From zero to hundred in no time – recruiting in the care sector
Sometimes things have to happen quickly: How the non-profit Agaplesion Bethanien Diakonie used softgarden to recruit 100 employees for a new care facility in a short space of time.
2 weeks
implementation time
75 %
less workload
About Agaplesion Bethanien Diakonie
AGAPLESION BETHANIEN DIAKONIE gemeinnützige GmbH has been providing nursing and care for adults in Berlin and Hamburg for over 125 years. The Christian company operates two day care centres for senior citizens, four facilities for fully inpatient living and care for senior citizens, two homes for chronically mentally ill people and three senior residences for assisted living in a premium ambience. AGAPLESION BETHANIEN DIAKONIE is part of AGAPLESION gemeinnützige AG.
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“After five hours, the first ads were online. And five days later, we had already received 16 qualified applications. The software saves us three quarters of our working time. We can now accept or reject applicants within a time window of ten days that we have set.
Andreas Wolff, Head of Corporate Communications at Agaplesion Bethanien Diakonie
Finding 100 new nursing professionals in a short space of time
For the opening of a new care facility in Hamburg this year, the non-profit Agaplesion Bethanien Diakonie quickly needed 100 employees from a total of 23 different professional groups. A challenge, because the search for skilled workers is particularly difficult in the healthcare sector.
The previous applicant management system was not sufficient for this ambitious goal. With its manual system, Agaplesion would not have been able to process the well over 1,000 paper applications that were expected.
The company also wanted to move into the online age of recruitment, set up a careers website and switch to online applications.
Agaplesion was therefore looking for a solution that was both effective and affordable. The focus of the search was on a cloud solution with little technical set-up and maintenance effort.
Recruit nursing staff faster and free up resources with softgarden
After comparing various providers, the care service provider opted for the softgarden applicant management software.
The reasons: Manageable and transparent costs, a good match between requirements and available functions as well as the extensive automation of standard processes such as communication and the involvement of specialist departments.
At the time, Agaplesion only employed four HR staff. Manpower was therefore particularly valuable and should no longer be wasted on standard processes that were easy to automate.
After the rapid implementation within just two weeks, the successes were not long in coming: thanks to softgarden, Agaplesion was able to reduce its workload by ¾, shorten its response time and receive a large number of qualified applications after just a few days.
Convince more sought-after nursing professionals with less effort and cost
The quality of the application process is crucial in the tough competition for the best healthcare professionals. AGAPLESION BETHANIEN DIAKONIE has simplified and accelerated its recruiting process with the cloud solution from softgarden and also saves valuable manpower for other important tasks.
- Fast implementation: softgarden was implemented and fully operational within just 14 days.
- Agency services saved: Agaplesion had previously worked with an external media agency to find employees in the most targeted way possible. Thanks to softgarden, the care company is now saving on these costs.
- Internal processes accelerated: Agaplesion shortened the time between the application deadline and the interview invitation to just a few days and received a lot of positive feedback from the candidates in return.
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