Project RPO Services by Sevenstep

Targeted Recruitment Process Outsourcing Services

Sevenstep understands that hiring volumes can and will fluctuate greatly due to both internal and external forces. Designed to offset this workforce volatility, Sevenstep’s project hiring solutions offer companies scalable and specialized RPO services that support and extend internal talent acquisition programs.

Sevenstep’s project RPO services produce realized business gains that help companies:

Effectively manage seasonal hiring surges
Strengthen hiring results in challenging recruitment categories
Proactively support planned new hiring projects
Reprioritize and redirect talent acquisition strategies
Improve recruitment key performance indicators, including time to hire, fill rate and new hire retention

Client of Project RPO Services

Typically less than a year in duration, Sevenstep’s project RPO services are designed to meet the immediate and near-term recruitment needs of domestic and global employers across private and federal sectors seeking help with targeted process stages, specialized hires, short-term hiring surges and/or requisition overload. Many project RPO services expand into additional scopes of work and eventually become longstanding enterprise RPO engagements.

Project RPO Services Case Study: Critical Tech Talent Sourcing for Global E-Commerce Innovator

This e-commerce giant was facing intense hiring competition for skilled technology talent. Finding sought-after tech candidates is hard enough, but the company was also struggling to capture their attention in a crowded marketplace. In 2016, this client turned to Sevenstep’s project RPO services to build a true talent attraction program that would successfully engage this elusive pool of tech talent. Read more about how Sevenstep’s deep heritage in technology recruiting helped develop a rich pipeline of mission-critical software engineering talent.

Challenges

Hiring Volume: ~180 hires

Roles: Software Development Engineers (e.g. Object oriented, .NET, JAVA, Python, Perl, C++, C#)

Geography: US with a primary focus on Seattle and remote sourcing in other markets for relocation: San Francisco, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Dallas, Los Angeles, Boston, Vancouver, Calgary, New York City, Portland, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Austin, Vancouver, Calgary, Mexico City and Perth, Australia.

Challenges:

Fast-scaling requisition requests requiring rapid deployment of Sevenstep resources and strategies
Highly competitive marketplace with heavy compensation pressure
Highly specific and less flexible job profile requirements
Local market saturation – high % of local candidates likely already touched by client
High reliance on engagement innovation given strong composition of passive candidates

Approach

Solution Type: Project – Staff Augmentation

Delivery Model: Source and Screen

Key Strategies:

Sales-based Recruitment: Heavy focus on “hunting” approach (compelling outreach and sell on the opportunity)
Off-shore Support: Bangalore and Manila sourcing teams to increase upper funnel sourcing efforts
Process Optimization: Recommendation of alternative interview process structure to decrease wait time for candidates
Advanced Team Segmentation: Pivoted focus on key business lines
Custom Recruiting Program: Custom-built, two-week recruiter onboarding program for faster ramp up of expertise

Results

Successfully supplemented client’s understaffed internal recruiting team
Averaged 30,000 unique profiles monthly
Expansion of recruiting scope beyond U.S. and into Canada, Mexico, Australia and Argentina
Average interview-to-hire ratio of 6:1 achieved (within highly competitive hiring landscape)
SOW expansion into project engagements – 1st Generation active Sevenstep client

The Talent Behind Project RPO Services and Solutions

Mike Vecchio

Mike’s RPO career began at Sevenstep at its inception over 10 years ago as a recruiter. As the business has grown in project RPO services, Mike has held roles as a Lead Recruiter, Team Manager and Senior Manager before moving into his current role as Executive Director, Client Services. As an Executive Director, Mike oversees multiple client accounts while providing strategic consultation to client stakeholders across the globe. He and his teams have delivered top talent to Sevenstep clients in nearly 40 countries across diverse role profiles. Mike’s recruitment expertise includes complex IT/technical recruiting, manufacturing and engineering, high volume recruiting, compliance, global recruitment delivery and talent analytics.

Learn more about our project RPO services.

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