Recruitment solution the right recipe for restaurant chain

KAONIX Solutions, the Meriden-based software company has signed a major deal to provide its recruitment management system to the owner of restaurant chains Cafe Rouge and Strada.

Kaonix  said the Tragus Group has committed to using the innovative web-cruit system for the next three years.
Tragus is the owner and operator of well-known High Street restaurant brands such as Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Strada. Formed in 2002, it is one of the UK’s largest independently owned restaurant operators with more than 290 sites serving over 21 million meals every year.

Tragus HR director Nick Hoad said the deal extended the companies’ existing relationship.

He said: “Tragus is the first hospitality operator to use the web-cruit system and we have worked in partnership with Kaonix to pioneer and develop the tool.

“Web and internet recruitment has been at the forefront of our recruitment strategy since Tragus began and with Kaonix we intend to stay one step ahead of the market. Since changing our supplier to Kaonix and upgrading to their web-cruit system we have never looked back.”

Claire Clarke, head of recruitment and policy at Tragus, said: “Consistently over the past three years we have reduced our average cost per placement by almost 70%. In the same period the proportion of hires being made through recruitment agencies has been reduced from 15% to 5%, representing a further significant saving. Coupled with the excellent relationship we enjoy with Kaonix, the decision to renew was a simple one.”

Mark Keane, product manager at Kaonix, said: “Tragus have embraced online recruitment and social media wholeheartedly and have not been afraid to challenge their established recruitment processes. Kaonix enjoys a true partnership relationship with Tragus and they are clearly reaping the benefits of their approach.”

 “Businesses today are looking for efficient, scalable, cost-effective ways of improving their online recruitment processes. For many, doing so has become mission critical; without better, quicker, simpler processes they know they will lose out on the best talent and fall behind their competitors.”