World’s Largest Electrical Engineering and Electronics Company Gains Competitive Edge through Proactive Recruiting

Business Need

One of the world's largest electrical engineering and electronics companies required a solution for accessing and acquiring highly qualified employees. Simply filing the position was not enough. The client wanted to be sure they were engaging the best industry expertise on innovative recruiting strategies. They required a recruitment solution that would assist in the acquisition of top talent and give their organization the edge to maintain their industry leading competitive advantage.

Our Strategy

In addition to incorporating robust sourcing plans per position and location, The RightThing incorporated a prescreen methodology into the recruitment strategy. Potential candidates were evaluated early in the process to determine if they met the ambitious criteria for moving forward. The top candidates presented to the hiring managers for review were greatly improved as a result of this customized screening assessment. In addition, the timeliness of quality candidates being presented to the hiring management team resulted in reduced cycle time to fill the positions.

Return on Investment

  • Support approximately 10,000 hires annually
  • Implemented robust sourcing/recruiting plans per location 
  • Improved candidate experience and reduced error rates by leveraging technology 
  • Enhanced associate supplier terms, deliverables, relationships 
  • Centralized key transactional tasks 
  • Increased staffing partner productivity by 30% within first 9 months 
  • Improved cost per hire aggregate by 2% over initial target within first 7 months 
  • Improved time to fill by 13.5% above and beyond initial target within first 6 months
  • Stats
    • 26,243 candidates in our proactive recruiting database
    • 28,955 candidates phone interviewed
    • 1,785 hires

Sustaining the Success

The RightThing continues to enhance the recruitment process by driving more standardization in staffing across the company; improving the experience for the candidate, hiring manager and staffing employee; and leveraging a proactive “pipeline” of candidates.