Troy-based JobApp Network said Tuesday that the first Church's Chicken franchisee has begun using the JobApp automated hourly employee hiring system.

Pollos Del Centro is based in the Denver area. It has five Church's stores open in Texas, and two in Colorado, with plans to open 18 more stores in Colorado by the end of 2009

In a test with Church's corporate stores, the company observed a reduction in restaurant employee turnover of more than 60 percent in the first six months. Church’s then recommended the JobApp Network to its franchisees on the basis of this success. 

Pollos Del Centro is using JobApp to streamline the hiring process, increase hiring quality and improve both the customer and employee experience.

JobApp Network provides a complete phone and Web-based hiring system. Its  proven ability to reduce turnover and improve the hiring process by empowering restaurant managers to make better hiring decisions was a major factor in Pollos Del Centro’s decision. 

By using JobApp, Church Chicken franchisees are able to improve their competitive hiring advantages and provide applicants an easy way to apply in both English and Spanish, by phone or Web, around the clock.

Additionally, the patent-pending JobApp Dispenser helps Church’s Chicken operators to more effectively and efficiently capture both active and passive applicants in their restaurants. Hiring managers have embraced JobApp’s simple 5-star applicant ranking scale, which lets them know who to interview in a matter of seconds.

“We are very excited about the automation and ease of use JobApp Network brings to restaurant employee hiring,” stated Fernando Guerra, District Manager for Pollos Del Centro.  “We are in the process of expanding in 2008 with 18 new locations and JobApp Network is the perfect solution to staff these new restaurants with the best of the best and to improve our hiring process at our existing locations.”

More at www.JobAppNetwork.com.