1. An Australian software development company was contracted to provide a development team for a project in New Zealand, in a technical environment requiring extremely rare skills. Bluefin Resources was engaged to provide staff, and realised quickly that an international search would be necessary to attract candidates with the appropriate skills.

Bluefin Resources implemented this campaign and also networked through existing candidates, and was able to place one senior specialist and two developers. A local campaign sourced other candidates who were subsequently trained in the appropriate technology.

2. A major consulting firm won a significant project and required over 120 permanent and contract staff for both their Sydney and Melbourne offices including Technical, Solutions and Enterprise Architects, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, Implementation Account Managers and Network Analysts.

Bluefin Resources was engaged as one of the main suppliers for this project, and undertook a rapid, aggressive advertising campaign involving a significant increase in advertising spend, a candidate referral scheme, custom made web banners, key word sponsoring on web sites and creation of “hot jobs” to attract candidates. Within one month, Bluefin Resources had been judged one of the top performers in terms of its resume to placement and resume to interview ratios. In addition, Bluefin’s candidate identification for the harder to fill roles was considered particularly strong.