Case Study

Creative Total Talent Strategy Fuels Rapid Program Launch in New Location

Key Results

Core Challenges: Tight Deadlines, Inefficiencies and a Lack of Data

	New Market Entry: Recruiting for these roles in a new location pressured the client to understand the market and create a competitive hiring strategy quickly.
	Slow, Legacy Processes: Outdated recruiting methods delayed the client's ability to fill critical positions, risking project timelines.
	Insufficient Recruiting for Difficult Roles: An imbalance in recruiter focus limited the client's ability to efficiently tackle accredited roles in a niche industry (e.g., counselors, leadership and operational personnel), resulting in suboptimal strategies and related hiring outcomes.
	Reactive Hiring: A lack of predictive tools prevented the client from accurately forecasting staffing needs, leading to reactive hiring practices and missed opportunities for strategic talent planning.

Path to Success: Predictive Data and Flexible Strategy Yields On-Time Results

	Predicting High-Risk Requisitions: AI-driven, multi-factor analysis identified requisitions (reqs) at risk of aging and labeled them with a "specialty" status. Sevenstep supported these reqs with enhanced automated sourcing technology, advanced strategies (e.g., programmatic advertising, events, paid media, etc.) and targeted recruiter engagement to accelerate fulfillment.
	Implementing a Total Talent Approach: Sevenstep blended contingent labor and permanent hiring approaches to accelerate the client's EAP operations. By forecasting hiring needs through Sevayo® Insights and adopting a total talent strategy, we quickly filled immediate roles with skilled contingent workers while simultaneously sourcing permanent hires to meet long-term needs.
	Enhancing Recruiter Efficiency: Leveraging predictive data, Sevenstep targeted high-demand areas to optimize resource allocation, focusing recruiter efforts where they were most impactful. This streamlined recruitment workflows, reduced time-to-fill and prioritized critical roles, driving productivity gains and improving candidate satisfaction.
	Elevating the Candidate Experience: Tailored communications, a seamless interview process and a data-driven approach enhanced candidate satisfaction, strengthened the employer brand and increased referral applications by 15%.

Results: Enhanced Speed and High Satisfaction

• Rapid Contingent Workforce Deployment: Onboarded 20 contingent workers in 19 days, ensuring the Dublin EAP center opened on time

• Accelerated Permanent Hiring Process: Completed permanent hires with an average time-to-fill of 60 days over four months, 20% faster than industry standard

• 40% Faster Time-to-Fill for "Specialty" Roles: Reduced fill times for challenging roles using Sevayo® Insights' flagging system, triggering targeted resources and customized strategies

• 100% Offer Acceptance Rate: Demonstrated strong candidate engagement and alignment with organizational values, achieving a perfect offer acceptance rate

• High Project Satisfaction: Earned a net promoter score (NPS) of 76 for the EAP project, well above the EMEA client average and the common "good" benchmark of 30-50 in the region, with NPS measuring a client's likelihood to recommend Sevenstep

• Improved Predictive Model: Boosted algorithm accuracy from 87% to 95%, enhancing hiring and workforce planning outcomes