Case Study: Hitachi Consulting saves US$1M in referral costs and doubles employee referrals with Oracle Taleo

Hitachi Consulting Improves Recruiting Through Social Sourcing, Saves US$1 Million in Referral Costs in First Year with a Cloud-Based Solution

Hitachi Consulting, the strategic business‑consulting arm of Hitachi with more than 5,000 employees and a global client base, needed to improve recruiting and human‑capital management. The firm sought better visibility into talent movement, stronger sourcing of IT and consulting professionals via social media, development of critical talent pools, and elimination of manual, paper‑based referral processes to more effectively track and analyze candidate sources.

By deploying Oracle Taleo Recruiting, Onboarding, and Social Sourcing Cloud Services, Hitachi centralized candidate data, automated recruiting and onboarding, and enabled employees to amplify job openings via social networks. The cloud solution saved more than US$1 million in referral costs in the first year, doubled employee referral hires from 17% to 35%, sped onboarding, improved hire quality and retention, and provided scalable visibility for continuous improvement of recruitment efforts.

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