Software Development: Online Recruitment System
British Council
Brief
Launch an online recruitment and information service targeting teachers in English worldwide.
Business Case
The English language is now the international communication standard and the worldwide market for teaching English is growing. While demand is on the increase, so is competition for the best teachers.
The British Council must respond quickly to the business challenge by launching globally a competitive teacher-recruitment scheme.
An online recruitment system will allow unlimited access to potential recruits around the globe. Management of the campaign can easily be handled from a centralised London site.
Information can be controlled and coordinated over the internet by the application.
Global scope can be achieved with minimal overheads.
Implementation
Distributed access to information is required via several interfaces - firstly within the British Council’s UK intranet, then over their worldwide extranet and finally online via their website.
Multiple front ends have therefore been designed that can access the centrally-managed database. The application employs a 3-tier architecture with SQL Server at the back end. The front ends use Java and HTML technologies to provide scalability and reduce support costs.
Online recruitment forms are incorporated in the system. These facilitate the submission process by enabling attachment of CVs or other supporting documents.
This system manages a workflow process operating worldwide over the internet. In such a system the careful design of processes and interfaces can allow culturally diverse people, in geographically remote locations, to interact seamlessly with virtually no supervision. |