WiPro - niche skills requirements
Customer: WiPro
Solution: Permanent Recruitment Services
Situation
Following the acquisition of SAIC Oil & Gas Consulting in April 2011 by Wipro, ReThink Energy was approached to assist in the rapid expansion plans for the RTDM practice within Europe. WiPro needed ten senior consultants/systems engineers with OSIsoft Pi skills across the UK, Holland and Italy within the Real-Time Controls & Automation practice to start within two months of interview.
WiPro faced many challenges in finding the right people with these niche skills. There was a general lack of specialist knowledge from recruiters and they had difficulty sourcing specialist skills that are typically only exist in the 'passive' candidate pool. Time was of the essence so long winded recruitment processes that resulted in quality candidates taking other opportunities was not an option.
ReThink’s Approach
We organised two consecutive recruitment days at Wipro's London offices. Our recruitment day model was developed specifically to overcome the challenges that businesses face when seeking to make multiple hires in a short period of time.
Prior to the recruitment days, the following tasks were undertaken:
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WiPro/ReThink meeting to understand the requirements and define the process
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Search conducted across candidate network channels to source, attract and secure niche skills
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Telephone screening
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Reference checks for all 'first cut' potential candidates
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First face to face candidate interviews with ReThink
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ReThink selected shortlist of potential candidates
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Wipro/ReThink conference call to review candidate profiles and agree those to be invited to the recruitment days
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Logistical planning of the recruitment days, interview time scheduling, travel arrangements etc. were conducted by ReThink
Results
"After months of searching for high quality professionals to join our practice, with no success, ReThink Energy were able to pull on their industry network to identify great candidates for us; understanding the time pressures we work under, ReThink Energy conducted initial screening interviews and presented a shortlist of candidates, each with a set of briefing notes containing all key information needed to make a decision on each candidate.
They then arranged an interview day, so that for an investment of a single day we were able to secure a number of great additions to our team. Thank you for such a great service".
AVP Petroleum Services Practice Lead, Wipro
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