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This research reveals that British recruitment consultants believe accessing valuable data and taking it to a different organisation would be an easy undertaking. They may not be aware, but this act would technically be data theft and is a real threat to recruitment agencies who rely on their client and candidate data to drive revenue.
We have been working with recruitment firms for over a decade, and I previously worked as a recruitment consultant. The data theft threat has always been inherent but lacking an evidence base to determine the size and scale of the problem. That’s why we decided to do something about it by launching the first-ever study on data theft in the industry.
Recruitment consultants know how valuable data is. Recruitment agencies know how valuable data is. Recruitment agencies are currently relying on the goodwill of recruiters not to commit data theft, but is that enough?
That is where IT is the most effective solution and can play a huge part in solving this problem – there are technological solutions that make it almost impossible for employees to steal data, without hindering the employee experience of recruitment consultants who need to access and use the data for their jobs and stay productive to win the war for talent.
It is clear that there is an urgent need for agencies to take the appropriate steps to protect their most valuable asset: data.
Pete Watson - CEO, Atlas Cloud
This study is the first to confirm what some of us in the recruitment industry have long suspected; keeping data safe is a huge challenge. In fact, the statistics show it’s a much bigger problem than some might have anticipated as consultants believe it's so easy to take data with them.
We’ve been taking steps to protect our data for years with the help of Atlas Cloud’s services. It’s important to us that our clients and candidates know that we take the safety of their personal and business information incredibly seriously, and that we can be confident our most valuable asset is protected.
Atlas Cloud’s survey shows that we are doing the right thing. Now that the extent of the problem has been revealed, there is no excuse for recruitment agencies not to take action to protect data, and having the right IT measures in place is the measurable and secure way to achieve this.
David Blair - CEO, BlairWest
Recruitment is an incredibly competitive industry and businesses need to consider the impact of this research on their business. Candidate and client data is a very valuable asset and any recruitment business that doesn’t take steps to protect against employees taking that data with them when they leave, will find that the business itself is losing value. This will negatively impact on the growth of recruitment businesses, which is why it is imperative that steps are taken to protect data.
Carl Swansbury - Partner and Head of Corporate Finance, Ryecroft Glenton
As part of our inaugural ‘State of Recruitment I.T.’ survey we also asked recruitment consultants how tech issues impact their day. This has unearthed interesting insights into the current state of recruitment I.T. and highlighted how user experience needs to be continually monitored in order to identify areas where productivity can be improved.
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