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A direct sourcing platform is a recruitment tool that empowers organizations to leverage their brand to attract talent directly, organize them within the platform, and can engage and interact directly to fill full-time and contingent roles. These platforms are the technology enabling tools that create strategic talent acquisition processes and proactive talent communities. 

Managed direct sourcing providers are experts in delivering workforce solution services, acting on behalf of an organization, managing and engaging with the talent communities housed in the direct sourcing platform. This team is responsible for managing the technology that powers the solution, and ensures delivery excellence for the enterprise direct sourcing strategy.

Direct sourcing is not a new term, but has seen increased interest from buyers over the last several years. While organizations require many of the same dependencies from a client, and promise mirrored benefits, the process itself is skewed. At the end of the day, a buyer may cease to leverage an unadopted technology, or become disengaged with a service partner that performs as a master vendor. This result is based on the interpretation of the definition for the solution itself, when purely focused on the cost savings benefits. However, direct sourcing can achieve far more than what it currently bears today. It is a talent attraction strategy that should be launched with the utmost care to ensure the employer value prop is promoted and protected.

Not only have our experts at Corvus Strategic Advisors successfully launched a number of direct sourcing programs, but have served as key advisors in the workflow development for several platforms that enable these strategies. Key areas of work that have been conducted include:

• Analysis to determine company need and readiness for program implementation.
• Market research, RFI, and RFP preparation to determine ideal technology partner and/or service partner for enablement.
• Full operational guidance and procedure creation for scalable process.
• Change management communication and training plans for program adherence.
• Creating and project planning for pilot programs that are then tested and measured.

Direct sourcing can be an advantageous addition to an enterprise as its people attraction strategy. In an age where combating the war for talent is constant, and the prioritization of company culture is prevalent, Corvus Strategic Advisors is poised to provide their expertise to help you navigate this landscape, and ensure foundational principles are established.