Nationwide Project Controls Firm
How Talesnick Talent Advisory Helped a Growing Project Controls Firm Build a Scalable Talent Acquisition Function
CLIENT: Nationwide Project Controls Firm
INDUSTRY: Construction & Project Controls (Data Centers)
ENGAGEMENT: Fractional VP of Talent Acquisition & Recruiting Operations
THE CHALLENGE
The Firm was experiencing rapid growth across its construction and data center business — but it lacked the recruiting infrastructure, processes, and reporting needed to consistently meet hiring demand.
This is a familiar inflection point for high-growth firms: the business is winning work faster than its talent function can scale. Leadership needed more than additional recruiters. They needed a recruiting operation built to last.
Specifically, leadership needed:
Greater visibility into recruiting performance and workforce planning
Improved hiring manager accountability and engagement
Standardized, repeatable recruiting processes across the organization
A scalable talent acquisition strategy capable of supporting future expansion
THE APPROACH
Over a multi-month engagement, Talesnick Talent Advisory partnered directly with executive leadership — operating as a fractional VP of Talent Acquisition rather than an outside vendor — to assess the existing recruiting function and design a comprehensive recruiting operating model.
Key initiatives included:
Conducted an organizational and process assessment across recruiting and hiring teams
Developed a multi-phase Talent Acquisition strategic roadmap
Redesigned recruiting workflows, interview processes, and hiring manager engagement
Implemented recruiting dashboards and performance metrics
Created recruiter, hiring manager, and leadership playbooks and SOPs
Established service-level agreements (SLAs) and accountability measures
Delivered training and coaching to recruiters and business leaders
Built a scalable framework to support future hiring growth
THE RESULTS
Delivered a complete Recruiting Operations Playbook and Executive Transition Plan
Increased visibility into hiring performance and workforce planning
Standardized recruiting processes across the organization
Improved alignment between recruiting, HR, finance, and operational leadership
Equipped the recruiting team with the tools, training, and structure to support long-term growth
Positioned the organization to better meet client demand and reduce hiring bottlenecks
THE OUTCOME
"[Recruiting] hit it out of the park. Not just in terms of number of hires, but also the quality of the hires. This is perhaps our single best week of recruiting in Company history."
-- CEO
THE TAKEAWAY
When a growing project controls firm needs to hire at scale, the answer isn't just more recruiters — it's the right recruiting operation. Talesnick Talent gives growing companies the infrastructure, strategy, and high-touch execution to build talent acquisition functions that support sustainable growth.
