Born in Switzerland, The Links has opened up a new avenue in the human resources world of recruitment of transition manager & executive and skills outsourcing. With its innovative concept, The Links has established itself as a bridge between companies looking for talent and the professional services and consulting firms with which it has created partnerships. We offer a 48-hour solution to your recruitment needs.
The Links, based in Switzerland, innovates with an on-demand specialists brokerage approach for immediate and flexible recruitment solutions. The company, headed by Juliette Jain, an HR expert and former HR Director who spent 14 years with Big 4 PwC and at the World Economic Forum, offers a tailor-made service for private companies and public institutions. With over 20 years' experience in the corporate world, and extensive knowledge of human resources, coaching and consulting, she has been able to identify the changes taking place in the world of work. Particularly after the Covid-19 crisis, to develop an innovative recruitment model. "When I left PricewaterhouseCoopers, I started out on my own, firstly as a career coach specializing in Personal Branding, creating JAIN - Personal Branding & Development (jain-pbd.com), and then as a freelance HR consultant and headhunter. Then, from my practice came the idea for The Links."
The Links fills the gaps in the job market by offering a fast, flexible, scalable and effective solution for companies faced with :
Difficulties in recruiting the right talent
An immediate need for resources during crisis management
The need to outsource specific tasks
The need to select consultants for a specific project
Unlike traditional interim management companies, The Links stands out from the crowd and focuses on a purely B2B approach, offering tested, immediately operational profiles within 48 hours, with real consulting DNA, who are under permanent contract with a consulting firm. This solution offers a high degree of flexibility, particularly in the following cases:
If the customer's needs evolve over time, it is possible to adjust the team very quickly with new skill
If the customer's budget is limited, it's possible to mix and match the mission by involving several consultants of different seniority who know each other and are used to working together
If the customer doesn't feel comfortable with a proposed resource, it's easy to change the consultant
The Links ensures that customers are always satisfied with the resources provided
An innovative matchmaking service
The Links is more than just a matchmaking service. Rather, it's a connection between organizations that lend talents, via a network of already some 50 partner companies of all sizes, including small, medium and large professional services and consulting firms, with companies that have specific resource needs. For each request, The Links carefully selects several profiles on which it has taken references from partner companies, and offers pricing conditions tailored to the customer's needs and budget.
Always with professionalism and dedication, this method ensures a perfect match between the customer's need and the specialist's skills, guaranteeing operationality from the very first hour. For service providers, working with The Links offers clear business development opportunities. For the corporate client, it's a flexible model that saves time and money. The business model is based on a percentage of the fees invoiced per day.
An evolving need on the job market
This innovative approach responds to the ever-changing needs of the job market, which is increasingly managed on a project and skills basis. By combining senior specialists with more junior profiles from the same service provider, The Links succeeds in reducing intervention costs while promoting better adaptation and exchange within teams. A real plus for companies.
The company operates in a variety of industries, including fiduciary, finance, IT, project management, legal, compliance, supply chain and human resources. But also in performance management, transaction support and C-Suite positions. Other areas of expertise will still be added. With her natural interest in helping people achieve their goals, her sincere, pragmatic and dynamic personality, Juliette plans to expand The Links' service offering by developing partnerships with more service and consulting companies.
At the same time, it is planning to expand into other markets, proving that The Links model has the potential to grow and adapt.
The Links is more than just an intermediary between companies and specialists. It's a revolution in the recruitment of transition managers, specialists and skills outsourcing. It's the right answer to the challenges of an ever-changing job market.
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