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Hello,
My organization is in the midst of a radical IT Transformation. We've historically not had a very strong Technical Recruiting function but will have 100+ brand new roles in our new organizat
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posted at 8/3/2011 5:56 PM EDT
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Hello,
My organization is in the midst of a radical IT Transformation. We've historically not had a very strong Technical Recruiting function but will have 100+ brand new roles in our new organization that will require us to tap into the external market for in the next few months. The more networking I do, the more it appears there is no such things a strong national IT recruiting firm (other than the real big players like RobertHalf Tech). My questions is, has anyone supporting an IT org and/or their org's recruiting function been able to isolate any strong national players or solely key regional shops? If there are no mentionable national firms in your perspective, please share your thoughts about key regional players. Please respond if you can as ANY help is greatly appreciated. Cheers Matt |
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Trying to determine preferred agency/vendor list - IT Headhunters National &/or Regional
posted at 8/4/2011 3:11 AM EDT
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Personally, if I was in your shoes I'd hire a couple of highly experienced technical recruiters (as employees, on the payroll but with an end date to their employment terms so you can let them go easily without potential legal issues when their job is done) to handle this project for you in-house. This will be much cheaper in the long run and gives you greater control over the process. |
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Trying to determine preferred agency/vendor list - IT Headhunters National &/or Regional
posted at 8/4/2011 4:36 AM EDT
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Agree with HRBTH and might go further. If you have 100 new staffers and if they averaged $75,000 in base pay per year, you would be looking at recruiting fees of $1,500,000 easily.
Put a proposal to management that only spends say $500,000 on recuriters and you just saved the firm one million dollars. If it were me, I would hire sourcers, recruiters and a manager. This is a major project and deserves the resources it needs. |
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Trying to determine preferred agency/vendor list - IT Headhunters National &/or Regional
posted at 8/4/2011 4:40 AM EDT
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hrbth
Thanks for your reply. Good idea! We are in fact hiring a small team of technical recruiters in addition to organizing our agency efforts. Even the best technical recruiters won't be able to move fast enough (w/out agency help) given our specific enviroment and goals. So, who has referrals both nationally and regionally for IT headhunters?! Has anyone heard of an agency on the list below?? - Talener Group - Brown Phoenix Forbes - Next Steps Systems - Sogeti - ProKarma SPECIALIST - JW Michaels & Co - Benchmark IT - WildCog â Bay Area Thanks again! Matt |
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Trying to determine preferred agency/vendor list - IT Headhunters National &/or Regional
posted at 8/5/2011 4:01 PM EDT
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Not aware of any of those firms. But I would endorse the advice already given - in house contract recruiters who know your market will be a far faster and cheaper alternative to outside recruiting agencies. |
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Re: Trying to determine preferred agency/vendor list - IT Headhunters National &/or Regional
posted at 10/5/2011 4:25 PM EDT
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In Response to Trying to determine preferred agency/vendor list - IT Headhunters National &/or Regional: Personally, I think a combined approach of internal recruiters supplemented by some agencies on more difficult positions. I would chose several agencies that specialize in different areas of IT. A lot of times a boutique firm might be the way to go. For example, I work for a consulting firm and we specialize in a few niches. We know a lot about certain ERP and BI systems but are not strong in other areas, such as Network professionals. Could we recruit for them? Yes. However, we are best at our specialties and have a broad network of contacts with that have specific experience. We have more than just general IT knowledge. So, lets say you have PeopleSoft as your ERP system, find a couple of firms that specialize in PeopleSoft, because they understand it better than a general firm and are going to have more contacts. I would also talk to some people in IT and see if managers and/or directors have particular agencies that they've had good experiences with, what needs they have, and what has or hasn't worked in the past. |
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