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Case study: Inside an "aggressive" global headhunting campaign

Randstad Sourceright has deployed market-leading data analysis and talent mapping strategies to help an employer reached its goal of hiring 150 hard-to-find specialists from across the globe.

The organisation needed white-collar construction specialists for new infrastructure projects in Australia and New Zealand, and realised a "post and pray" recruitment approach wouldn't cut it, says James Freer, ANZ head of RPO at Randstad Sourceright, which ran the campaign.

Meeting the target required sophisticated data analysis and talent intelligence reporting to inform decisions around who to approach, and how, he tells Shortlist. The specialised nature of the roles, local scarcity, and diversity targets called for a global approach – which meant factoring different visa requirements, role titles, and remuneration expectations into the process...