Oclaro deploys StepStone Solutions Talent Acquisition

LONDON, ENGLAND, September 14, 2010

StepStone Solutions, a leading provider of total talent management solutions, has announced that optical components giant Oclaro has successfully implemented its talent acquisition (e-recruitment solution) across its APAC, US and Europe operations, aiming to attract scarce professionals with high-end speciality skills. The installation was deployed in China, where Oclaro has the largest demand for engineering, R&D, and manufacturing staff. After evaluating StepStone Solutions against three other international providers, Oclaro decided that StepStone Solutions offered the strongest local and international support added to proven multiple language capability. The system went live in May 2010 in just ten weeks.

"Another major win in China for StepStone Solutions underlines our ability to deliver truly multinational solutions, based on our knowledge of local requirements and the experience gained in over 1,600 customer installations worldwide," said StepStone Solutions CEO, Matthew Parker. "It's very exciting to have Oclaro as an international customer with R&D and Engineering operations based in China, and to help them satisfy the growing demand for a specialty workforce in the region."

Among the major benefits Oclaro gains from the solution are the ability to streamline its recruitment process; to build and share an international talent pool; and to create access to comprehensive reporting on recruitment pipeline and demands. The solution also centralises CVs collected from different sources such as local online job-boards and search agencies, and ultimately will build up a shared talent pool which all Oclaro HR managers can access globally. As an example of the real operational benefits Oclaro is seeing, the vacancy approval process is now substantially shortened since stakeholders at all levels are allowed to approve vacancies simultaneously via self-service access.

"The vacancy approval process is now reduced from 3 weeks to 1 week with the help of the shared StepStone Solution platform," comments Doris Wang, HR Manager of Oclaro in Shanghai. "When there are so many vacancies offered in China each year, the saving in approval lead-time has become significant in our ability to recruit."

About Oclaro

Oclaro, with headquarters in San Jose, California, is a Tier 1 provider of innovative optical and laser components and solutions for a broad range of diverse markets, including telecommunications, industrial, consumer electronics, medical and scientific applications.

Early in 2009 Oclaro was created through the combination of Bookham and Avanex, establishing Oclaro as a Tier 1 supplier of optical components, modules and sub-systems to all of the leading long-haul/metro telecommunications companies and also select high growth markets beyond telecommunications including industrial, medical and scientific. There are 17 Oclaro operations across the Americas, Europe and Asia with over 3000 staff globally.

StepStone Solutions

StepStone Solutions delivers world class technology for finding, recruiting, retaining, managing and developing people. Our global talent acquisition and talent management solutions are available in many languages, with seamless, internet-based access. With the support of our experienced professionals they can be quickly and reliably implemented anywhere in the world, using SaaS or on-premises delivery, to give rapid return on investment. Over 1,600 organisations in 50 countries rely on StepStone Solutions every day to improve their business performance, build effective talent strategies, and to help their people have more effective, enjoyable and rewarding careers. StepStone Solutions operates in 16 countries and employs around 550 people. Its global customers include Alibaba, Bank of China International, Carlson Wagonlit, France Telecom, Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Heineken, Lufthansa, Kruger Products, PUMA, and Virgin Atlantic. StepStone Solutions concluded the acquisition of MrTed and its MrTedTalentLink product in August 2010.

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