Banque De France Upgrades Its Recruiting with StepStone Solutions
09 February 2011 - 1:08AM
Business Wire
StepStone Solutions (OSE:STP)(LSE:STPS), a global provider of
talent management solutions, has been chosen to implement an
e-recruitment strategy for Banque de France, the French national
bank, which has approximately 15,000 agents throughout France. This
prestigious project reinforces StepStone Solutions’ strong position
in the European banking sector, which already includes customers
such as the BPCE group, BNP Paribas Personal Finance, Banque
Postale, RBS and the European Central Bank. StepStone Solutions has
been working with Banque de France on talent solutions since June
2009.
"We chose StepStone Solutions for its implementation capability
and expertise. In addition, this is a solution that effectively
meets the recruitment needs of a Central Bank," commented Belabed
Mourad, head of educational relations and communications at Banque
de France.
Banque de France had particular recruitment requirements because
it recruits competitively for both executives and non-executives.
It meets other needs by recruiting contract staff and higher
education students under training contracts. In total, the bank
needs almost 400 new recruits per year and receives about 15,000
applications, spontaneously or in response to job offers.
“This new project underlines our ability to deliver talent
acquisition solutions that are closely tailored to very specific
needs,” said Matthew Parker, CEO of StepStone Solutions. “Banque de
France joins a growing list of major financial institutions
worldwide that have chosen to work with us to enjoy a combination
of extensive functionality and configurability, years of expertise
in talent management, and the ability to deploy global solutions
that still recognise local needs.”
As part of a broader global strategy, the Human Resources
Department at Banque de France has decided to simplify and optimise
its procedures for recruitment, setting up an e-recruitment
solution in both French and English on its website. This will make
life easier for the HR function through the automatic publication
of all Banque de France jobs on its preferred job boards, and will
allow it to perform reporting and statistics, including recruitment
time, the profiles of candidates, trainees or recruits, and hiring
sources. Banque de France currently advertises more than 300 jobs
each year.
The Human Resources Department at Banque de France also wanted
to improve communication on the diversity and richness of its jobs
and its hiring process in the context of improving recruitment
among specialists in areas such as economic research, financial
stability or IT. To attract good candidates it was essential to
implement an improved employer brand, based primarily on improved
communication and streamlined recruitment procedures. At the same
time, and to attract young graduates to jobs in the Bank, the
process will be revised to become more attractive and significantly
faster. The objective is to reduce the average hiring cycle from
six to three months, with priority given to the management of
online applications.
Another key objective for the Bank is to facilitate the
recruitment of disabled workers. For many years Banque de France
has promoted access to employment for people in need as an
enterprise policy. This undertaking relates to hiring, inclusion,
retention in employment and career development. Banque de France
plans to recruit 50 workers with disabilities from 2009 to 2011.
Thanks to the extensive capabilities for web accessibility in
StepStone Solutions Talent Acquisition, the entire recruitment site
of the Banque de France should provide disabled people with special
features and simplified access by the end of the year.
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