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While many consulting firms try to compete in the IT
staffing market, most are unsuccessful. The techniques needed
to manage their resource pool and anticipate future demand
for particular skills are vastly different than providing
other IT solutions. Their lack of staffing experience
prohibits them from filling requests with a quality resource
in a timely manner. Hi-Tech Solutions, Inc., has proven
methods that allow our staff augmentation practice to
achieve the same successful results as our IT consulting
practice.
By understanding the technologies used by our clients, and
examining the trends seen by other companies using similar
technologies, we can better estimate the future requirements
for particular skills. We can develop new skills within our
existing consultants, begin recruiting consultants with a
particular skill, or use a combination of these methods.
Another practice which allows our company to succeed in the
staff augmentation sector is the close relationships our
recruiters have with our account managers. By having
visibility into our current engagements and marketing
pipeline, our recruiters are able to evaluate resumes and
recruit for immediate, as well as anticipated needs.
When we receive a requisition we are unable to staff
internally, we can query this collection of deferred resumes
to quickly identify a particular resource. This enables HTS
to fill the requisition quickly without sacrificing our
rigorous quality requirements. This model has proven
successful with current clients and has allowed us to expand
our staff augmentation capabilities to fill requisitions in
over 50 different job categories. By continuously examining
and refining this process, we have significantly reduced the
time needed to find qualified candidates and increasing our
overall placement rates.
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