Client Situation

The Commonwealth Games in 2010 is poised to be the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in India. The games will not only encourage sports in India, but they will also leave a legacy of new and upgraded sport facilities.

The Organizing committee of Commonwealth games (CWG) had to recruit about 1,000 professionals from very diverse skill sets across functional areas like accommodation, doping control, hospitality etc. for organizing the games.

PeopleStrong Solution

PeopleStrong through its Recruitment vertical -

• Helped in defining CTQ parameters associated to the JDs
• Deployed technology to give a single window to all the stakeholders
• Recruiters mapped the market and arranged interactions in accordance to the requirements

Challenges and Remediation

• The main stakeholder being government and Common Wealth Games being a marquee event, relationship management is the biggest challenge while adhering to strict timelines
• Delhi being the only location, large numbers of relocations has to be managed
• Sourcing was very difficult as as this is first such event in India and no such similar skill-set exists in India
• Nature of jobs being contractual, Outplacement options are being explored for each successful candidate

Client Benefits

• Faster turnaround time ensures quick realignment for the recruitment team
• Involvement of top team including Chairman helps in building trust
• Superior visibility and control for the client as proper technology utilization ensures that all the candidates are tracked across the sub stages of recruitment cycle