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JENNY CRAIG TEAMS UP WITH PEOPLESCOUT
- Weight Management Centres Employ PeopleScout's Exceptional Candidate Processing System
Chicago, IL - June 7, 2005 - PeopleScout, the leading provider of outsourced candidate screening and processing solutions, announced that Jenny Craig, one of the world's largest weight management service companies, has selected it to recruit staff for Jenny Craig's 440 facilities in North America.
As a leader in the $40 billion weight management industry, Jenny Craig's unique service provides one-on-one consultations and a close relationship between consultants and clients. "Research shows that, equally important to skills and knowledge in the workplace is the ability to empathize," said Roberta Baade, Jenny Craig's Vice President of Human Resources. "Our consultants are the heart and soul of our business and it is their ability to motivate, educate and facilitate change that is so critical to our clients' success.
PeopleScout utilizes sophisticated and customized screening tools to identify the best candidates for Jenny Craig's mission critical position of 'Program Consultant' - those individuals that drive sales, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Jenny Craig turned to PeopleScout because of their experience and unique ability to provide one of Jenny Craig's most critical assets - their people.
"With the ability for Jenny Craig's candidates to access one of our 300 telephone recruiters, we are uniquely poised to assess and to schedule in-person interviews with only those candidates who have the interpersonal qualities and motivational requirements that provide Jenny Craig with an advantage in this highly competitive weight management field," said Denise Foy, President of PeopleScout.
PeopleScout also provides Jenny Craig with a unique and industry-specific candidate sourcing service. This new low-cost, high-yield sourcing tool generates increased candidate flow while significantly reducing media spend. This centralization of the sourcing function also enhances speed to hire. "Operations with Jenny Craig have been running smoothly and picking up speed consistently since the program began. We had more than 175 new requisitions in the first two days of business and made many hires within five business days," said Don Eisenhauer, a Program Director at PeopleScout.
In addition to processing Program Consultant positions, PeopleScout is also providing Jenny Craig with candidate processing services for three other Jenny Craig Centre positions: Loss Consultant, Program Director and Centre Director. More positions, including a Jenny Craig call center and corporate opportunities in its San Diego headquarters, may be added as this successful PeopleScout program continues to unfold.
About Jenny Craig
Founded in 1983, Jenny Craig, Inc. offers a proven, comprehensive program that helps clients achieve the balance necessary for optimal weight loss and personal well being. Jenny Craig currently operates 649 Centres in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and Guam.
About PeopleScout
PeopleScout is a leading provider of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services aimed at helping companies with their exempt and non-exempt hiring needs. The firm's suite of services includes RPO, employment branding, on-boarding, and employee retention. Annually, PeopleScout facilitates over 187,000 hires via RPO engagements. Industries served include airline, financial services, telecommunications, retail, utilities, pharmaceutical, and transportation. PeopleScout's clients include some of the more recognizable names in the Fortune 500 list of companies. PeopleScout was recently ranked as a Top RPO Provider in HRO Today Magazine's Baker's Dozen - its fourth consecutive appearance on the closely watched list of industry-leading RPO providers - as well as being named #1 in deal size. The firm also has been recognized as the #1 RPO Provider by The Black Book of Outsourcing on their "Top Ten HRO: Recruitment Process Outsourcing/RPO" list. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com or call 800-966-4803.