Hiring during a recession is hard for many companies. You want a candidate to help you get through the storm and gain a competitive advantage when the economy improves. But finding great talent is not easy and can take longer than anticipated. This is because as job orders dry up, the number of candidates increases, and you will have to spend a lot more on interviews to find the perfect candidate. For some fields, it is the opposite, which is even harder with fewer applicants. This is where RAMP Talent steps in to help in both of those situations.
RAMP Talent is a hiring company that has cemented its spot in the recruiting space. They've been helping companies get the right candidate throughout the heights of the pandemic and now during a recession, with their unique approach setting them apart.
RAMP prides itself on being able to become an internal recruiter for organizations and quickly adapting itself within its ecosystem and the current tech stack that hiring managers use in the company. RAMP is also extremely focused on utilizing technology to speed up the recruiting processes and help its clients build analytical-driven systems. There probably isn't an ATS or recruiting technology that the team hasn't used (i.e., LinkedIn, HireVue, HireEZ for sourcing, or just Zoom). This approach entails being very metric-driven, consistently tracking KPIs like candidates' statuses, quality of applications, offer-to-acceptance ratios, and other factors included in hiring quality candidates.
"Being able to take on a role, provide good candidates to ultimately fill a position that's been open for a long time, is what we aim to do when coming into the organization", Nathan Smith commented.
They've partnered with unicorn stage companies like Nomi Health, Sword Health, Outreach, and Sarcos Robotics from their earlier stages of growth to later stages. Each of these clients grew significantly and they partnered with RAMP Talent on many of their executive level roles as well as their core engineering, product, and key sales roles. The team understands the chaos, and pressure that growth stage companies face. They also work with companies at the earlier stages (seed round to C-Stage) to make recruiting a priority in their firms and hire people beyond what they thought was possible (i.e., recruiting top talent out of tech giants to join earlier stage start-ups).
Carley Aldous, one of the team members focused on Technical Recruiting, mentioned that one of the things she loves about RAMP, is that the company focuses on quality and not quantity. "If we send over candidates to your team, you can be sure they'll be candidates of high quality".
It's an interesting time to be in the job market for recruiters and job seekers. The economy has yet to recover from the pandemic. There is also the great resignation that has seen many people voluntarily quit their jobs, not to mention "quiet quitting". This can be linked to a lack of advancement opportunities, which has seen many people opt to be their own bosses and build their own businesses. Having been in space for years, their experience gives them an upper hand. Ben Martinez, the Founder, and Principal Recruiter at RAMP Talent has been a recruiter for many years. Ben comes from an in-house recruiting background from growth stage technology companies, which inspired him to start his own company to fulfill his passion for helping people get better careers and get a new meaning to their work. He has also built his recruiting team with people who have experience with growth stage recruiting.
The company is also giving high-growth and start-up companies a different and more effective way to hire and build a team to compete in the hiring and talent game with big brands. RAMP Talent partners with the company and builds relationships with those they work with, leveraging technology to deliver outstanding services to their clients.
Taylor Nelson, Lead Technical Recruiter at RAMP, mentioned, "Building partnerships with growing companies, their leaders and employees, both future and current, that extends far beyond "just recruiting" is one of the key things that we take pride in when working with clients" when talking about how the company approaches building relationships with clients.
As the company continues to grow, they are not only changing how people view the hiring process but also connecting companies and job seekers. RAMP Talent is making it easier for small and big businesses to hire during a recession and easing the burden of finding the perfect candidate for your organization. They're also helping the public get better careers. According to Ben, their goal is to redefine the space by bringing in a more personal approach.
"Being able to help people better their situations is one of the things that I'm proud we're able to do in our work", Jesus Molina expressed when speaking about fulfillment in recruiting.
The firm also focuses on partnering up with companies and building relationships instead of other firms that treat clients as numbers and focus solely on high-volume staffing. A lot of high-growth and start-up companies they work with won't be given the time of day by other firms. Due to these startups not being familiar with recruiting and scaling, RAMP becomes their point of support that they can rely on to help them every step of the way in the hiring process.
Maria Escobar added, "Being a start-up helping other start-ups, really drives that Hustler mentality." when asked about what completed her in the work she does as a Sourcing Specialist.
A key element of RAMP's authenticity can be linked to the 5 unique values that the team takes pride in upholding. Values such as Hustling, being Hungry, humble, going hard in everything they do, and being happy is what make RAMP a company dedicated to helping clients and creating an impact. Those core values have helped the company thrive over the last 5 plus years of operations and consistently have contributed to building a great company culture.
