Investigative monitoring apparatus

摘要

An investigative monitoring apparatus (1) for determining deduced changes in status of role opportunities, the apparatus comprising a data processor and a communications interface (5) arranged to send and receive emails, the data processor configured to monitor stored role candidates' details for a first criterion of an indication of a paucity of recorded recruitment activity updates of the candidates since a date of interview and the data processor arranged to monitor for a second criterion of a change relating to stored details of role opportunities indicative of one or more of said role opportunities ceasing to be open, and the data processor arranged to identify any such candidates and role opportunities which meet the first and second criteria, and the data processor arranged to generate for each such candidate an inferred email address which is in conformity with an email address syntax of a client party which interviewed the or each candidate, and the data processor arranged to send a test email using an email address so generated to said client party from the interface, and the data processor arranged to monitor for a response from the test email.