Case study

Global investment bank

Optimising recruitment efficiency and reducing cost.

The problem

A leading global financial institution needed to address a critical challenge: improving recruitment efficiency for key roles in their Operations teams.

Faced with intense competition for top-tier talent in growth locations, they required a solution to reduce time-to-hire, enhance the candidate experience, and align their hiring efforts with broader strategic goals - all while managing costs effectively.

Our plan

It was clear what we needed to do.

Accelerate time-to-hire for high priority roles, deliver an outstanding recruitment experience for candidates and stakeholders, and support long-term hiring strategies with scalable, cost-efficient solutions that leveraged our global talent expertise.

The solution

We embedded a team of hand-picked specialists to deliver a recruitment solution shaped to address the critical pain points.

Our team acted as an extension of our client’s TA function allowing us to inject our industry expertise and process improvement knowledge.

This approach enabled us to build trust with the client quickly, and embed best practice processes to deliver incredible results.

How we executed the solution

Our recruitment strategy was built to meet the client’s strategic objectives of hiring more effectively into key areas by reducing time-to-hire and cost.

We achieved this through finding innovative ways to increase the quality of applicants and improve internal processes.

We started out by conducting an end-to-end hiring process audit to identify and eliminate bottlenecks (such as unnecessary interview stages).

We then introduced structured hiring SLAs (Service Level Agreements) to ensure timely feedback and decision-making.

We leveraged our expertise in research and data to provide high-quality insights into candidate pools for in-demand roles.

Giving hiring managers real-time insight into candidate pools and market trends enabled quicker and more effective decision making.

We used technology and systems to increase efficiency (such as creating better visibility for hiring manager availability).

As well as moving fast, we also had a relentless focus on creating a candidate experience that matched our client’s employer brand.

By giving candidates an authentic insight into a career at our client from the first interaction, we created a much higher level of engagement.

This had the benefit of candidates being much more informed as they went into interviews and allowed us to ensure candidates were suited to the client from the outset, improving the quality of interviews and successful outcomes.

The results

Our partnership delivered impactful results within the first year.

  • Efficient process, fast hires

    Improved processes saw time-to-hire reduced by over a third in comparison to industry averages.

  • Major cost savings

    We saved the client several million dollars over the course of 12 months.

  • Elevated candidate experience

    The client received very positive feedback from candidates about their recruitment experience.

  • Operational excellence

    Used talent mapping and market insights to guide hiring strategies and set realistic expectations.

  • Data driven approach

    Delivered regular hiring insights to help the client adapt to market changes and refine workforce planning.

  • Flexibility and scalability

    A flexible and scalable recruitment solution that can react quickly to business requirements.

How can a global partner impact your business?

Partnering with a talent solutions specialist with expertise in global talent markets delivers key advantages.

  • A global approach ensures that organisations can tap into wider networks of skilled professionals to meet unique hiring needs.

  • Our people specialise in best practice techniques that drive efficiency and quality. Through implementing best practice techniques to drive better hiring processes, significant cost savings can be achieved.

  • We work as a partner to leverage data and insights to inform our clients on global recruitment trends that drive better, quicker decision making, whether that is for your TA strategy as a whole, or for a specific business need.

  • We provide flexible, globally informed strategies that enable businesses to adapt quickly to changing recruitment demands.

  • We care deeply about our clients’ reputations. As such, creating a candidte experience that reflects your employer brand is core to the solution we provide. It creates engagement from the first interaction, ensures that higher quality candidates are entered into the recruitment process and improves interview to hire ratio.

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