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Nigeria – Online staffing platform launched

14 July 2014

Nigerian consulting firm, Phillips Consulting Limited, announced the launch of an online staffing platform called Shortlist Nigeria, reports dailytimes.com.ng.

Foluso Phillips, Chairman of Phillips Consulting, described the new staffing platform as an online start-up for jobseekers and recruiters. He added that in partnership with Phillips Consulting, Shortlist incorporated over 20 years of recruitment experience into an innovative online offering.

Mr Phillips said: “Shortlist is structured to connect candidates and employers directly with each other through this online talent pool that is created directly by jobseekers… To be on a global platform where anyone can discover you is a wonderful opportunity for jobseekers. To find the very people you need to fill your vacancies on this platform is even better. This is a major shift in today’s job hunting and recruitment paradigm.”

He added that initial listing on Shortlist would be free: “They then have an option to upgrade through a paid subscription service, which places them on a premium platform that can be easily accessible by employers, who can search the database for free.”

The Managing Director of Shortlist, Tayo Leigh, said the platform was another way of assisting jobseekers in their quest for employment: “In our economy today, there are unfortunately more jobseekers than there are job positions, and we had to remove any impediment to employers in accessing our platform to self-search for great candidates. Another way to look at it is that candidates are really subscribing to recruitment ‘yellow pages’, which is now made available to employers free of charge.”

According to research conducted by Staffing Industry Analysts, there are currently more than 145 online staffing platform businesses operating around the world. Of the online staffing platforms included in the research, only one is based in Africa.