Released on: September 25, 2008, 3:57 am

Press Release Author: OrangeHRM Inc.

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Press Release Summary: New Recruitment Module - a result of OrangeHRM and its user
community collaboration has brought out a powerful, comprehensive and user friendly
recruitment engine that can be easily plugged into your company’s website.

Press Release Body: SEACAUCUS, NJ (September 25, 2008) – OrangeHRM, a leading
provider of open-source HR Management solutions for small and medium-sized
enterprises worldwide, has announced the launch of version 2.4 of their Human
Resource Information System (HRIS). The introduction of the Recruitment Module,
comprising of a comprehensive job application and publishing and recruitment
component, was the main focus of the release. Feedback received from the user
community was instrumental to the development of the module.

With the release of version 2.4 of its HRIS application, OrangeHRM has stepped into
new levels of HR management innovation. This release with its powerful applicant
tracking module can easily be embedded into customer websites. “One of our visions
and a common community request was the ability to embed OrangeHRM into third party
applications. We have taken the first step towards this goal with the release of
the recruitment engine.” said Sujee Saparamadu CEO of OrangeHRM. “The beauty of the
engine is that it will be transparent to end users since it can be customized to
mimic the look and feel of any website into which it is embedded”.

Features in the new application include

• Job Vacancy Listings

By providing a central repository from which HR Administrators and hiring managers
can add, view and manage job vacancies throughout the company, OrangeHRM greatly
simplifies the job listing and management process. Additionally since the
recruitment engine can publish listings directly to the company website there is
minimal IT department involvement further streamlining the process.


• Adding Pay Grades

When listing the available vacancies, HR Administrators have the option to include
additional pay grades (pay grades are maximum and minimum salary requirements for a
given job title). If the pay grade concept is not currently in company policies
then HR recruiters also have the option to enter a default value.


• Adding Employment Status

Generally the system has certain employment status categories pre-defined at its
inception. However if required, HR recruiters have the option to add
company-specific employment status categories to the system when listing out job
vacancies


• Selecting Hiring Managers for job vacancies

Department heads can notify recruiters as to who should be the hiring manager for a
particular job listing. The system is highly configurable and allows the selection
of any employee in the system to be the hiring manager. Once selected, hiring
managers have full access to view all applications for their listings as well as the
status of each application.


• Candidates can apply for Job Vacancies

As mentioned earlier, an eagerly anticipated feature of the recruitment module is
that candidates are not aware of the OrangeHRM recruitment engine. Since it can be
embedded seamlessly within a company’s website, candidates will be under the
impression that it is simply an extension of the site. The application process asks
candidates to select the job they are applying for and fill in a form containing all
the necessary details as specified by HR Administrators. The process is very
simple, straightforward and user friendly.


• Selecting the Right Candidate

Once a listing has been placed and applications received, the candidate selection
process begins. The hiring manager for a listing has full access to see all
applicants for that listing. During selection, the hiring manager can choose which
employees from the company will participate in the interview process. Managers can
also post notes to the interviewers providing specific instructions or requests.


• Workflow feature

During the selection process, multiple interviews can be setup with a prospective
candidate. As interviews are scheduled, emails are sent out to both the candidate
and interviewer notifying them of the date and time of the interview. After an
interview is complete, the interviewer’s feedback and recommendation is captured and
added to the applicant’s profile in the system. Once all interviews for a position
have been completed, the hiring manager has access to all the information readily
available to make a final decision.

• Final approval

Once a decision to hire has been reached on an application, the HR recruiter will
select an employee with the authority to provide final approval for the hire
(typically a director or managing director of the company).

The latest version of OrangeHRM is available free of charge under the GNU GPL open
source license. The immediate download, as well as a demo version of the
application can be found on www.orangehrm.com/download.php.

OrangeHRM version 2.4 marks the ninth major development release of the human capital
management software since February 2006. Within one and a half years the
application has received more than 150,000 cumulative downloads from SourceForge.net
– the repository for Open Source projects.

About OrangeHRM Inc.

OrangeHRM Inc. is a highly flexible emerging organization in the area of Human
Resource Management (HRM) also known as Human Capital Management (HCM). Being the
provider of an Open Source HRM application, OrangeHRM offers an array of modules,
such as Personal Information Management (PIM), Employee Self Service (ESS), Leave
Management, Time and Attendance tracking and Health Saving Plans, all free of
charge. In addition, OrangeHRM offers an On-Demand solution - a subscription-based
hosted service that eliminates the need for installing and maintaining the product
internally. Further, OrangeHRM has stretched its wings with the introduction of its
new Platinum Support Plan, which supplements its existing Gold and Silver plans, to
provide continuous technical support to its user community

Free availability, ease of installation and use, professional support and
customization services, short development cycles, fast growth and the leveraging of
collective knowledge and intelligence, are just some of the factors encouraging SMEs
everywhere to choose OrangeHRM as the solution for managing their most valuable
resource – their people.


Web Site: http://www.orangehrm.com

Contact Details: OrangeHRM Inc.
Teresa Gabbert
Community Representative
Phone: +1-914-458-4254 (OrangeHRM USA)
+ 94-722-451-553 (OrangeHRM Asia)
Fax : +1-641-453-5618
Email: info@orangehrm.com