Advorto appoint Steve Long Commercial Director.
London, September, 2007: Advorto, one of Europe’s leading providers of on-demand, recruitment management solutions in the talent management market, today announced that it has appointed Steve Long as Commercial Director. Steve will oversee the company’s sales, marketing and business development efforts, helping to grow the company’s rapidly expanding customer base.
Steve’s previous experience is in the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market and direct marketing. He has held senior sales and business development positions at IBM, CHC, Acxiom and Prime Response. Steve has also worked on behalf of the British and US governments doing special projects in Afghanistan and Iraq and enjoyed an early career in the British Armed Forces.
“According to Bersin Associates, the online recruiting software market and related services will grow to $708M this year,” said Mike McClelland, Founder and Managing Director of Advorto. “Steve’s tenure in information technology has given him unique insight into how to leverage fasts growing market segments.”
“It is an exciting time to be in the talent management market,” said Steve Long, Advorto’s Commercial Director. “I look forward to helping Advorto to remain on the leading edge of recruitment management solutions.”
Advorto is one of Europe’s leading providers of on-demand, recruitment management solutions in the talent management market. Founded in 1998, Advorto uses a forward-thinking, consultative approach to assist organisations, such as Abbey, Blockbuster and Network Rail, to gain control over their recruitment process, allowing them to reduce time-to-hire and cost-per-hire. Advorto helps HR departments to automate the full requisition to hire process for graduates and experienced hires, including vacancy planning, talent attraction, candidate selection, onboarding and management information. Unlike other systems, Advorto is a functionally-rich solution that can be deployed quickly and offers a fully customisable candidate experience.