cherry.co.uk: Universities Encouraged to Embrace Emerging Technologies

Leading cloud recruitment firm, Resource on Demand, is encouraging universities to introduce industry-recognised modules in a bid to increase the employability of graduates.

Theresa Durrant, Operations Director at Resource on Demand (ROD), said:
“Higher Education Institutions need to further their commercial partnerships with organisations and platforms in order to give under-graduates the edge in a crowded job market. Through offering modules in contemporary technology, such as cloud computing, graduates will enter the job market better equipped for the task in hand.” 

From September 2012, universities in England will be allowed to raise tuition fees up to £9,000 per year and ROD are arguing that this presents a great opportunity for Universities to invest in emerging technology markets. 

Theresa Durrant and ROD, are pioneers in the cloud recruitment market and are blazing the way for graduate opportunities, she said:
“We are currently seeing graduates enter the job market with no certification at all, which is the bare minimum they would need to work with a platform such as salesforce.com. There is then additional training they need to undertake before they can begin to work, which we hope can be avoided in the future.”

One of the few universities to embrace Cloud Computing is Aberdeen University who offer a MSc/PgDip in ‘Cloud Computing’, but ROD is encouraging places like Aberdeen to expand their offering. 

Theresa Durrant added:
“Universities can use recruitment companies, like ROD, to gauge the direction that technology is moving in, and adjust their courses accordingly – at the moment recruiters tend to be a dirty word – but we believe there is a strong partnership that if forged could help graduates, Universities and the job market.”

Lee Durrant, ROD MD, said:
“Our suggestion is that Universities take advantage of the free tools that salesforce.com offer, such as developer accounts, wide-ranging online training, and free social collaboration tools. The culmination of this is the student undergoing the certification process as an integral part of their course and leaving University with usable and employable skills. Providing a vocational and work experience led qualification that meets both the industry and direct company employment needs.”

ROD launched in Feb 2009, and are now recognised as a leading light in the Cloud eco-system. They were one of the first UK recruitment companies to focus purely on Salesforce.com and Cloud recruitment. 

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NOTES FOR JOURNALISTS:

Resource On Demand (ROD) is a market leader in providing recruitment services to the cloud computing industry.
We assist companies looking to recruit talented people with salesforce.com™ CRM services or cloud computing experience on either permanent, contract or temporary assignments.

Our recruitment services are provided on a subscription basis to minimise the risk and cost of your recruitment. And, by fully embracing the cloud model of low cost and low risk, ROD allows salesforce.com™ partners, consulting firms and ISV’s to scale up and down effectively.

By fully embracing the Cloud spirit of low cost and low risk, it allows Salesforce.com partners and consulting firms to scale up and down effectively. Built on a Cloud model, it offers the same benefits of scalability, flexibility and low risk, all delivered for a low monthly fee.

The salesforce.com industry is one of the fastest growing industries on the planet. Resource On Demand (ROD) was founded in Feb 2009 to assist the growth of this industry and the companies within it. 
Having spent 20 years in the IT recruitment industry, our Founders have gained a solid reputation for honesty, openness and getting the job done in a notoriously fast-moving industry.

Resource On Demand is a natural progression for recruitment within the salesforce.com industry. We understand the salesforce.com industry because we’re part of it (we’re already wondering how we managed our CRM, database and accounting without it). More importantly, though, we understand how to get the right salesforce.com people into the right jobs.
With conventional recruitment, you generally pay 15-20% of the person’s base salary when they start working for you. This can be quite a large lump sum and makes the cost of recruitment difficult especially for SMEs looking to grow quickly. Often, there is no insurance against this fee either - meaning that if your new recruit doesn't survive their probationary period the fee can be lost and, worse still, a new fee required to fill the position again. 

With Resource On Demand, the fee is on a subscription basis, which means it is a much lower monthly fee, enabling SMEs to grow more quickly and manage their ‘bottom line’ more effectively. 

What’s more, a large up-front placement fee means it usually takes some time for a new employee to generate enough revenue to cover their recruitment costs. With Resource On Demand, a single day’s consultancy fee will easily cover your monthly subscription, so your new hire is profitable virtually straight away.

The benefits at a glance: 

• Save Money - Focus Budgets on Competitive Advantage rather than Recruitment
• Low risk - Able to recruit whole teams of salesforce.com people without huge costs 
• Pay as you go, predictable costs
• Flexibility and Scalability