Attracting top talent is difficult. Not only do you have to make sure that your company is a great place to work, but you have to get this message somehow to stand out across to the job market!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SourceFlow is one of the few companies that really \u201cgets\u201d this challenge, helping their clients build gorgeous, revenue-generating recruitment websites focused on candidate and client conversions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So when SourceFlow started using SenseHR to manage their workforce, we were honoured to have such a talented team on our books. And recently, we decided to catch up with them to find out why they switched from Breathe to Sense \u2013 and what\u2019s made them stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe needed HR software that could handle rapid growth\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sourceflow launched in June 2022. But this was not their team\u2019s first rodeo. In fact, their founding members \u2013 including Darren Curtis, their Chief Revenue Officer \u2013 had previously built and managed a very successful recruitment marketing SaaS business before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been in the recruitment software market for a long time\u201d he tells me. \u201cSo when we first started SourceFlow, we knew that we would grow quite big, quite fast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was right \u2013 they went from a team of six, to a team of nearly 30, in less than two years. And with ambitions to double this number in the months that followed, Darren knew it was time to look at their internal systems, to ensure they were ready to scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe ran into pricing and functionality limitations with Breathe\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n SourceFlow started their journey with an HR system called \u201cBreathe\u201d \u2013 which Darren says suited them fine while they were only half a dozen people. But it didn\u2019t quite suit their rapid growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBreathe was a quick-fix solution at the very beginning, to serve an immediate need\u201d he says. \u201cBut the reality was that as soon as our team expanded beyond 20, we hit a bunch of limitations with their pricing structure and functionality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n SourceFlow started scouting the HR software market for something flexible enough to fit their growth plans, and something modern enough to suit the way their living and breathing workforce was shaping up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNone of the older systems are as flexible as SenseHR\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe thing that first caught our eye about SenseHR was the price\u201d laughs Darren. \u201cBut actually, what made me take the leap, was seeing just how easily SenseHR could be adapted to the way we ran our business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Darren says that many older cloud-based HR systems force you to adapt your HR admin to suit their way of working \u2013 but that the working world is changing, and HR technology should be able to keep up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSenseHR lets me add custom screens, custom workflows, or even custom dashboards to my system. This is the kind of thing I\u2019d expect from a complicated and expensive on-premise HR system \u2013 not an easy and low-cost browser-based system. It\u2019s incredible, because it means we can keep our own unique ways of doing things, simply by making a configuration tweak within SenseHR.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cImplementation was a dream \u2013 everyone\u2019s an expert!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n SourceFlow implemented SenseHR, and were initially wary about the hassle of moving from one HR system to another. But Darren says that they didn\u2019t need to be wary at all \u2013 in fact, the process was almost enjoyable!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cImplementing SenseHR was a dream\u201d he says. \u201cNo matter who we spoke to on the phone, it was clear that every single person had worked with HR for a very long time. They all knew their subject matter inside out, and spoke fluently on all topics without a moment\u2019s hesitation. We were up and running surprisingly fast!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Darren says that loading the data from one system to the other was handled rapidly and accurately \u2013 and most importantly of all, it didn\u2019t interfere with his other business operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur team love SenseHR \u2013 they use it all the time\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Although employee engagement was never really on the agenda when looking for a new HR system, it was perhaps the most surprising outcome for Darren \u2013 who says that SenseHR has been actively adopted by the rest of the SourceFlow team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur head of delivery is making extensive use of the system,\u201d Darren tells me. \u201cThe team love that they can log in using their browser or a mobile app, and just get on with the stuff they need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Darren says that because the SenseHR system has such a beautiful modern design, is so easy to use, and has such useful functionality, they didn\u2019t need to convince anybody internally that it was a good change \u2013 it all just clicked, right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n