Recruiting and Staffing Services
Pearl Interactive Network’s Staffing and Recruiting Services provides our clients with a spectrum of compelling advantages ranging from:
- Access to a quality workforce of skilled and talented veterans, disabled veterans and people with disabilities
- Satisfaction of diversity certification requirements
- Government tax incentives and training reimbursements.
- Fulfillment of corporate social responsibility drivers
- Compliance with federal mandates for demonstrated searches for hiring people with disabilities
- Meet with the ethical imperatives to tap our distinctive workforce.
We believe that a 95% customer satisfaction rating obtained by a third party evaluation conducted by Dun and Bradstreet validates the loyalty and trust we’ve garnered from our customers. They know that we continually recruit for the “right” employee for the “right” position.
What Makes Us Different?
We tap a workforce thatconsistently delivers low attrition rates and performance equal or superior to employees without disabilities. According to a recent study conducted by the Virginia Commonwealth University, 250 supervisors indicated that employees with disabilities not only get the job done, but influence co-workers to improving performance.
Among the many advantages of working with Pearl Interactive are:
Access to a workforce with:
- High Performance
- Low Attrition
- Strong Motivation
Access to many of the advantages of hiring disabled veterans, veterans and people with disabilities such as:
- Our disabled veterans and veterans come from a military culture that encourages discipline, respect for authority, loyalty and inherently embrace the concept of “team”.
- The workforce we tap are trained in military specialties that mirror requirements in the corporate world.
- Our candidates can be a strong solution for issues plaguing employers such as: high turnover, low performance and motivation.
- Our workforce provides a gripping public relations advantage. Our country does care about our veterans and disabled veterans. Further, working with Pearl Interactive Network positions our clients positively in the market place.
- Our clients fulfill corporate social responsibility drivers and meet with legal and moral imperatives through working with us.
- Working with us ensures compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, requiring “appropriate outreach and positive recruitment activities” to recruit qualified individuals with disabilities.
Access to Large Dollar Savings through Government Incentives such as:
- Work Opportunity Tax Credits (WOTC). This is a federal hiring incentive for employing disabled veterans and people with disabilities. Tax credits could range from $2,500 to $9,000 per hire.
- On the Job Training Credits. Training reimbursements could range from $1,200 to $6,000 per hire
Access Large Pool of Qualified Veterans, Disabled Veterans and People with Disabilities through our Multi-Channel Candidate Sourcing Process that Includes:
- Leveraging Pearl Interactive’s existing relationships with over 3,000 non profit and government agencies.
- Broadcasting positions through our proprietary database of 25,000 job placement specialists located nationwide.
- Promoting positions on specialized job boards.
- Accessing a database that contains over 450,000 veteran and 140,000 disabled veteran job seekers.
- Utilizing our Social Media HR tools including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Credibility through Servicing Industries such as:
- Associations
- Automotive
- Business Consulting
- Education
- Employee Assistance
- Government
- Insurance
- Insurance Brokers
- IT Consulting
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Pharmaceutical
- Publishing
- Translation
Credibility and Recognition such as:
- 2011 Nominee for Columbus Chamber of Commerce for Small Business Leader Award
- 2011 Winner State of Ohio Governor's Council on Disabilities Best Small Business Employer of the Year Award Winner
- 2011 Nominee for Outstanding Service Business - Tech Columbus
- 2011 Nominee for Outstanding Woman in Technology - Tech Columbus
- 2010 Winner National Association of Women Business Owners Visionary Award
- 2010 Winner Ohio Social Entrepreneur of the Year
- 2010 Nominee for Outstanding Service Business - Tech Columbus
- 2010 Nominee for Outstanding Woman in Technology - Tech Columbus
- 2010 Nominee of Bloomberg/BusinessWeek Most Promising Social Enterprise
- 2008 Outstanding Employee Award, Ohio Association of Rehabilitation Services
- 2007 Outstanding Small Employer of the Year - Ohio Governor’s Council on Disabilities
- 2006 United States Business Leadership Award Nominee
- 2005 Ohio Governor’s Home Site Grant Award
Access to Certifications. When you work with us you can access any one of our contract vehicles:
- Women Owned (WBENC)
- Small Business (CCR)
- Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Enterprise* (SDVOSBE)
- Ability One**
- GSA
*Through affiliation with PIN Veteran Services
** Through affiliation with Pearl Virtual Connections
Services at a Glance
Staffing and Recruiting
We access candidates with a variety of skill sets for client site or home based assignments.
Among the skills sets we can assist with are:
- Accounting
- Administrative Services
- Back Office Support
- Engineering
- Finance
- Help Desk
- Human Resources
- Sales and Marketing
- Tax Preparation
- Technology
Components of our Services
Screening and Assessment
Using a combination of tools and processes, we evaluate candidates for the skills, experience, talents and cultural fit with your organization. Our assessments assure that employees are placed in positions that will enhance successful performance.
Among the tools we use are:
Interviewing
A multi-phase interviewing process with the goals of assessing:
- Attitude and motivation
- Sense of team spirit and group collaboration
- Dependability and self esteem
- Rapport and energy
Skills Testing
Once we understand your job requirements, we simulate your software environments and test for basic, intermediate or advanced skills.
Behavior Testing
These are tests are designed to predict attitudes and behavior and screen for reliability, adaptability and cooperation.
Background Checks
Among the screens we can perform are:
- References from three of the applicants previous direct supervisors
- Applicants employment history
- Audit of social media sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
- Drug Screens
- Criminal Background Checks
o Federal
o State County
Sourcing Process
We follow a process to ensure that we have collected the right data to assist us with finding the employees that best fit your requirements.
Among the data we will require from you are:
- Benefit structure detail
- Job description
- Level of experience required
- Length of assignment
- Length of training
- Location of the Assignment
If home based:
o Computer requirements
o Security requirements
o Software requirements
- Pay scale including:
o Bonus structure
o Language differentials
o Overtime differentials
- Schedule requirements:
o Days of the week
o Months of the year
o Times of day
- Skills set requirement
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