Specialist Technical and Engineering Recruitment Agency, Astute Technical Recruitment, is delighted to announce the launch of its new web site featuring the latest online recruitment technology.

The site has been developed to enhance Astute’s image, and as a business tool to allow for more efficient recruitment processes for both candidate and client. Candidates can register, search jobs, set up RSS feeds and upload their CVs, with a number of further exciting enhancements set to follow.

Astute’s Operations Director, Darren Simmons, commented “We’re delighted with the website. It is a critical part of our development plan, helping us to establish technical credibility within our chosen sectors. We aim to stay abreast of the latest technology, such as RSS Job Feeds for candidates, and will work closely with Optimal Internet to take a leading position in major search engines through the use of their OptimalRec managed service.”

The web site has been developed by Optimal Internet Limited who specialise in the recruitment market providing leading edge web technology solutions to recruitment consultancies of any size. The focus is on deliverance of a highly customised, fully functional website, which sits on a technology platform developed by Optimal Internet to offer a highly effective, optimised website.

“We have thoroughly enjoyed working with Terry (Buckel, Astute MD) and Darren as their company was founded in 2006 and already are looking to grow significantly. Their vision was very specific and they were clear where they want their business to grow. The fact that we have delivered a business critical application which takes every candidate and client requirement in to account will now truly enable Astute to take the next step in its growth process.” Bruce Stander, Managing Director of Optimal Internet Limited commented.

Astute’s new site can be viewed at www.astutetechnical.co.uk

Workcircle, the UK job search engine, and Optimal Internet, the recruitment solutions web technology provider have teamed up to drive more high-quality jobseekers to Optimal’s client sites.

Optimal creates recruitment websites for clients as a managed service, giving them all the flexibility of an advanced recruitment site, without the headaches of building or managing the site. An essential part of this service is driving traffic to the sites, to maximise the quality applications that their clients receive.

“Building a recruitment site and not driving traffic to it is a waste of money”, says Bruce Stander, MD of Optimal Internet, “but buying traffic is a complex business, and it’s easy to overpay and get jobseekers who aren’t suited to the vacancies you have”.

So Optimal has teamed up with Workcircle, the UK’s premier search engine for jobs. Workcircle sources jobseekers through massive dynamic ad campaigns across the major search engines, and funnels them towards exactly the right jobs on its customer’s sites. Workcircle lists hundreds of thousands of current job vacancies from job boards, agencies and employers across the UK, and uses advanced search technology to ensure that the right candidates find the right jobs. “When a candidate finds their job on Workcircle, when they click on the job in our listings, they’re sent straight through to the actual job on the advertiser’s site”, says Simon Appleton, CEO of Workcircle. “This gives the advertiser full control over the application process, and let’s them build a direct relationship with the candidate”.

Optimal’s client sites are now tightly integrated with Workcircle – automatically updating their listings on Workcircle, and tracking jobseekers received. “Working with Workcircle has helped us offer an even better solution to our clients”, says Stander, “and we’re looking forward to developing new services and technology with Workcircle”.

Appleton’s pleased too, “It’s great to find a company that’s pushing online recruitment solutions forward”, he says, “and Optimal Internet has proved the perfect partner”.

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Optimal Internet is pleased to announce the appointment of Ashley Pollicott as our UK Sales Manager. The recent appointment is in line with the company strategy to provide the leading web based and e-recruitment platform, OptimalRec to the UK recruitment agency and direct employer market.

Ashley brings over 4 years recruitment and job board experience to the company, “Ashley will contribute a wealth of experience to Optimal Internet at a time when our product has matured to provide a strategic and reliable service to both new and existing clients. I am pleased that Ashley will be heading up our sales division”, commented Bruce Stander, Managing Director of Optimal Internet Limited

Optimal Internet provides leading web based solutions geared specifically for the Recruitment market. UK recruiters are seriously evaluating their online recruitment presence and performance. Designed with recruitment companies in mind, the recently launched OptimalRec web recruitment platform maximises brand awareness and attracts clients and candidates to ensure you have the best e-recruitment website available. OptimalRec is the result of focused development of a recruitment specific website platform.

The comprehensive platform is search engine friendly, ensuring your jobs are indexed by search engines as soon as possible. The system includes full administration facilities to add your jobs, receive applications online as well as allowing candidates to upload CV’s. Through our specific partnerships, your jobs will automatically be uploaded to Google. Also included is partnership traffic from Workcircle, a leading UK job search engine. Built in RSS feeds enable your jobs to be syndicated on to multiple mediums on the Internet in order to attract high quality traffic. Our service also includes business and recruitment process advice and the system is fully compliant with Broadbean and Conkers, utilising leading multi-posting technologies, making it easy for us to integrate with your existing recruitment processes for advertising on multiple websites simultaneously.

Landing page management, keyword research, link building, consultancy and advice form the balance of services. This ensures you have a highly targeted and effective web site. The efficient functionality of your site enables a key part of your recruitment process by positioning your brand and jobs in front of your target audience through search engine positioning and partnership marketing channels.

Should you want to learn more, please contact Optimal Internet’s sales department to find out more about OptimalRec and what it can do for your recruitment company, or read more online at:

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Optimal Internet is pleased to announce the launch of their OptimalRec service, the result of more than 8 months intensive software and partnership development. OptimalRec is designed specifically for recruitment companies looking to make the best use of their website to attract clients and candidates directly.

OptimalRec is a comprehensive website and managed service platform, utilising the latest technology to ensure that a recruitment website is strongly positioned on search engines for any given target market. It also includes a number of ongoing proactive marketing activities which sustain and improve search engine positioning, promoting brand awareness and increasing return on investment.

The OptimalRec service includes website design and maintenance, full job application and CV registration systems, administrative control, job syndication onto Google and Workcircle, conversion management, article production and distribution for link building, recruitment process consultation, job RSS feeds and comprehensive monthly reporting. The system also addresses recruitment compliance and integrates with popular multiposting software such as Conkers and Broadbean. All of this is offered for a fixed monthly fee to control costs and maximise return.

OptimalRec is provided as a fully managed service, providing clients with vibrant websites by keeping them up to date with all the latest developments as newer technology and systems are rolled out by Optimal Internet.

“This software and managed service development is an exciting addition to our family of products. Having a tried and tested model, we decided to formalise a complete online managed service package geared specifically for recruitment organisations looking to effectively market their websites, using them as a business tool rather than just a simple informational brochure about the organisation. Using a wide range of programming and partnership marketing methods, we have combined all these components to provide a one stop solution for increased brand awareness, consistent and sustained search engine performance, including high candidate and client conversion rates, delivering improved productivity and profitability for a company through the use of their own website.” commented Bruce Stander, Managing Director of Optimal Internet.

A number of clients are already enjoying the benefits of OptimalRec with impressive results and sustained return from a web solution specifically built for their recruitment business.

For more information on this product, please contact Optimal Internet on 0870 351 0010