The top three reasons direct sourcing needs to be part of your MSP solution design 

An MSP program can support all your external workforce needs, including the niche talent that your organization needs to deliver critical skills and roles. To have the best opportunity to engage these candidates, a direct sourcing solution will elevate your brand and have a community where they'll be nurtured and ready to step in when your organization needs them.

Additionally, direct sourcing also gives an alternate engagement choice to any qualified candidates attracted to working for your brand, but who may not have found a permanent role within your organization. Through this elevated approach to engagement, you can build a talent pipeline beyond what the suppliers in your MSP program may generate. Here are the top three reasons you need direct sourcing as part of your MSP solution below.

#1: Access to niche skills 

Whether it's a regulatory or clinical role to a cybersecurity specialist or data scientist, you can work with your direct sourcing partner to build those skillsets into your direct sourcing solution. These candidates know they are in demand, and they are setting the rules on how they want to work, how they prefer to be engaged, and which brands they will associate their skills with. By intentionally building a talent pipeline with your gold medalists and through elevated sourcing efforts to find, engage, and keep this talent warm for when you need them, you will have direct access to them when your organization needs them. 

#2: Positive impact on the candidate experience 

Having a direct connection to your organization through a talent community, where they're kept informed of potential opportunities and what's going on at your company, helps candidates grow a stronger connection to your brand. When this nurturing and engagement happens through a partner who understands what talent needs, uses data to establish when and how often to communicate, and uses talent intelligence to share knowledge and connection opportunities, you will stand out to this niche talent.  When you have a role that opens where you need to access their skills, you'll have the right team eager to engage in your projects. 

#3: Our client-branded communities are owned by our clients 

While in a traditional MSP, most talent is aligned to a supplier, in a direct sourcing model, the organization owns the built-in talent community. All potential candidates, both engaged and nurtured, are connected to your brand, regardless of the relationship with your MSP provider. 

While there's many other reasons why you should consider adding a direct sourcing component to your MSP program, these three stand out. Direct sourcing provides you with niche or hard-to-find skills that you may need, and it also provides them in a quicker timeframe. With the built-in components to elevate the candidate experience, candidates will also be willing to return based on need, and you'll have instant, direct access to the community thanks to previous setup.

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