New solution leverages leading tech and automation to identify, engage and hire in-demand permanent and contingent talent, fast.
CHICAGO – August 15, 2024 – PeopleScout, a TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) company and global talent solutions leader, today announced the launch of its Direct Sourcing solution, powered by their proprietary talent technology, Affinix™. This innovative, AI-driven offering addresses one of the most critical challenges facing employers today: uncovering hard-to-find talent ahead of the competition.
PeopleScout’s Direct Sourcing solution helps employers identify and engage both active and passive qualified candidates, for permanent or contingent roles, to meet their immediate hiring needs while building a sustainable talent pipeline for the future.
With PeopleScout’s Direct Sourcing, employers can:
- Hire faster. Always-on talent pools provide on-demand access to qualified and engaged candidates to fill talent gaps quickly.
- Cut costs. AI-powered sourcing enables smarter media spending and eliminates the need for staffing agencies.
- Improve hire quality. Custom matching criteria ensures candidate fit for both the role and organizational culture.
- Gain flexibility. Regular access to qualified candidates, referrals and former employees enables easy adjustments to changing workforce needs.
- Improve the candidate experience. Direct, personal and meaningful interactions with candidates give them the experience they’ve come to expect as consumers, foster transparency and trust throughout the hiring process, and reduce candidate drop-out.
- Gain data-driven insights. Detailed analytics help uncover top talent behaviors to predict cultural fit, willingness to change jobs and future tenure potential.
- Meet diversity goals. Identify, select and engage candidates with targeted efforts to increase workforce diversity.
- Build brand loyalty. Organizations showcase their company culture and values, and become an employer of choice, through relevant and engaging employer brand touchpoints.
“At PeopleScout, we continue to elevate the way our clients connect with top talent by developing tech-enabled solutions that address their unique total talent needs,” said Rick Betori, President of PeopleScout. “Our Direct Sourcing solution drives unparalleled value for employers by empowering them to discover, engage and hire the talent they need today, while laying the framework for a more agile, future-proof workforce.”
PeopleScout’s Direct Sourcing offers a 360-degree approach to quickly uncovering and effectively engaging talent—helping employers cut costs, gain flexibility and improve candidate quality—all while leveraging the power of their own brand. PeopleScout’s Direct Sourcing features:
- Omni-Channel Sourcing: Allows employers to engage top talent through multiple channels, including custom career sites, programmatic advertising and expression of interest forms.
- Smart Search: Simultaneously searches across more than 25 global job sites, like LinkedIn and Indeed, using AI to identify strong passive and active candidates among more than 1.3 billion jobseeker profiles—all within minutes of a new job requisition being opened.
- Talent Rediscovery: AI-powered tools automatically compare open job descriptions with existing candidate profiles—from silver and bronze medalists to contractors and alumni—rediscovering qualified candidates already in an employer’s database.
- Nurture Campaigns: Targeted communication touchpoints re-engage passive candidates, alumni and referrals—keeping the employer brand top-of-mind.
PeopleScout’s Direct Sourcing is tailored to meet the specific needs of individual organizations—regardless of size, talent requirements or recruitment budget. It can also be integrated with existing vendor management systems (VMS) for contingent talent recruitment.
PeopleScout’s Direct Sourcing solution is powered by the company’s proprietary talent technology suite, Affinix. Affinix is a mobile-first, cloud-based platform that creates a consumer-like candidate experience, delivering speed and scalability through its use of artificial intelligence, recruitment marketing, machine learning, predictive analytics and other emerging tech.
Elevate your connection to top talent and learn more about PeopleScout Direct Sourcing here.
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