Abso Adds Value to HR Applicant Tracking Applications Using LogiXML Technology

About Abso

Nowhere in 21st century business has there been more motivation to use Web-based technologies to “do more with less” than in the human resources field. The urgency of hiring, the need to reduce the risk of a “bad hire” and effectiveness of the Web to streamline processes have all combined to make this a high growth business sector.

For more than seven years, Abso has been helping hiring managers streamline background screening, talent management, and other HR collaborative processes with their software as a service approach.

According to Director of Marketing and Business Development, David Wertheim, “Managing volumes of sensitive information can be a challenge. Our innovative, web-enabled solutions ensure that our customers can easily gather, organize, and review screening and candidate information to reduce hiring cycles.”

Built on the latest, secure web technologies, Abso information management solutions allow customer staff at disparate locations to replace manual processes with automated systems. Over 3,500 customers, from Fortune 100 firms to small businesses, have found a way to continually receive the personal service and quality data that is essential to managing their HR responsibilities legally and cost effectively. Providing timely screening information and talent management guidance and helping firms reduce the critical “time to hire” measurement is at the heart of the Abso software and service solution.

Abso is committed to leadership and innovation in the HR field, employing innovation to deliver robust, scalable solutions that will enable continuous improvement in HR management. Their service staff works closely with customers to understand the ever-changing demands of their particular industry. Through internal development and strategic vendor relationships, Abso constantly improves its services to continue to deliver innovative solutions that enhance productivity and facilitate business decisions for customers.

“Our customers love to use our service because it helps them reduce the risks of hiring as well as the costs. In addition, the Abso system provides full documentation of the talent acquisition process, which is a key step for us. Compliance with governmental regulation is a top priority in many cases; and this hinges on accurate and thorough documentation of the hiring process. Also, reducing the risks and the costs of hiring is an area where an efficient system greatly helps,” adds Wertheim.

The Challenge

When Abso set out to add a business intelligence platform to complement their core HR offering they turned to LogiXML. “We were looking for a platform that complemented our architecture with a pure Web-based, standards-based implementation,” notes Abso software developer Kevin Nabb. “But that was just the first step. We needed strong functionality and ease-of-use features so that we could provide our customers with a range of reporting and analysis options.”

The Solution

“The Logi Info managed reporting tools help us provide our customers with a range of reporting options to use a variety of charts and graphs to analyze their requisitions, review applicants in progress and to better understand the status of applicants in their systems. We even provide a Logi-based tool that customers can use to analyze their Abso billing process.”

The Results

“We have also extended the Logi Ad Hoc end user analysis tool to our users so they can build their own customer analysis based on their data managed in the Abso applications. We can anticipate many of their reporting needs but customers know their data and their industry’s needs best. The Logi Ad Hoc based tools provide our customers with the means to creatively analyze and visualize their HR data.”

The Abso development team is even using the Logi platform for internal reporting. “Our web site is the window our customers have into our company so we developed a Logi Info report to track our Web site development process. This served as a centralized resource for the development team to track our progress, list fixes and development priorities and to send automated alerts about critical issues,” adds Nabb.

Wertheim notes that, “The Abso service is an evolving and expanding set of capabilities that serve the needs of our clients. We are continually adding new HR and talent management applications to meet the growing needs of our customers. Having a Web-based business intelligence platform from LogiXML to work with allows us to add BI capability to these new applications quickly and seamlessly even as we expand our core applications.”