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Why IT Specialization Matters

You probably already know MDI Group has impressive statistics: we’ve grown profitably every year since our inception in 1988 and count as our clients some of the world’s best known brands. Impressive. But how did we achieve that and what do we offer that our competitors absolutely can’t? The answer is simple: more than 20 years of focus on and specialization in IT. That expertise has made us successful over two decades, and it’s what we’re able to bring to bear on behalf of each of our clients, every day.

MDI’s unwavering focus on IT means we not only thoroughly understand our clients’ requirements and can realistically assess whether an IT candidate is a ‘best-fit’ match for a specific opportunity, but we can also effectively manage an organization's entire contingent workforce, from the most transactional needs to more complex IT consulting and outsourcing engagements.

Perhaps more than any other industry, technology skill sets and requirements change constantly and almost instantaneously. Compounding this challenge are a number of other factors that make the IT contingent labor category more complex to manage and speak to the need for IT expertise:

• Business skill requirements for many IT positions (underscoring the difficulty of finding ‘right-fit’ talent)
• Constantly-changing IT skill sets (making recruiting and benchmarking of rates more difficult)
• Necessary reliance on Independent Contractors for specific IT engagements
• Cross-over of engagement models between time and material and deliverable-based outsourcing
• Project-focused nature of many IT positions
• Difficulties related to defining contingent labor expectations and deliverables

MDI’s goal is simple: implement a program that locates and acquires outstanding IT talent that meets very exacting standards and complex requirements, within market rates. But we also know achieving this goal requires much more than just a general understanding of staffing – it requires a robust knowledge and in-depth understanding of all aspects of information technology.

Our IT expertise has taken years to hone and requires continual learning on the part of our recruiters and client managers. But we know that without it, we simply cannot fully support our clients’ IT departmental needs. That’s why we’ve never lost our focus on IT, and that’s why it’s still all we do.

• View white paper: Gathering Thought-Leadership in Contingent IT Talent Acquisition, Management, and Consulting
• View data sheet: MDI’s Contingent Workforce Management Solutions
• View case study: MDI Master Vendor and Diversity Partnership

To learn more about MDI’s IT specialization and why it’s critical to our clients’ contingent workforce ROI, please contact us at sales@mdigroup.com.

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