Encore introduces web portal for clients

There is increasing pressure for companies within the food manufacturing industry to monitor compliance of both permanent and temporary staff to make sure that they are both legal and qualified to work. With this problem in mind Encore Food have invested in a web based client portal.

Encore Food, a specialist division within Encore Personnel, specialise in the supply of temporary, contract and permanent skilled staff to the food manufacturing sector. The web portal allows their clients to access, in real time, the qualifications, identification and references of the contractors working on site.

Ray Metcalfe, Operations Manager for Encore Food, stated ‘All passports and relevant qualifications are checked. Only at this stage will Encore represent the applicant for temporary assignments or permanent introduction.’

‘We are now able to offer all of this information to our clients at the press of a button. Simply by logging on to our website and entering their password a hiring manager can see all relevant documentation for every Encore contractor employed.’

There has also been an increase in job seekers seen since the economic downturn, leading to extra expense for businesses as they struggle to manage an unprecedented rise in applications, according to research by SHL, the leader in talent assessment solutions.

Ian Briers, Director for Encore Personnel stated ‘If we feel a candidate has the skills to go forward we then take two professional references over the phone. We will not accept pre prepared written references. Only at this stage will we put the candidate forward to the clients, this means they don’t need to read through the numerous CV’s and take up references. This frees up our clients time to get on with their core business interests.

Encore Personnel specialise in the supply of blue collar personnel (logistics, manufacturing and engineering, temporary and permanent) to industry throughout the U.K, employing over 1,600 temporary staff each week through its existing 5 locations and 16 divisions, continuing to build their reputation as one of the country’s leading recruitment consultancies.