Case Study

How recruitment agency BOLD People increased its talent pool and placements with The Selection Lab

Challenges

  • Scarcity in the labour market caused BOLD People to struggle to fill all openings at a Dutch bank where a bachelors degree was a requirement.
  • Banks did not dare deviate from their education requirement for candidates without some form of evidence.
  • This excluded (unfairly) many candidates.

Solutions

  • In collaboration with The Selection Lab, BOLD People was able to demonstrate that candidates have a higher educational level (even if they did not have a bachelor degree).
  • As a result, the bank relaxed the hard requirement for a bachelors degree to demonstrate they had a sufficient intelligence level.
  • As a result, BOLD People had a larger candidate pool at their disposal and could place >10% more candidates.

Core Outcome #1

The number of successful placements increased by more than 10%.

Core Outcome #2

The quality of applicants remained as high as before.

Core Outcome #3

Substantial time savings through high user-friendliness.

‘We are very satisfied. The tool is very user-friendly and because of the affortable pricing, we also save a lot in costs.’

Evelien Kramer
Manager Detachering BOLD People