comprehensive suite of award-winning on-line business applications. Over two million users use Zoho for their Business, Productivity & Collaboration needs. To date, Zoho has launched 20 different applications - from CRM to Mail, Projects, Invoice and Wiki. Zoho has received numerous awards, including a 2009 Webware 100 Award, a 2008 PC World "25 Most Innovative Products Award" and a 2007 TechCrunch "Best Enterprise Start-up."

Zoho is a division of ZOHO Corp., a privately-held and profitable company. With headquarters in Pleasanton, CA and offices in Austin, New Jersey, London, Tokyo and Beijing, ZOHO Corp. serves the technology needs of more than 40,000 customers worldwide. For more information about Zoho, please visit http://www.zoho.com/.

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