How this Indian staffing firm with a social DNA lands top talent
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Industry: Search & Staffing
Employee Size: 15
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Social CEO Dharmesh Thakkar knows his way around social networks. With a near-perfect LinkedIn
profile, all it takes is 5 minutes to get to know the
founder behind Dots Connect – a new-age staffing firm.
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It therefore came as no surprise when in 2009, he decided to take the path less travelled and model his own staffing company on his personal comfort with social.
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So, Dots Connect
was born with a
social DNA.
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Which quickly helped
founder Dharmesh
Thakkar move on from
being a 2-member team
working out of his home,
to renting an office
space within 6 months.
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By 2016…
FUN AT WORK
TRAINING
He had a set of
very loyal
clients.His founding
employees were
still with him.
He grew to have
15 employees.
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But how did
LinkedIn help the
team scale up?
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By growing the business
1Found and connected with new
clients on LinkedIn.
2Led branding efforts by being a
social CEO.
3Used social recruiting tools like
LinkedIn recruiter and job slots to
source and hire.
LinkedIn Next Gen Recruiter
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1Assessed hiring manager recruiting preferences by
looking at their LinkedIn profile and their past hires.
2Gained a deeper knowledge of company culture
and leadership thinking via company and career
pages of their clients.
Helping understand their clients better
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PHP
UI/UX DesignerHTML
QA Mgr.
Mobile
Sales Manager
Product Manager
(Mobile, web,
analytics)
Java
Dots Connect
and filling a range of skills/positions their clients needed
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The result was business growth
and higher efficiency
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Reversal of
recruiting mix
4X RoI
RoI
4X
Efficient
selection ratio
of 1:5
Financial
investment in
recovered in just
6 months
Traditional Recruiting
Social Recruiting
60 %40 %
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“In a few years, LinkedIn will be the
only place to be. We believe in using
social to recruit the best talent to help
our clients stay cutting-edge in a rapidly
growing & changing environment.”
Dharmesh Thakkar
Social CEO
Dots Connect
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