Over the course of the pandemic, many companies experienced new pressures when it came to talent acquisition. With candidates scarce and wages rising, competition for talent heated up. The power shifted over to the employee—particularly for highly-skilled, experienced candidates.
These workforce trends further elevated the role of the executive search firm and staffing agencies, which are growing in size, scope and reach right along with their client bases. In many cases, these companies’ business systems haven’t kept up with that expansion. As a result, many executive search firms and staffing agencies have poor access to data, minimal automation and no way to generate real-time reporting for their expansive operations.
This playbook explores some of the key technology roadblocks that these agencies are managing right now. It also explains how cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), when implemented and supported by a partner that understands the executive search firm and staffing world, can help companies consolidate their systems, save money and gain access to valuable data.
