Banking on Talent: Sourcing Hundreds of Tech Pros for Financial Services

Situation 

A leading financial services organization was undertaking a digital transformation project to adapt to how their customer wanted to bank—shifting from in-branch and to online and in-app. However, with demand for technology professionals in the UK increasing by more than 40%, the client needed support and asked PeopleScout to manage specialist hiring for five role profiles within their technology team, including customer journey managers, technical delivery managers and product owners.  

The client required us to launch the project RPO immediately to meet their recruitment goals.   

Solution 

We mobilized a dedicated specialist tech recruiting team in just five days. The team included experienced tech recruiters which expedited the screening process. In parallel, we devised a recruitment marketing strategy utilizing job boards and social media campaigns to attract applications from qualified talent.  

Our tech recruiters proactively sourced and headhunted candidates with in-demand technology profiles and in hard-to-fill locations. We supported the full candidate lifecycle including attraction, sourcing, sifting, screening, interview scheduling and offer management using the client’s ATS and other systems. Throughout the project we worked collaboratively with the client to respond to their changing requirements. 

Results 

During the three-month project, we conducted in depth, technical screening calls with over 430 candidates, and we were able to shortlist and present 297 qualified candidates for the roles—all while adhering to stringent financial services regulations. We achieved an interview to offer ratio of 1.5:1, and 94% of candidates who received offers accepted.  

The client was happy with the consistent support they received from PeopleScout. They commended our commitment to innovative approaches and were pleased that we kept the project on track despite obstacles, all whilst prioritizing candidate experience.