Case Study: UniLodge improves hiring efficiency with JobAdder

Doing away with spreadsheets and consolidating recruitment

UniLodge, a Brisbane-based accommodation provider for university students, struggled for years with recruitment spread across spreadsheets and multiple portals. With over 550 employees and a large casual workforce, the team lacked a single source of truth, experienced duplicated work and missed checks, and had inconsistent job ads and applicant tracking across several Seek accounts.

JobAdder provided a centralised ATS and Hiring Manager portal that streamlined advertising, shortlisting, communication, and approvals. UniLodge now uses search and keyword tools to find candidates far faster, can build talent pools, and has improved candidate experience with branded templates and communications. The impact has been major efficiency gains: Sam Smith said it can take less than 10 minutes to find 10 candidates to submit, the team has already placed roles from its database without advertising, and hiring managers can manage approvals and shortlists directly, reducing admin and improving ROI.

UniLodge

Sam Smith

Recruitment Advisor