Dubai 18 April 2004: Gillette Middle East and Africa recently announced the launch of Gillette Careers, the company’s global web-based recruitment system in the Middle East and Africa. Part of Gillette’s global roll out plan of an enhanced technology driven recruitment system, Gillette Careers enables employees and potential candidates to apply for job opportunities quickly and easily by logging on www.Gillette.com/Careers.
Powered by Recruitsoft, the system guides recruiters and managers through the process of creating effective job descriptions, requisitions, pre-screening questions, and interview guides for selection as well manage correspondence with the candidates. It includes features helping users to create comprehensive candidate profiles, refer a friend and maintain a central database of all applicants.
All Gillette associates as well as external job applicants will be able to view job opportunities and submit their applications on-line subject to applicable policies. The system will also help Gillette HR in improving organizational effectiveness by selecting the right person with the right skills for the right job.
Poised to help the organization achieve world-class standard of talent management, Gillette Careers provides integrated solutions to manage all staffing initiatives to drive better quality hires, increase consistency and reduce costs, hence enabling Gillette to offer better value propositions as an employer.
Gillette began operations in Dubai in 1988 and in Africa in 1930. Covering 76 countries throughout the Middle East and Africa, Gillette currently employs approximately 270 people, the majority of which are based in Dubai and Johannesburg, with representation in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Pakistan and Egypt..
Mark Keun, HR Director of Gillette Careers, Middle East said: “Gillette Careers will enable our Talent Acquisition team to advertise vacancies both internally through intranet and externally. This technologically advanced site exhibits our modern methods of recruitment, opening up a valuable opportunity for those in the Middle East”.
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About Gillette
Headquartered in Boston, the Gillette Company is the world leader in male grooming, a category that includes blades, razors and shaving preparations. Gillette also holds the number one position worldwide in selected female grooming products, such as wet shaving products and hair epilation devices. In addition, the Company is the world leader in alkaline batteries, and manual and power toothbrushes.
For more information please contact:
Emer Keogh,
Memac Ogilvy Public Relations,
Tel: +9714 3050315,
Fax: +9714 3050306,
email emer.keogh@ogilvy.com
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