Streamlining Recruitment and Minimizing Turnover for a Healthcare Research Organization

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Case Study

Streamlining Recruitment and Minimizing Turnover for a Healthcare Research Organization

Skill Sets Supported

Research Technicians, Animal Caretakers, Case Wash Technicians, Animal Technicians (Large and Small), Biorepository Technicians, Animal Research Support Specialists, Husbandry and Operations Managers, QA Directors, Animal Facility Supervisors, Technical Operations Supervisors, and BioRC Lab Managers

Business Problem

Lack of qualified candidates to fill open positions.
Client’s HR team was slow to respond to department hiring needs due to conflicting priorities.
Positions open for too long adversely impacted department operations and goals.
Increased turnover and costs and led to decreased productivity.
Miscommunication and lack of transparency from the client’s existing Managed Service Provider (MSP) about available resources

Results

Successfully filled 95% of open roles.
Reduced time to fill open rate for Animal Science roles, Cage Wash Technicians, and Animal Caretakers.
Reduced turnover in historically high turnover roles.
Astrix’s performance and success resulted in expanding support to additional departments experiencing similar challenges.
Astrix earned exclusive staffing partner status

Astrix Solution

Developed relationships with department management to uncover staffing challenges and present solutions.
Introduced a temporary-to-hire model to provide flexibility and quickly fill openings with qualified candidates.
Provided dedicated and experienced animal science recruiters to fully support management and staff needs.
Implemented strategic recruitment initiatives, including but not limited to building a pipeline of qualified animal science candidates.
Created a partnership with existing MSP to ensure proper onboarding and compliance