The way you bring people into your team can make or break your business. Two popular approaches stand out: traditional hiring and the Recruit Train Deploy (RTD) model. But which is right for your business? Let’s break it down.
What is Traditional Hiring?
Traditional hiring is the way most companies have recruited staff for decades. You post a job, review applications, conduct interviews, and pick the best candidate. It sounds simple, and it can be effective if done correctly.
However, traditional hiring has its drawbacks. It can be an incredibly slow process, especially when there is high demand for tech talent. Finding candidates with the exact skills you need may take months. And there is also a risk of hiring someone who looks perfect on paper but struggles in practice!
What is Recruit Train Deploy?
Recruit Train Deploy (also known as ‘Hire Train Deploy’) is a more modern approach, particularly popular in the tech sector. The idea is simple: rather than searching endlessly for ready-made talent, you partner with a company (like Corecom Tech Academy) to hire potential candidates, train them in the specific skills your business needs, and then deploy them directly into your teams and projects.
Our approach to Recruit Train Deploy is tailored for businesses, focusing on potential and aptitude rather than just experience (skills based hiring), significantly improving inclusivity across a wide variety of teams and helping to close skills gaps in tech. With Recruit Train Deploy, your business receives individuals who are trained exactly to your business requirements, reducing the learning curve and boosting productivity tenfold.
Traditional Hiring vs. Recruit Train Deploy
When it comes to building a strong team, the approach you choose can make a huge difference. Traditional hiring and Recruit Train Deploy (RTD) each have their own strengths, but they deliver results in very different ways.
Let’s take a closer look at the main differences to see which model could work best for your business.
Speed-to-Hire
Traditional hiring can take months to find the right candidate.
Recruit Train Deploy provides a faster way to identify potential talent and individuals project-ready quickly.
Cost-effectiveness
Traditional hiring can be expensive. Recruitment agencies, job ads, and long hiring cycles add up and can be particularly draining for HR or internal hiring teams.
Recruit Train Deploy models reduce long-term costs by creating exactly the skill set you need and increasing hiring longevity, leading to being more cost efficient.
Quality and Fit
Traditional hiring relies on existing experience and qualifications, which is great if the right candidate exists. However, the downside is that while they may have the right skills, you may end up overpaying on salaries with the added risk that they might not fully align with your work culture or existing processes.
Our Recruit Train Deploy service focuses on matching aptitude with attitude, the result, a strong cultural and skill fit for your specific business.
Flexibility
With traditional hiring candidates are hired on a permanent basis from the start and bring their fixed skills and experience. If new skills are needed or the business has a change in direction, it can be costly to either retrain or worst case, release individuals.
Recruit Train Deploy offers a much more flexible approach. If your project focus changes, you can reskill individuals easily with Corecom Tech Academy’s experienced training capability or if really needed, send Associates back as they are initially hired on a contract basis. Flexible hiring, but with permanent scalability.
Is Recruit Train Deploy Right for Your Business
Our Recruit, Train, Deploy (RTD) service helps give alternative hiring solutions to large UK&I organisations, building long-term diverse tech talent pipelines, aiding your existing internal recruitment and onboarding processes.
Recruit Train Deploy is ideal if you:
- Require skilled talent fast: We provide pre-screened individuals trained in the latest technologies to reduce hiring time.
- Are open to investing in entry level talent: You gain new talent prepared with your tools, tech stack and ways of working in mind.
- Want employees suited to your work culture and projects: Our Associates are training for both technical ability and team alignment (soft skills).
- Face high competition for tech talent: Create a sustainable, cost-effective pipeline of skilled professionals… without your team relying on the open market.
The Bottom Line
Both traditional hiring and Recruit Train Deploy have their place. The key is understanding your business needs, timelines, and budget.
If speed, flexibility, niche expertise, and skill alignment are priorities, Recruit Train Deploy is hard to beat.
At Corecom Tech Academy, we specialise in helping businesses implement the Recruit Train Deploy model. Our approach ensures your team gets the right skills for your projects while saving time and reducing recruitment overheads.
Looking to secure skilled, project-ready talent? Let’s get started.
Contact us today to find out how the RTD service can support your business goals.
