Companies launching an SAP project could be incurring a double spend on each SAP Consultant, as well as multiple lengthy and unnecessary processes that lead to project delays. When internal talent teams are spending the bulk of their time on manual processes and administrative duties, the common solution seems to be outsourcing to external SAP recruitment agencies. However, this often yields less than optimal performance.
Internal talent teams are a non-billable overhead, so if their processes are preventing the team from performing the actual recruitment processes means a double spend: Non-billable overheads for the internal HR and billable expenses in hiring recruitment agencies. This is in addition to pay-per-job advertising expenses and social media talent license costs.
The problem is compounded when outsourced recruitment processes begin to drag out. This is due to lower visibility for the hiring company, a lack of ownership of the recruitment process and double handling of applications – once by the agency and again by the company. The quality of SAP talent is also far more difficult to control, which can also be affected by poor candidate experience (CXP) delivered in the external recruitment process.
Internal SAP recruiters and resource managers frequently face:
- SAP project costs blowing out of proportion due to recruitment and advertising costs.
- Extended delays due to multiple layers and manual processes in the outsourcing process.
- Reduced visibility into the recruitment process and available talent pool.
- Lack of control over quality of talent.
- Reduced brand protection as CXP slips
- Lower control of risk and compliance management
- Project gaps, as delays change consultant availabilities
Know the Costs of External Recruitment
Along with the overheads of a company’s internal talent team, significant fees are paid to recruiters. With real market averages considered, the increase in expense can skyrocket.
Extended delays can also be experienced while the process is owned externally. When outsourcing, the internal talent team is subject to the extended lead times involved with waiting for recruitment agencies to place job listings, accept and filter applications, shortlist candidates. Finally the shortlist is handed back to the internal talent team, who must re-work much of the process before contracts are ready to be offered.

This process can take days or even weeks, further adding to the expenses listed above. By streamlining processes, enabling your internal talent team to handle the entire SAP recruitment process in-house with access to the right talent pools, can save thousands per sap consultant. In fact, the record time taken from finding-to-contract is under an hour, compared to making your process subject to third parties.
Empowering Internal Talent Teams
These issues of time and expense are often accepted as a part of the SAP recruitment process. However, reducing the drain on time and resources in the process will enable and empower your internal talent team to do more front line SAP consultant sourcing, removing excess time and costs of external SAP recruitment agencies.
To achieve this, SAP resourcing channels have an opportunity to be re-imagined. Creating a lean, streamlined recruitment process model requires that your company aim to refine time-consuming outreach programs and eliminate or automate manual processes. This frees up time for internal talent teams to focus on signing contracts rather than sifting through shortlisted applications.
Access to a Talent Resource Planning (TRP) system is a must. A good TRP should eliminate unnecessary handling times and allow access to on-demand SAP talent pools, allowing a 360-degree view of the talent landscape and real-time resourcing. Integrating your TRP with systems to have your candidates background checked, insured and project-ready means that all that remains is to choose your resource and launch your project.
Talent Resource Planning by InsideSAP Careers
InsideSAP Careers is, as far as we know, the most powerful TRP platform built and dedicated to the SAP talent landscape. Built from the ground up, the sole purpose of InsideSAP Careers is to empower internal talent teams to save time and project costs by running streamlined recruitment processes in-house.
InsideSAP Careers gives you a complete view of available market SAP talent by skill set, location and availability – effectively building your on-demand talent pool from the moment you log in. Although powerful, user access is via a simple, dashboard-style interface that enables rapid hiring of on-demand talent.
The ability to save time by knowing who is available avoids labour-intensive outreach programs. You will also avoid manual processes, such as filtering unsuitable applicants, by accessing a live, on-demand talent pool of only the smart-matched consultants who meet your needs.
Our rates are transparent and up-front: Registration is free, job listings are free to post and available candidates can be directly searched and contacted at any time, also without fees. All consultants are insured to a beefy $20m, are project-ready and available – just agree on rates and dates and the platform does the rest with instant contracts.
Cost Comparison per SAP Consultant
Just by removing dependency on external SAP recruitment agencies, your internal talent team can save an average of $15,000 per resource, based on market averages. Even further savings are realised when no advertising spend is required and your TRP system does not involve convoluted pay-per-credit packages.
InsideSAP Careers
For a single project, InsideSAP Careers offers unparalleled agility in strategic project building, enabling your SAP project manager to own your delivery game. If you are building permanent practice capability teams, our low, flat rates and ease of resourcing will have your teams on the job in a flash.
It’s free to register your company, so visit careers.insidesap.com.au and start looking through your available talent pool.
Even better – we offset your Project’s carbon footprint by planting trees for every talent acquisition. For more information, contact careers@insidesap.com.au