A Digital Innovation Firm with a Focus on Healthcare Doubles Hard-to-Fill Technology Hires Across its Portfolio of Companies

CASE STUDY

  • Challenges
  • Approach
  • Results
Challenges

Hiring Volume: 100 – 700 hires

Geography: United States

Roles:

Project Manager, Product Manager, Software Engineer, Software Q&A Engineer, UX/UI Engineer

Specific Challenges:

  • The Head of Talent needed to scale the internal team to meet demand across the firm’s portfolio of companies
  • Technology jobs were critically important to support the surge of digital transformation initiatives such as Telehealth that were accelerated by the pandemic
  • Hiring within a highly competitive talent market and segment, e.g., the technology industry in the Greater Boston area
Approach

Solution Type: Project RPO

Geography: End-to-end

Highlighted Strategies:

  • Sevenstep created a flexible contract approach intended for scale; forecasting volume was difficult due to the start-up nature of many of the companies; initial estimate was for 200 hires in 2021
  • Geared initial model to on-demand; Sevenstep embedded its processes into the existing applicant tracking system (ATS), complete with Sevayo®
Challenges

Hiring Volume: 500+ hires annually

Geography: US with Midwest focus on 4 separate locations in Ohio and Michigan

Roles:

Bank Call Center, Mortgage Bankers, Financial Sales Specialists, Credit Card Specialists, Bilingual Team Sales Managers, Team Sales Managers

Specific Challenges:

  • Unpredictable hiring volumes
  • New business acquisition created rapid change management needs
  • Attrition levels within certain hiring categories
  • Heavy competitor landscape for target talent making job postings less effective