In the Electronic Recruiting business, the providers are:

• Public Job Boards
  • Stand Alone
  • Networks
  • Niche Specific
  • Part of a Larger Organization
• Software/Service Providers (One Size Fits All)
  • Job Boards
  • Advertising Distribution Services
  • Back End Automation (Resume Management)
  • Robot and Spider Providers
  • Vendor Management (for Integrating Agencies, Job Boards and Third Party Firms)
• Advertising Agencies
• Network Integrators

DataMain [now Euphorion] represents the emergence of the next generation category: Customized Design Services. They are not a graphics shop. Rather, armed with a toolkit of modular applications and extraordinary programming talent, DataMain [now Euphorion] delivers fully customized, customer specific applications that can run the gamut from simple Job Board installation to talent management. With a solid arsenal of working components, DataMain [now Euphorion] engineers complete Recruiting Solutions.

The core, fully developed modules range from a Profiling and profile management system to skills acquisition/management. We've seen working versions of a "360 degree feedback system" which is used as a part of an outsourcing operation to help candidates determine the next steps in their career using feedback from a number of peers. Modules include on the fly polling, privacy management (for public job boards), server optimization, embedded free email, Resume Creation tools and the best working skills extraction system on the market.

As an example, the skills extraction module takes a resume (submitted electronically) and parses the language in the resume into predetermined skills categories. This allows a Recruiter to easily determine the "fit" of a particular candidate by restating the resume in the terms of the job ad.

In another on the fly demonstration, we were asked to pick three companies at random (we chose Intel and Lucent). Within 45 minutes, we were presented with a fully spidered, easy to read (web ready) full set of each companies job postings. In other words, DataMain [now Euphorion] has, on the shelf, a working version of the same technology that is driving WebHire and CareerCast to such extraordinary heights.

Doing business with DataMain [now Euphorion] involves a level of sophistication that is somewhat uncommon in the market. As a next generation provider of customized solutions, they work with customers who can clearly articulate their requirements. Rather than "shrink-wrapped pricing" (like the rest of the market, the DataMain [now Euphorion] approach involves standard software design techniques. The first step is a (paid) requirements analysis process involving DataMain [now Euphorion] engineers and the customer team. Their goal is to solve business problems, not to deliver preconfigured, one size fits all solutions.

This means that their customers tend to be aggressive competitors who want more than the industry equivalent of a "rack suit". With a strong, large team and five years of experience in the industry, we're betting that DataMain [now Euphorion] will emerge as a leader in the next generation. Given their heavy emphasis on profiling techniques and customized design, they are the best choice for a company looking to offer a clear, distinctly different interface for candidates that simultaneously solves the various administrative problems faced by HR and Recruiting Departments.

- John Sumser