Transactional Sourcing Firm vs Value Added Sourcing Firm

Type of Firm Typical Transactional Sourcing Firm
 
Value Added Sourcing Firm (TackyMinds)

 
Sourcing Strategy - Does the firm help you assess your sourcing strategy? If no strategy in place does it help in crafting one?
 
No Yes
Req Synopsis - Does the firm analyze the requisition from a localized viable delivery standpoint?
 
No Yes
Req Customization - Does the firm help with customizing the job req as per the local region? Focus on appeal, aesthetic value, completeness, call to action?
 
No Yes
Eco System Research - Does the firm undertake extensive research in the local market to understand the company’s local ecosystem. This includes partners, customers, vendors, competitors.
No Yes
Internet Research - Does the firm research local recruiting practices and norms? From a sourcing standpoint what channels yield the highest ROI? What is the optimal way to maximize passive candidate reach?
 
No Yes
Pipeline Building - Does the firm work a comprehensive pipeline building strategy? What core skillsets to focus on and how to populate and maintain a solid pipeline for the future?
 
No Yes
Post Mortem - Once the req is closed, does the firm undertake a complete end to end analysis on where execution was strong and where action was lacking or was wrongly directed?
 
No Yes
Knowledge Base - Upon project completion does the form capture all learnings and deliver them to the customer as a knowledge base.
 
No Yes
Best Practices - Does the firm help in setting up industry best practices to help the company develop robust sourcing processes, technology, systems and personnel?
 
No Yes
Guarantee - Does the firm guarantee to better your sourcing effort or your money back?
 
No Yes

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