Every aspect of our lives is increasingly driven by technology. Over the course of the collaboration with this pioneering customer, Guidant Global has consistently helped integrate the latest tech into their staffing practices. 

This case study examines the transformative impact of Guidant Global's embedded STEM talent model at a Fortune 500 US-based energy corporation. Our solution has empowered the customer to swiftly scale their contingent workforce and gain direct access to essential technology skillsets. By working closely with our client, our team identified and understood their challenges, shared specialist insights, and challenged traditional thinking.  

The results of this partnership are continuing to develop for Amway, but for me, the fact that I’m getting fantastic feedback on the Guidant Global team – with people pro-actively telling me how customer orientated and services minded they are – really highlights that this partnership works. 

- Justin Sellers, Global Category Leader, Professional Services and Temporary Labor at Amway

"We have a long-standing relationship with Guidant and are always looking at innovative ways of working. The past 18 months have seen a transformation in the way we operate together, and we are now working closely on several recruitment campaigns. The result of this has been extraordinary and has been essential in ensuring our continued success”  

Resourcing Manager

“Guidant picked up our recruitment with only two months’ notice and rapidly built a customer focused onsite team to manage the recruitment activities. The challenge involved setting up and embedding a new operating model across a large area at a time of high volume and specialist resourcing needs. Against an initial forecast of 400 vacancies in the first 12-month period, Guidant filled 500 roles within the first 9 months of the contract, including many short notice, high volume recruitment campaigns.  

- HR Business Partner 

By 2022, a Fortune 500 U.S. energy company was investing heavily in its Enterprise Help Desk but struggling to achieve the stability and performance expected from that level of investment. Turnover was high, candidate quality was uneven, and managers were spending far too much time hiring instead of leading. Guidant Global partnered with the organization to change how the help desk was staffed and managed, introducing a sole‑source delivery model focused on ownership, retention, and productivity. The result was a measurable improvement in performance that held over time, not just during the initial reset.

"Customer satisfaction is continually high and the strength of our working partnership [with guidant] is excellent. I am very impressed in their professionalism and their commitment to continuous improvement, they are very much a part of our team and I look forward to continued delivery contributing to our commercial success." 

- Head of EU Resourcing 

A global mining company chose to partner with us as they were seeking one global program to improve efficiency and ease of use for hiring managers who recruit for largely STEM roles globally. They were looking for global expertise to deliver a single point of contact; consistent, streamlined reporting; improved governance and greater cost controls.

The real key to this program’s success is our strong client sponsorship. Starting with the executive sponsorship of the CIO, we have complete support and alignment with Guidant Global. This has enabled successful change management and opened avenues to present the SOW Management business case directly to key stakeholders.

Our client is a global technology leader and has partnered with us for over two decades to evolve their workforce solutions. Initially focused on contingent labor in the USA, our services expanded to include SOW and Services Procurement. Over the last five years, we’ve broadened our reach and strengthened global operations by refining service delivery, optimizing VMS configurations, and enhancing usage across regions, offering consistent, scalable, and strategic workforce solutions worldwide. 

Guidant is always looking to create true partnerships with clients, where we work in collaboration to deliver exceptional results. This process illustrates the positive effects of approaching recruitment in this way. 

“The female talent attraction campaign in partnership with Guidant Global has given us the opportunity to reflect on the way Airbus recruits and thinks about its Aircraft Fitter workforce. The increase in female applicants for these roles is helping us to bring about change, and the diversity of backgrounds in the business ensures we continue to challenge the way that we do things.”

Airbus

Our client: A global leader in household and beauty technology innovation seeking to elevate the recruitment, management, and development of both their contingent and permanent workforce.  

“We’re never complacent – that’s why placement quality is one of our key performance indicators. Placement quality is a measure of work orders that continue beyond 30 days without replacement. This KPI is important because it takes time and money to train candidates. By analyzing this data, we can monitor the number of candidates making it through training to the call center floor, and the associated cost.”

US outsourcing company

We've been working with a leading food and drug retailer who operates across 35 states under 20 renowned brands. In 2021, we initiated a Managed Service Provider (MSP) program, encompassing Independent Contractor Compliance, Statement of Work, and Profile Management services for administrative, engineering, professional, IT, and industrial roles. By Q4 2023, our partnership expanded significantly through strategic Services Procurement Management, doubling program size in spend and transactions, focusing on enhancing relationships with key SOW providers to optimize workforce management. 

"The Adult Apprenticeship is a fantastic program which has for many years given Airbus employees at Broughton an opportunity to enhance their skills. I am delighted that Guidant Global and Airbus Operations Ltd are offering Guidant employees an Adult Apprenticeship.
 
This will nurture the talent we already have within the business by providing them with training, qualifications and everything else they need to develop. This program will help to future-proof the business by upskilling existing employees, which can help to prevent a skills gap appearing in the future"

Kate Holthofer, HR Business Lead, Airbus

As well as the increased flexibility and enhanced visibility, the support provided by Guidant Global at this critical juncture has also enabled the client organisation to win more work and expand its footprint both regionally and globally. 

The success of this engagement and Guidant’s ability to adapt to quick turnaround times and flexible solutions, has resulted in further collaboration and expansion of the relationship with the government contractor.

This case study highlights the successful partnership between Guidant Global and a leading Global 200 life sciences company specializing in agricultural solutions. By implementing a centralized talent platform, we’ve helped this customer to achieve improved contingent workforce quality, efficiency, and significant cost savings on a global scale.