NuWood Technologies Limited
Thursday 21st August 2008 
 

MINERVA brings together the three key components of recruitment namely Clients, Candidates and Jobs. It then surrounds them with the functionality needed by todays recruitment organization.

At the centre of MINERVA is ORACLE the industry-leading database offering a robust, scalable platform with the performance necessary to retrieve large quantities of information rapidly.



Key Features
  • Locator - Locate Jobs, Clients, Candidates or Suppliers using the interactive Locator. Filter on name or by skill to find the desired target. Enter the ID of the target to open the details.

  • Internet - Send jobs to your website and receive candidate registrations from your website.

  • Reports - MINERVA comes complete with an intuitive Data Query and Report Designer. Query the MINERVA database and use the results to create mail merge documents.

  • Document library - Store electronic documents within the MINERVA database and file under the relevant Candidate or Client. Candidates have a definable document list that creates pigeonholes for CV, Photographs, driving licence etc. Store none specific documents such as templates etc. in the Public document library. Use powerful word search to find documents within the library.

  • Communicate - Use EMail, Fax or SMS to send information. The FAX software comes complete with a Microsoft OUTLOOK style organiser to store your incoming or outgoing faxes.

  • Diary and ToDo - Create entries and relate them to a Job, Client or Candidate. Automate creation of ToDo entries depending on system activity.

  • Activity Logs - Activity Logs can be created for any function within MINERVA. Records cannot be modified forming a permanent record of activity within the system. System generated activity and user generated activities (Call Made, Letter received etc.) can both be stored in the Activity Log.

  • Interactive Job Search - Locate suitable Candidates for a Job or Jobs for a Candidate at the press of a button. Interact with the results to refine the selection (e.g. apply a Location Preference filter). Open any resultant record to examine the details associated with it.

  • User Messages - Send short messages to other users of MINERVA. Attach a subject such as a Job or Candidate to the message.

  • Candidate Availability - Record information regarding the availability or unavailability of candidates using a graphical year planner.

  • Security - Define access to MINERVA Functions by user group. Create users from administrators to read only and points in between.

  • SMS - Send SMS messages straight from the MINERVA desktop either individually or in bulk.

  • Timesheets - Use MINERVA to record your timesheets and project revenue streams.

System Requirements
  • Operating System - Server - Windows 2000 Server. Clients - Win 9x,Me,2000

  • Server Specification - 300Mhz Pentium class machine. 20GB hard disc, 256Mb memory, Network connectivity, Backup device

  • Client Specification - 166Mhz Pentium class machine. 10GB hard disc. 64Mb memory (128Mb preferred). 800x600 at 256 Colours (minimum). Network Connectivity. OS as above

Administrator Function Configure the complete MINERVA enviroment using the Admin module.

All Administration tasks are carried out using the Windows Based ADMIN program, which follows the same graphical standards of MINERVA - thereby enabling a familiar secure environment.

Features
  • Coded Field definitions
  • Document Library Folders
  • Users
  • User Groups
  • Group Profiles
  • Functions
  • Job Slot Status
  • Options
  • External Agency
  • Skill Level
  • User Defined Fields
Sentinel

MINERVA includes the ability to run regular queries against the database and transmit the results to web sites.

This data can then be used for keeping clients informed of job progress or for job search on the web.

Multiple FTP destinations can be created allowing the query results to be transmitted to more than one destination.
    Selected Screen Shots



Login Screen provides security



Locator speeds selection of Candidate, Client or Job



Create a job with minimum data entry



Visually maintain Candidate Availability



Find Candidates for a Job or Jobs for a Candidate and interact with the results



Take query data and produce mail merge documents



Integrated query and report builder



Send SMS from within MINERVA



Create ToDo entries to act as reminders



User activity records communication with Clients, Candidates