Leading small-ship cruise line taps openhire recruiting management system for hiring needs.
Seattle, WA; Winston-Salem, NC (PRWeb) February 12, 2007 -- SilkRoad technology, inc., a leading provider of Web-based talent management solutions, announced today that Cruise West, the largest American-owned cruise line and leader in small-ship cruising, has implemented OpenHire, SilkRoad technology's Web-based recruiting management system. Seattle-based Cruise West selected OpenHire after a broad competitive review during 2006.
Cruise West's rapid growth requires a Web-based tool to streamline the complex workflow involved with recruiting and hiring employees nationwide. The American-owned and family-operated cruise line recently acquired two vessels bringing their total to nine. Cruise West sails itineraries in Alaska, the East Coast, Great Lakes, Caribbean, Mexico, the South Pacific, California Wine Country, the Pacific Northwest, Asia, including the Kuril Islands, and Central America.
Cruise West selected OpenHire for its outstanding workflow management dashboard, user-friendly applicant interface, one-click job-board posting functionality, artificial intelligence search tools, extremely competitive pricing and highly accessible sales and service staff.
The Cruise West People Care and Development Recruiting Team uses the system on a daily basis to identify and connect with the most outstanding candidates among the several thousand annual employment applicants. OpenHire is fully integrated into Cruise West's new online recruiting portal located at www.cruisewest.com/careers/.
"Cruise West guests come to us for up-close, casual, and personal travel experiences, which are made possible by our ability to attract and hire exceptionally service-oriented team members," said Vincent Lawsin, sourcing specialist and OpenHire implementation project lead for Cruise West. "With the launch of OpenHire, the Cruise West People Care and Development Recruiting Team will continue to extend our commitment to exceptional customer service to our applicants, even as our recruiting needs continue to grow."
"Cruise West depends on its hires to provide outstanding customer service both onboard and on shore," said Brian Platz, General Manager of SilkRoad technology. "We are pleased that Cruise West has selected OpenHire to supercharge the massive recruiting engine that ultimately powers its reputation for incomparable travel experiences."
OpenHire, SilkRoad's recruiting management solution, streamlines the entire recruiting and candidate management process. OpenHire provides the best candidate sourcing options, qualification screening, process management and resume management tools. Using SilkRoad's patented "one-click" technology, OpenHire is the only recruiting management system to feature fully-integrated one-click job posting and resume importing with hundreds of online job boards.
About Cruise West
A second-generation, family-owned business based in Seattle, Cruise West offers the opportunity to explore remote, worldwide locales by providing distinctive, one-of-a-kind, personalized itineraries not offered by traditional cruise lines. Cruise West's smaller ships -- nine in all -- hold between 78-138 people each, and the casual style onboard encourages relaxation and congenial interaction between guests and crew alike. The experience is personally enriching through expert Exploration Leaders providing onboard narrative and lectures, special local guests from a wide variety of backgrounds, and the library provided on each vessel. All Cruise West vessels have forward lounges and ample outdoor deck space for viewing and photographing wildlife and scenery. All vessels are also equipped with inflatable landing boats for close-up exploration of remote areas and shore landings.
Destinations served include: Alaska and the Bering Sea, British Columbia, Columbia & Snake Rivers, California Wine Country, Mexico's Sea of Cortés, Costa Rica & Panama, The U.S. eastern seaboard, the Caribbean, Japan, Vietnam, China, the South Pacific, the Kuril Islands, and the Great Lakes.
About SilkRoad technology, inc.
SilkRoad technology, inc. provides software as a service solutions that significantly improve the employee talent within its more than 600 customers across the globe. Using SilkRoad's Life Suite™, companies are able to hire better employees, identify high and low performers, drive a pay-for-performance culture, and improve employee tenure. SilkRoad technology is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC with offices in Bedford, MA; Chicago, IL; West Long Branch, NJ; and Hamburg, Germany. More information is available on the Web at www.silkroadtech.com or by phone: U.S. toll-free at 866-329-3363 or internationally at +1-336-201-5100.
Contact:
Todd Beck or Kent Walls
Beck Media & Marketing
Phone: (310) 689-7363
Gail Manahan
Cruise West
Tel: (206) 892-2445
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