CASE STUDY
Leading Global Biotechnology Company Partners with Astrix to Enhance Recruitment Efforts and Overcome Current Hiring Obstacles
The client opened a new facility and needed to ramp up operations within a limited six-month timeframe. They urgently needed to fill 40+ roles within a single quarter. The location and scarcity of qualified talent made these positions particularly challenging to fill.
Skill Sets Supported: Instrumentation Specialists, Technical Managers, Chemists, Manufacturing Technicians, QA Associates, and Software Engineers.
Business Problem
- The client’s talent acquisition department faced challenges in hiring talent quickly and struggled to find qualified candidates for their manufacturing sites located in areas with lower population density.
- They had limited access to hiring tools and resources that limited the talent acquisition department’s ability to effectively source and
attract candidates. - They experienced significant delays in filling roles that reached upwards of two months.
- They were in need of a dependable staffing partner with a strong pipeline of candidates with backgrounds in the scientific field and hiring tool
resources. This was essential to ensure that their positions could be filled quickly to meet their business needs. - The client sought a staffing partner who could effectively advocate for their company and share their vision, benefits, and mission with potential
candidates.
Astrix’s Solution
- Partnered with key stakeholders to create a customized delivery strategy to reduce time to fill and plan to attract and retain candidates.
- Provided four dedicated scientific recruiters with extensive experience supporting biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and had a robust pipeline of qualified candidates with the experience needed in the client’s specific location.
- Enabled access to multiple hiring tools and contractor benefits through partnership with Astrix and created custom resources to highlight client’s vision, mission, and values leading to a significant increase in attracting qualified candidates.
- Created a college recruitment plan by partnering with local colleges to educate students, provide resume review, and career guidance to promote client and provide access to more candidates.
Results
- Provided qualified candidates within 2 days and reduced time to fill from 2 months to 1 week.
- Filled over 74% of roles allowing client to scale quickly to meet their business demands and increase revenue.
- Decreased attrition due to Astrix’s ability to advocate for the client and extensive benefit offerings for
contractors.
