and no way of controlling if the hiring be combining them into one process then the Division Manager then validates manager used internal or external that covers all our needs for this area and comments on the request and recruitment measures. The Hire as we understand the platform and provides overall approval for the hire. In Approval process that we have in functionality much better now than turn, whilst focus continues to be on the Atlas has significantly improved the when we started! reduction of external recruitment spend, communication flow between key our Chief People Officer (CPO) also gets stakeholders and approvers, and we Alex: That’s a solid iteration! a notification. They are delivered the now have visibility of those roles that initial request, along with all its details are approved for external recruitment and supporting information, as well spend. Since the introduction of the as the confirmation from finance that new process in Atlas we have seen the hire has been approved. A rejection a global reduction of €100,000 in at any point of the process sends out recruitment spend. That is significant! notifications to the hiring manager with In addition to cost reduction, time is the reasons why. saved, and with more processes running in the future, that’s more time saved and Approvals then split the process, and now more money saved! two different parties get notifications. The local People Operations team gets a Alex: If something goes wrong notification that the recruitment process with Atlas, how do you go about needs to be coordinated, and the hiring troubleshooting it? manager gets a notification that the hire has been approved by the CPO. From Eva: We go to support first, but we’re there we can continue the hiring process also fortunate enough to be part of the Eva: Each process starts with the hiring and get the new hire onboarded. company that produces it, so we can go manager. So they begin the process by straight to the experts! But the support requesting a new employee be hired. This is obviously from the top down, from from Atlas is certainly excellent. This sends a notification to finance, the the process view. Within each task that’s financial controller, who reviews the presented to the people as they need Alex: So, could you give us a run request and checks budget allocation for to be involved, there’s fields for them to through of the HR Processes you’ve new hires. Then they either confirm the input the right information and data that created and use in Atlas? request is covered financially, or deny it. can then be passed down the process to Eva: Of course! So the two we’re using Depending on their response, either the the next relevant person. currently cover the hire approval hiring manager gets a notification with all the relevant information, or we move to Alex: Thank you, Eva, for taking the process for ATS Global, and the same the next step. time to talk us through all of this! for the various divisions within ATS Global. They’ve been developed for If the hiring of the specified employee Eva: You’re very welcome. approving any new hire. We’re going to is approved by the financial controller, ATLAS WORLD MAGAZINE SPRING, 2022