This year marks 10 years of partnership between ResourceBank and Avature. To celebrate, we’re sharing 10 success stories showcasing how Avature’s market-leading Talent Attraction technology has helped enhance our clients’ talent strategies.
This week, we’re highlighting how a shared Avature instance enabled the ResourceBank embedded recruitment team and Wolseley to dramatically reduce time to hire—from 70 days to under 30.
The Challenge: A Decentralized and Inefficient Process
In 2016, Wolseley UK was the country’s largest plumbing, heating, and cooling trade specialist merchant. However, recruitment was fragmented across multiple trading brands, lacking a centralized process. With time to hire exceeding 70 days and attrition rates soaring, a transformation was needed.
The Solution: A Unified Recruitment Approach
- Centralized data for improved workforce planning and approvals
- Enhanced visibility and control over hiring processes
- Greater efficiency through seamless collaboration
The Results: Faster Hiring and Outstanding Candidate Experience
With ResourceBank’s support and Avature’s technology, Wolseley achieved:
- Over 1,000 new hires per year
- Time-to-hire reduced to under 30 days
- An outstanding NPS score of 89
Additionally, during peak hiring periods, ResourceBank extended its support beyond branch recruitment to assist with head office and senior-level hiring.
This success story demonstrates the power of Avature’s technology in transforming recruitment strategies, reducing time to hire, and delivering an exceptional candidate experience.
Years: 2017-2023
Technology: Shared Instance, External Candidate portal, Internal careers & referral portal, Hiring manager portal, Timeslot portal, Onboarding portal.
Hires per year: 30
Skills: Administration, Retail, Warehousing
This article is the fouth in a series of 10 celebrating our 10-year partnership with Avature. Stay tuned for more insights from our decade-long partnership.
