How to Hire Top Contingent Talent Without an Expensive Third-Party Recruiter

Operating without the talent you need costs money. Lost opportunities because of staffing shortages or bandwidth issues eat into your bottom line long-term. Burning out your existing, shorthanded staff leads to greater turnover, which is even worse for your company’s financial health. Many firms, then, understandably turn to what they see as the experts in staffing, to help them get the talent they need when they need it.

The only problem: working with recruiting firms can be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming.

Hiring people the traditional way takes so long, the average mid-sized company in the U.S. works with 12 different staffing vendors to get the talent they need when they need it. And even if they manage to fill your position with a candidate in a timely fashion (which only happens a fraction of the time), the majority of recruiters charge between 15% and 25% of the candidate’s total first-year annual earnings. As supply chain issues continue to muddy multiple markets and the number of contingent workers increases, this cost will only rise.

Many organizations are initially eager to outsource hiring talent, particularly contingent healthcare and technology talent, to a recruiter. They believe it is too time-consuming to do it themselves and do not trust that they would be able to find the right candidate without assistance. But the companies who use AI-driven direct sourcing platforms to quality and match ready-to-work candidates have proven that employers can find the right candidates at the right time. And the benefit? No expensive third-party recruiter necessary and opportunity to connect directly.

Here’s why direct sourcing is a hiring strategy you need to adopt, and how SkillGigs is transforming the hiring process for companies who need qualified healthcare and technology professionals now.

Why Direct Sourcing is Taking Off

Direct sourcing for talent refers to any method a company uses to directly interact with and hire potential candidates for job openings, without using a third-party recruiter.

It saves time and money by eliminating the need for a recruiter to painstakingly go through possibly outdated lists of potential candidates, reaching out individually to people who might not even be interested in your position.

Direct sourcing is not a brand-new concept, either. According to recent research by Staffing Industry Analysts, at least 60 percent of staffing leaders say they are familiar with direct sourcing and implementing direct sourcing programs in the next two years.

Companies that use direct sourcing eliminate the cost of third-party recruiters without sacrificing quality. They can set up a meticulous screening procedure to weed out less qualified candidates and guarantee that only people with the abilities, expertise, and personality for the organization get an interview, without any misunderstandings or delays from a third-party recruiter (who might not have the most immediate, up-to-date lists of candidates who would actually be interested in interviewing).

SkillGigs, Inc. is an ecommerce talent marketplace that pairs skilled healthcare and technology job seekers with AI-matched work opportunities.

Proven direct sourcing technologies, like SkillGigs, are now accessible with procedures, systems, and platforms already in place to support a more efficient, real-time, forward-looking hiring strategy.

How SkillGigs Eliminates the Need for a Third-Party Recruiter

SkillGigs, Inc. is an ecommerce talent marketplace that pairs skilled healthcare and technology job seekers with AI-matched work opportunities. Our patented AI software matches talent with jobs tailored to their skills, while giving companies with open positions strong candidates who are ready to work—all without a single recruiter.

Employers who use SkillGigs to find their talent post their openings to our highly responsive, constantly refreshed talent marketplace, full of users who have already uploaded their credentials and built out their professional profiles using our patented 3D Resume technology. This helps them get matched quickly with job openings that fit their skill set—and the more they interact with our platform by indicating they are interested or not interested in a job, the better our proprietary AI algorithm matches them with opportunities. From there, companies can directly submit bids to potential talent with compensation offers and schedule interviews according to their process.

SkillGigs is able to help companies figure out how much to bid on potential talent, eliminating tedious back-and-forth with recruiters about salary and compensation. We collect information about supply and demand, work hours, and budgets in markets nationwide, which makes it easier to get the data that helps you figure out that magic number might be for competitive pay.