pfj Chooses Recruitment Agency Software From Bond

After a retaining a third party consultancy to identify staffing agency software that could meet their plans for the future, pfj (formerly known as Phee Farrer Jones) has invested in recruitment system Bond Adapt from Bond International Software

LONDON, November 11, 2010 - The pfj network, which comprises four leading specialist recruitment
brands - pfj, The Graduate Recruitment Company, RPCushing and Sydney based
ICUR - has conducted a thorough market review for a recruitment system
(www.bondadapt.com/section.asp?catid=184) and has chosen staffing
agency software (www.bondadapt.com/section.asp?catid=1207) Bond Adapt
Version 11 www.bondadapt.com from stock market-listed recruitment
agency software (www.bondadapt.com/index.asp?showussite=0) & HCM
specialist, Bond International Software. It was Bond Adapt's flexible
approach to configurability that will enable pfj to retain a competitive edge
that beat off strong challenges from many of its key competitors.

The pfj network is on target to achieve a turnover of over GBP10million
and has been a Bond recruitment system customer for over a decade, but
believes that the recruitment industry is now beginning to see the effects of
the second wave of technological innovation and needs to work with a robust
and flexible partner to take advantage of the opportunities that will arise.

Chris Chandler, Managing Director of the pfj network, explains, "The
recession was an obvious time to review our cost base, processes and
infrastructure. It is also a great time to look to the future and make long
term investments that can give you a competitive edge. Any major investment
needs careful consideration so we retained Kamanchi, as a third party who
specialise in recruitment database systems, to help us map out what we needed
now and importantly what we wanted to build for the future. We are not IT
experts and we wanted to make sure that not only were we equipping ourselves
with the very best available recruitment system, but also that we were
relying on staffing agency software suppliers that were stable enough to not
pose a risk to our own business."

Chandler expands, "After a period of consultancy and evaluation, there
were a number of key differentiators that made the final decision for us.
Most important was the approach taken to customisation. Most recruitment
system packages claimed to be adaptable, but where recruitment agency
software Bond Adapt Version 11 was superior was in the ability to configure
any area of the software or workflow immediately and according to our precise
business needs. Bond's recruitment system competitors on the other hand were
able to configure in some respects immediately, but for other aspects of what
we required, we would have had to wait until the core recruitment agency
software was developed and the next version was put on general release - it
felt more restrictive from a timing perspective but more importantly the
ideas and innovations that we will want to implement would then be available
to everyone - without Bond's staffing agency software it seemed to us that
there would be no competitive edge."

The pfj network is made up of specialist UK media, marketing and
communications recruitment agencies PFJ Recruitment and RPCushing, the UK's
leading graduate recruiter, the Graduate Recruitment Company, and also ICUR,
the Sydney-based specialist for media, advertising, creative and digital
jobs. All four of these businesses, entailing over 70 users, will be going
live with Bond Adapt Version 11 in the coming months.

Tim Richards, Managing Director of Bond International Software,
concludes, "pfj have been a customer of ours for over a decade now and we are
delighted to see yet another one of our customers extending an already
healthy and fruitful relationship yet further. More often than not, this is a
function of the close working practices we aim to develop with all of our
customers, and our unswerving focus on recruitment system product development
- two factors that we believe set us apart."

About Bond International Software and Bond Adapt

London stock market-listed Bond International Software plc is a global
provider of recruitment agency software and services.

Bond is the largest, and most established, global specialist in staffing
agency software for recruitment agencies worldwide and is a rapidly growing
provider of web-based e-recruitment and talent acquisition software to the
corporate market. Bond also provides established recruitment system HR and
payroll software and outsourcing services directly to both the public and
private sectors.

Established in 1973 and quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock
Exchange since 1997, the company has consistently achieved financial growth
and maximised investment in the development of technology and recruitment
system service provided to its international client base.

Bond has over 35 years experience in the development and creation of
staffing agency software products and recruitment agency software services
that have become industry standards. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, the
Group also has offices in the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa,
Japan and Hong Kong - with a global team of nearly 500 employees, 3500
customers and over 100,000 users.

Bond Adapt is a specialist portfolio of recruitment system software
applications which has earned Bond the reputation for enhancing business
growth and profitability throughout the global staffing agency software
industry. Although configuration of Adapt recruitment agency software is
easy, Bond offers five pre-configured systems especially for Recruitment,
Vendor Managed Serviced (VMS), On-site, ASP and Healthcare.

Bond Adapt recruitment system customers include some of the largest
recruitment agencies in the world and a large number of private sector
organisations, including: Adecco, Hays, Michael Page, Manpower and Kelly.

    For further information, please contact:

    Bond International Software
    Tim Richards
    Managing Director
    Courtlands, Parklands Avenue, Worthing.
    Tel +44(0)1903-707070

    Press contact
    Will Gardiner
    itpr
    +44(0)1932-578-800

For further information, please contact: Bond International Software: Tim Richards, Managing Director, Courtlands, Parklands Avenue, Worthing., Tel +44(0)1903-707070; Press contact: Will Gardiner, itpr, +44(0)1932-578-800