• Over 1 million monthly visitors to Lumesse-powered West Midland careers site, WMJobs

London, 23 April 2012 - A ground breaking partnership of 28 public sector organisations in the UK has been shortlisted for a National PPMA Award* for Best Recruitment Partnership Project after building a leading-edge shared service for e-recruitment that has saved millions of pounds of taxpayers money. The WMJobs site is powered by talent management technology from Lumesse.

According to Rebecca Davis, Head of Organisational Development at West Midlands Councils, responsible for leading the WMJobs Partnership:

"The WMJobs Partnership is changing the way public sector organisations in the West Midlands recruit and has delivered over £2 million in transactional efficiency savings to date, and considerable savings in recruitment advertising. We are pleased that the scale of our achievement in transforming recruitment practices has been recognised by being shortlisted for a national PPMA award. The WMJobs service is constantly evolving - it is open to any public sector organisation in the West Midlands and we hope this provides an opportunity for new partner organisations to join us."

Among the many benefits of the WMJobs site that have been identified are savings approaching £2 million, extensive staff redeployment rather than redundancy achieved, a substantially improved experience for candidates, and dramatically improved public perception of local authority employment in the area.

"This is why Lumesse is so passionate about improving talent management," said Lumesse CEO, Matthew Parker. "This great initiative saves public money at a difficult time, it helps people find jobs more easily, and it makes life easier for recruitment professionals. We're delighted to be involved with the WMJobs initiative and we congratulate the whole team on this achievement."

WMJobs, a partnership of 28 public sector organisations, is managed by West Midlands Councils, a member-led organisation comprising of all 33 local authorities within the West Midlands. The site continues to grow its profile and high volumes of traffic, seeing an average of 10 million 'hits' and over 800,000 unique visitors per month, leading to over 16,500 applications.

* PPMA - Public Sector People Managers Association is the voice and association for Human Resources and Organisational Development professionals working within the public sector. There annual award ceremony will take place on Thursday 26^th April 2012 in Birmingham.