Barclays UK Retail, which employs 32,000 people in the UK, has signed a deal with recruitment process outsourcing firm Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) to manage candidates from August 2008. Half of the AMS team will be based at Barclays’ office in Coventry and an e-recruitment system will also be implemented by Taleo, a talent management firm.

Andrew Rolfe, head of resourcing at Barclays UK Retail, comments;“We aim to provide an efficient mechanism by which to process over 100,000 applications per annum and greatly improve the ease by which talented individuals can secure a great job with us.”