Nicholas van Esch, founder and Technical Director of LogicMelon, the leading multi-posting and applicant tracking provider, has been confirmed as guest speaker at the RecruitX'11 – South Africa's leading recruitment industry event for recruitment consultancy owners and direct employers. Hosted by Jobs.co.za, South Africa's oldest recruitment website the event will take place on Thursday 28th July in Johannesburg.

Mr van Esch will feature on a panel of recruitment industry experts from across South Africa and Europe giving insight into how consultancy owners and employers effectively streamline their recruitment processes through better candidate management, recruitment advertising and measuring strategies.

"Internet penetration, especially mobile, is gaining strong momentum in South Africa and Africa and the diversity of available advertising media a growing," said Mr van Esch. "Organisations will need to be able to advertise efficiently and effectively and measure and manage a larger portfolio of candidate sources. We are proud to be part of jobs.co.za event and glad to see that social media education is top of the agenda."

In 2010, the South African Recruitment Survey revealed the dramatic shift by the country's recruiters and employers towards embracing multiple online platforms and technologies that have already proven to successfully deliver a higher return in their recruitment investment.

"Jobs.co.za prides itself in keeping itself (and its clients) up to date on the latest trends in Recruitment Technology, Advertising and Sourcing techniques and an event such as RecruitX'11 presents the industry with an ideal opportunity to both network with, and learn from other recruiting professionals."

RecruitX'11 will provide delegates with insight into how they can employ the latest technological developments to help their organisations find a competitive edge through their talent and resourcing practices, including Social Media, Mobile, Search Engine and Recruitment Technology such as LogicMelon's recently launched new suite of products which includes Multi-Source CV Search and Hosted CV Database.