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INTRODUCTION

PCRecruiter is a database system used to manage recruiting and
staffing for all types of organizations. The software serves as a contact
manager, Internet job board, position database, interview manager, and
datamart for people and their attributes (including resumes), jobs, and
companies.

PCRecruiter has a family resemblance to enterprise class sales force
automation (SFA) tools. SFA software offers detailed searches and sorts for
organization information, as well as people information. SFA software uses
sophisticated methods to help automate sales processes based on timing and
deal making.

PCRecruiter shares many traits with enterprise class candidate
tracking systems. These systems monitor the flow of applicants and their
attributes and report on the outcomes of interactions between the
organization and those people who seek or are offered employment. This
tracking is needed for managerial and legal reasons and is often a hidden
material cost of the HR function.

PCRecruiter is a cost-effective tool for organizations who actively
recruit and for those organizations who need to manage jobs and the flow of
people to those jobs.

PCRecruiter works well in many environments; Recruiting firms,
Corporations, Professional Services Firms, Schools and Colleges, Training
Firms, and dozens of other organizational types.

WHAT IS AN ASP?

Many people in IS / IT believe that the Web browser will become the
dominant platform for enterprise computing in the coming years. The advent
of the World Wide Web has created a new (new again...) way of buying and
using software, known as the ASP (application service provider) model.

With an ASP, the software resides on servers that you do not
maintain (although you may own them or have them dedicated for your use) and
your users log onto the system from any Internet connection. The ASP
manages both the data and the applications. In the past, this was known as
Mainframe computing. The twist is that now the data is flowing across
organizations and between individuals everywhere on the Web, where in the
past the data was all within one organization or network.

The ASP removes all the technical support and hardware needs for a
given application or set of applications (except PC's, browser software, and
Internet connectivity) from your sphere. This can have a huge impact in
lowering life cycle cost and time to deploy, as well as downtime, speed to
upgrade, and multi-point access.

Thus, high-end software technology is now being delivered and sold
in a new way. An ASP is more of a service business than a software
publisher, so the former "product" of software is now sold as a "service",
much like a utility or subscription. However, the ASP solution is far from
a universal best answer. There are major issues whose resolutions may
indicate the running of your own software.

Main Sequence Technologies' mission is to position PCRecruiter as
the world's most accessible staffing software, so several options are
available. You may host the software yourself, use Main Sequence's superior
ASP service, or you may have an another ASP of your choice run it for you.
Here are some considerations to make when choosing the PCRecruiter that's
right for you:

WHEN AND WHY ASP?

If you have limited technical resources, or you have people on
several sites, or perhaps you simply would prefer to outsource the technical
end of your staffing software, then the PCRecruiter Web version is the best
choice.

For an inexpensive monthly fee, each of your staffing pros can log
onto a database or a set of databases and begin work on day one. All
upgrades, database maintenance, and other technical issues are handled by
Main Sequence Technologies. In addition to the internal database for your
staffing pros, you will have a full powered Internet job board for your
Website. You need only create links on your current website.

With PCRecruiter Web, you may elect to have your backup data
delivered to you from time to time. You will get your data in the form of a
PCRecruiter database, and this may be installed at any time on your own
equipment. You may use Access®, SQL Server 7® or any other Microsoft®
compliant data tool to do whatever you wish with your data. This may be
invaluable for data mining, integration and migration.

You may also obtain and install licensed copies of PCRecruiter
Windows or Web on your own systems to use the data at any point in the
future. This flexibility means that you can start collecting your extremely
valuable recruiting and contact data for a low monthly fee. The data itself
will be returned to you in the most useful format; as a single Microsoft®
database file where each resume is contained in the database as a both plain
text and Rich Text object. The name, company, and job data is distinct.
Activities and notes are kept in separate areas. When you use PCRecruiter
Web, you are building a database maximized to be a valuable asset in and of
itself. This feature alone could be worth the usage fee for PCRecruiter.

PCRecruiter Web version is an excellent choice for low lifecycle
costs, top-end staffing functionality and the best long-term data asset
value.

WHY NOT ASP?

If you already own and maintain a Windows NT network, the cost of
adding a new application and database like PCRecruiter may be fairly fixed
and, for all material purposes, paid for already. Paying a fee to a hosting
firm will then increase the actual costs rather than decrease them. If your
user's Internet connectivity is not assured, than any Internet down period
will keep you from your data and applications.

The terms of service that ASP's often operate under can be
unfavorable in the event of technical or human failure. Often, no warranty
or guarantee of any kind protects your data. Some ASP's do offer some
protection, but the costs are proportional to the risks and may be more than
your organization need bear.

Many larger organizations and many information based organizations
have distinct policies about what data will be hosted and under what
circumstances. Your organization may need to assess the data security and
availability in your own systems to make a good choice. Again, because
internal computing costs are often fairly fixed (on the scale of a single
application like PCRecruiter) you may able to keep the data inside at little
marginal cost.

Another often-overlooked factor is that 32-Bit Windows® is a highly
evolved system that uses lots of computing power to create a rich
environment. Windows software offers some nice features that are
problematic for HTML software to equal. Even the best HTTP software (like
PCRecruiter Web version) cannot always match Windows® software
feature-for-feature.

A potential ASP subscriber must be aware of the many software
solutions that present Windows software in a browser. Often these do not
scale well and they can have critical response time issues that do not
manifest during a demo. They may only work well in bandwidth-rich
environments with plenty of server horsepower. Possibly in the future these
solutions will gain ground on HTML applications, but for now, if you want
Web, you probably want HTTP/HTML software.

You may also, unfortunately, be bound to the direction that the ASP
is going; With your own software, if you don't like the way the system is
evolving, you can simply choose not to update. Some ASP's may be able to
keep you at a current level, but it's not a provision that you often see
today and, again, the costs for such service may be above the value.

HOW TO DECIDE

First, look at your organization. If you are geographically
diverse, if you do not have a Windows NT network in operation, if you have a
modest number of users and if you want to start quickly and inexpensively,
then a long look at an ASP is probably called for. If you have a LAN/WAN
already in place, want lowest total costs over two to three years and have
many users, you will probably want to install PCRecruiter on your own
systems. You will probably want both the thick and thin software to
maximize performance for regular and remote users respectively.

Keys questions to ask when looking at competitors of Main Sequence:

a.. Do they return your data? How is it returned, how often, how
much do they charge and in what format?

b.. Do they keep resumes in the database as objects or in the file
system of the server?

c.. How long has the system has been in use? A long run often
means plenty of
utilities and the small features that turn up big over the longer
haul. Too
long means old technology and old ideas. A short run often means
new thinking and new features, but also can lead to 'beta version city' and
all that comes with it. PCRecruiter Web software has been in use since the
dawn of the World Wide Web in 1996. The 32-bit Windows® version is as
current as any Windows® recruitment application and is still being actively
developed.

d.. Just how deep is the Microsoft pedigree ? Is there PERL and
Cold Fusion in use? Is Powerbuilder lurking? You should look for solid
Microsoft® technology if you want valuable support and low costs.

e.. Check fees beyond a reasonable set up and monthlies; (i.e. per
resume, per name, job, etc.) Figure a total cost over time (24 to 36 months
or a lifecycle of your choosing), plus a cost for conversion at the end of
that period to another system.

f.. See if their software is sales-based (i.e. open workflow,
heavy on company data and competitive analyses, heavy on activity
transactions, heavy on communications features) or HR-based (heavy on a
single organization workflow, little or no external company info collected,
little call list functionality).

PCRecruiter is good for both sales and applicant tracking, while
those that are good for applicant tracking may never be good for sales.
Recruiting is absolutely a selling discipline; never more so than it is
today.

Main Sequence Technologies and our authorized resellers are experts
at helping you meet your recruiting information needs at a cost that is
always an excellent value.


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