Experiences | Professional services, IT and Business Process Outsourcing

One of the world’s leading professional services firms had an immediate need to fill several positions in its IT strategy practices group to help them manage an already robust workload and position them to pursue additional opportunities.

A longtime client, the candidate profile required a combination of deep skills in IT strategy and substantive experience across multiple industries. The individuals needed the capacity to straddle strategy formulation skills with the ability to grasp the practical applications of technology.

Beyond experience and skill set, however, it was also vital to the urgent nature of the search that the individuals match well with the client’s pragmatic, highly disciplined culture in such a way that they would not only be able to hit the ground running, but continue to succeed and grow with the company going forward. The client came to Lantern Partners knowing our history of identifying and recruiting candidates who met all of the above criteria.

The client was right. Out of the first six candidates presented to the client, five received offers and four candidates eventually accepted, with the first signing on just six weeks after the process began.

Because of Lantern Partners familiarity with the client’s consulting practice, both from an experience perspective and a cultural perspective, the firm was able to immediately identify appropriate candidates who precisely fit the client’s needs.

As expected, the candidates made a smooth transition and facilitated the continuing growth of the IT strategy practice group. The client continues to seek out Lantern Partners because of our understanding that recruiting the right talent means understanding the client’s needs and culture as well as they do. Our knowledge and insights in this space, service throughout the process and attention to detail gave our client exceptional value for their search dollars.