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[July 22, 2004] Job Applications via SMS SYDNEY, Australia, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Hudson, a leading global provider of recruitment and human resource consulting services, today announces a pilot service using SMS as a new channel for job applicants to register to interested jobs, receive online application packs and be automatically connected to recruitment consultants. The Hudson SMS service is provided by wireless enterprise provider, Start Corporation. Job applicants upon seeing a job advertisement on the paper will be able SMS in a job-specific code. The SMS service will then automatically send the job profile and online application pack directly to candidate's email address, so that when he/she logs onto her email account next, he/she will find the list of all the requested jobs. In addition, he/she has the option to request a call-back by a recruitment consultant via SMS. These call-back requests are routed to the relevant Hudson personnel's email(s) in real-time. This SMS service puts the full range of job enquiry and application functions at the fingertips of job applicants, whether she'd be at home reading the paper, at a coffee shop, news agent, etc, anywhere and anytime. "By piloting this service, we expect to confirm SMS will help us achieve a number of closely related objectives. We are committed in using our technology and that of our partners to offer more timely fulfilment to our clients with the highest quality candidates. We aim at making it easier for active and passive job seekers to get in contact with Hudson and apply to specific career opportunities that are of interest to them. This is in the context of a very dynamic employment market and established web and mobile technologies that offer speed and convenience," said Jorge Albinagorta, Interactive Strategy Manager - APAC for The Hudson Highland Group. Hudson is also using the same SMS platform to conduct real-time recruitment of contractors using a 2-way submission and response mechanism. This is an example of how SMS is integrated with the Internet to deliver useful applications. "By combining the instant nature of SMS, and the flexibility of email and the web, we can help our customers deliver innovative services that take advantage of the bests of both medium," said Michael Mak, CEO of StartCorp. http://www.hudson.com/ http://www.startcorp.com/ StartCorp CONTACT: Michael Mak, StartCorp, +612-9954-4411 Web site: http://www.hudson.com/http://www.startcorp.com/ [ Back To the Online Project Management Community's Homepage ]