What is Direct Sourcing?
Direct Sourcing is the enterprise practice of building owned talent pipelines, career portals, talent communities, and dynamic pipelines, to reduce agency dependency and cost per hire. On a Total Talent Intelligence platform, Direct Sourcing connects to the talent supply chain alongside contingent and permanent hiring.
Business outcomes
- Reduce cost per hire by owning candidate relationships
- Fill roles 47% faster with unified pipelines
- Improve candidate experience with branded career portals
Direct Sourcing vs. staffing agencies
| Agency model | Direct Sourcing |
|---|---|
| Supplier-owned relationships | Enterprise-owned talent graph |
| Opaque margins | Governed rate cards + analytics |
| Disconnected from SWP | Connected to Workforce Intelligence |