Konetic

London, 8th September 2010: Konetic, the e-Recruitment technology specialist, announces the acquisition and merger of Loopo Ltd, a specialist web solutions provider that has achieved considerable success in the medical recruitment field with the Zinc Medical Recruitment product.

With heavyweight NHS clients including the National Recruitment Office for GPs and the Royal College of Physicians, Konetic has vast experience in this vital recruitment sector. Following the merger, additional clients will include  the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, making Konetic THE major player in this market.

Konetic Recruit is rapidly establishing itself as the leading solution for large, complex graduate recruitment requirements and other recruitment programmes.  Konetic Recruit users include Deutsche Bank, Slaughter and May and trusted HR Partners such as Computers in Personnel, Comensura, Ochre House and Allen Recruiting.

On announcing the merger, Nicholas Birtles, Executive Chairman of Konetic said “In addition to strengthening Konetic’s management and technical teams, this acquisition will bolster Konetic’s position in the NHS e-Recruitment sector as well as creating the opportunity to bring even better   e-recruitment technology to market”.

Loopo's managing director Simon Woolf joins as Konetic’s Business Development Director while Stephen Wolff, Loopo's CTO, will take up a senior architect role in Konetic’s development team.  Stephen will focus on extending the configurability of the Konetic Recruit product, a key strength of Loopo's offering.

Commenting on the merger, Simon Woolf said “Loopo has built its success on a user friendly product and fantastic customer service. We are delighted to see that these are passions shared by the Konetic team, and look forward to building an even stronger brand together”.

About Konetic

Konetic is a technology company focused on the e-recruitment software market. Konetic Recruit is a modular browser based e-recruitment solution for companies hiring tens or tens of thousands of employees on an annual basis. Konetic Recruit streamlines workflows for recruiters, line managers, candidates and recruitment agencies. Konetic Recruit is designed to be integrated with a wide range of HR and recruitment services such as job boards, social media sites, psychometric testing and HR and payroll systems. For more information visit www.konetic.com