Challenges
To support its rapid growth across the globe, a global life sciences organization needed support attracting and retaining a wide range of talent, including experts in research and development, manufacturing, marketing, IT and senior management.
The demand for top-quality talent outranks supply in each of these areas, and the company recognized the need for external, strategic recruitment support. After a comprehensive evaluation of Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) providers, the firm chose to partner with Cielo.
Solutions
After conducting an in-depth audit of the company's talent sourcing capacity, Cielo implemented a hybrid recruitment approach. This strategy incorporated the life science leader's internal, full-time recruiters in addition to an embedded team of full-time Cielo recruiters operating out of the U.S. and U.K. To ensure optimal use of resources and activate the strengths of this new team, hiring was segmented in the following ways:
- For roles with extensive pools of active, qualified candidates – both locally and globally – the company’s in-house recruiters worked with support from Cielo to increase productivity and efficiency.
- For roles with a relatively small pool of qualified candidates – either locally or globally – Cielo’s dedicated talent acquisition team led the way.
- Particularly hard to fill and senior roles with a short supply of passive candidates were handled by Cielo as well.
This segmentation of roles across the company’s worldwide operations enables TA leadership to deploy resources in the most effective and impactful way, substantially reducing time to hire and dependence on agencies, as well as maximizing direct hiring opportunities.
Results
The partnership has expanded beyond the scope of traditional RPO relationships. Cielo’s Executive Search capabilities help the company fill senior, business-critical roles by identifying and accessing the best talent not just domestically but worldwide. The team also:
• Reduced overall costs for the firm by more than 30%
• Optimized engagement, candidate experience and satisfaction
• Increased employer branding effectiveness
About the client
A global life sciences organization with facilities in 75 countries and more than 24,000 employees.
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