RANDSTAD
“We ' re really focusing on hyper automation to really drive the efficiency ”
ABDUL MANIK CIO & CTIO , RANDSTAD slightly changed our approach now with aggregating the data within the data lake where we can surface them into Tableau , for users to access . We would now ask the question of ‘ what problem are you trying to solve & what is your desired outcome ?’, so we can make sure that we ' re providing the right solution rather than just providing more data in the form of a report . So we can make sure that by orchestrating the data , combining it from multiple systems in the data lake , we can drive better behaviours in the SIS , in the business .”
Pandemic accelerates programme The pandemic has changed the market dynamic for Randstad . While they had a digital transformation plan before the pandemic happened , the pandemic expedited it . Abdul : “ It was supposed to be a two to three year programme , but the low period caused by the drop in demand from candidates and clients in 2020 gave us an opportunity to really fast-forward that transformation plan .”
He went on to say the market has moved from being client-led in 2020 and the early part of 2021 ( where there were not a lot of jobs available and a lot of candidates available with a lot of follow-up ), to now seeing a lot more candidate scarcity and a lot more client demand .
“ When we come out the other side and the demand starts to grow , we ’ re in a much better position to grab the market growth , as we ’ re a lot more lean and a lot more efficient and agile as an organisation to react to it ,” he continued . aimagazine . com 125