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It is both important and valuable, that the SAP freelance consultants we see are empathic and confidence-building and can enter a constructive dialogue with the company.
In large scale DOVISTA uses external vendors to implement IT solutions. We have especially used Accuro, when internally there has been a need for special skills or upscaling.
Accuro has been skilled to quickly and precisely deliver candidates that matched our needs. To hire freelance consultants, is the alternative to hire permanently – and therefore, of course it is essential that we can recoup our needs both in the short and long term.
There are many technically skilled IT freelancers in circulation, but there are two essential competencies that our IT freelancers must possess in addition to professional expertise: They need to be good, and they must be able to communicate and put the right solution in use.
– The professional ballast is of course important, but it is also important to us that our freelancers are constructive and good facilitators. That they have the courage to engage in the teamwork and take responsibility for creating the absolute best solution in the long run.
– As a recruiting agency Accuro must have high demands towards their consultants. They need to guarantee the professional expertise and ensure that the consultant has the experience and the ability to quickly put into the business to create solutions with added value.
– Proficient freelancers must not only be able to see what creates value for DOVISTA – they must also understand the needs of our customers and “think beyond” the project itself. That is why the professional weight is important. When we hire freelancers, I must have the confidence that they can solve the task.
The human qualities are also important
Most of what we are doing, is changing the business in one way or another and changing processes and solutions. Therefore, our IT-freelancers also need to possess empathy and the ability to communicate at an eye level.
– We have no preferences regarding age when we cooperate with IT-freelancers. But a preference that we do have is that we prefer to hire talented IT people with a wide experience beyond their technical competencies.
– When we occasionally run out of resources, we often have a very specific here-and-now-need. And it requires experience at all levels to be able to solve such a task quickly and accurately. That is why the IT freelance specialists we engage in, for the most part are experienced senior consultants.
Trust and accountability are the cornerstones of a good collaboration
When we choose to work with a consultancy, it isn’t just to save time but also to ensure that the dissemination of the candidates meet our needs all the way around.
– In cooperation with Accuro, we have always had an honest talk about where we are in the process, what level the IT-consultant should have, and the difficulty of the task. Afterwards, Accuro’s recruiting specialists has taken over and selected the right consultants for us.
– Accuro’s starting point to be able to deliver candidates with the right profile to DOVISTA’s tasks have their basis in the consulting firm’s extensive knowledge of IT and SAP technology, combined with a thorough knowledge of their portfolio of freelance specialists. Accuro’s consultants have quickly understood our needs and specific business goals and have each time early in the process been pro-active in relation to specific solutions.
This is an important quality assurance for us, and it brings trust into the cooperation. For us, it means a lot, that we don’t even need to use the time to explore the market, when we know that Accuro can deliver the goods.
