Project Solutions

Targeted Recruitment Outsourcing

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

Sevenstep’s project-based solution produces realized business gains that help clients to:

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 KPIs (e.g. time to hire, fill rate, new hire retention)

Our Project Clients

Typically less than a year in duration, Sevenstep Project Solutions are designed to meet the immediate and near-term recruitment needs of domestic and global employers seeking help with targeted process stages, specialized hires, short-term hiring surges and/or requisition overflow. Many Project Solutions expand into additional scope of work and eventually become longstanding Enterprise engagements.

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

This e-commerce giant faces brutal and immense hiring competition for skilled technology specialists. Finding sought after tech candidates is hard enough, but capturing their attention is the real challenge. In 2016, this client turned to Sevenstep to build a true talent attraction program that would successfully engage this elusive tech talent pool. Read more about how Sevenstep’s deep heritage in tech recruiting helped to build 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 Solutions

Noelle Paras

A key hire for Sevenstep several years ago, Noelle is an Executive Director of Client Services and runs some of the company’s highest profile Project Solutions in addition to managing Enterprise RPO accounts with as many as 4,000 hires annually. Her industry specialties include consumer retail, healthcare and technology. Knowing that Project Solutions are uniquely focused and require a highly agile environment, Noelle and her team maintain a frequent reporting cadence and rapid feedback loops that allow Sevenstep to reach performance deliverables within the compressed timelines.