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What does OnDemand Resources do?
Who are your professionals – OnDemand Partners?
How do you price your services?
What benefits do your clients receive?
How should we work with OnDemand?
Are OnDemand Partners employees of OnDemand?
How do you ensure that your clients get the resource(s) that they need?
How do you ensure confidentiality?
What happens if I want to hire an OnDemand partner full time?
Who is OnDemand Resources?
OnDemand Resources is a company that operates a global network of project and interim professionals. OnDemand helps clients deliver critical business assignments, by matching them with pre-qualified professionals who have the precise expertise required to address their particular needs. Based in Washington D.C., OnDemand is run by an experienced management team of former top tier consultants and executives who profoundly understand today’s business opportunities and challenges. OnDemand Resources is an active and certified member of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), and since it’s inception has become the preferred provider of top quality independent professionals for some of the worlds leading companies.
How did OnDemand get started?
In 2003, Jan Malasek founded OnDemand Resources as an alternative to the traditional management consulting approach. As a former top tier consultant with AT Kearney, and executive for blue chip companies, Jan found that traditional consulting alternatives often did not meet the needs of specific clients due to the cost involved or a lack of subject matter expertise on consulting teams. Many times, companies look for a flexible resource that can be seamlessly integrated to support their staff with particular expertise, without needing a large consulting team. Jan began OnDemand Resources to change the way companies leverage professional resources with a focus in strategic procurement, supply chain management, and operations. OnDemand’s business model offers companies easy, fast, and flexible access to reliable, experienced independent professionals with deep domain expertise at a superior value.
What does OnDemand Resources do?
OnDemand Resources enables companies of all industries across the globe to address their urgent business opportunities and challenges, as well as high priority projects. OnDemand matches companies with screened and pre-qualified professionals on a flexible and interim basis, so that companies can quickly leverage the skills of independent experts where, and when they need them. Companies leverage OnDemand’s independent talent in a variety of ways, including staff augmentation, team leadership, and independent expert analysis.
Who are your professionals - OnDemand Partners?
OnDemand Resources operates a growing global managed network known as the OnDemand Professional Network. It includes more than 2,500 screened and pre-qualified independent professionals called OnDemand Partners. These partners are experienced people who choose to pursue independent consulting as their primary career. OnDemand’s management team is extremely selective in the way they engage and select the partners in the OnDemand Professional Network to ensure that they only work with those who are truly committed to support and see through projects for clients. Partners must demonstrate proven tangible results in strategic procurement, supply chain management, and operations. They are accomplished experts with top tier consulting and/or middle to senior level executive backgrounds.
How do you price your services?
OnDemand deploys several pricing models to support the needs and budget requirements of each client. Typical pricing models include: a daily rate plus expenses, a discounted rate plus expenses with a performance bonus, an hourly rate plus expenses, and a fixed fee plus expenses. Pricing is also set based on the specific types of resources requested (for example, seniority and/or functional expertise), along with the nature and duration of each project. Clients benefit from OnDemand’s pricing because they are able to leverage top quality resources at a substantial cost savings compared to traditional sourcing alternatives.
What benefits do your clients receive?
In today’s dynamic and complex market, companies often lack the staff and expertise to address urgent business opportunities and challenges. By deploying OnDemand’s skilled professionals, companies are able to quickly and successfully complete high priority projects and manage organizational risk, with a significant cost advantage over traditional consulting alternatives (often more than 50 percent). OnDemand’s unique business model offers companies easy and flexible access to reliable, experienced professionals when, and where they need them. Unlike most resource alternatives that can take weeks or months to engage, OnDemand typically provides candidate matching within 48 hours of a resource request.
How should we work with OnDemand?
The breadth and depth of OnDemand’s managed network, in combination with OnDemand’s ability to match business requirements with the skills of its exceptional talent, enables companies to address various aspects of their business. Some companies choose to leverage experienced talent to support day-to-day functions, while others engage proven temporary senior leadership to manage dramatic change. Others explore new strategic opportunities, or address critical business challenges that require immediate attention.
How do I request a resource?
Contact OnDemand at (800) 403-8578, or Click Here To Request a Resource. OnDemand’s management team will respond to your request within 24 hours to understand your requirements in detail, and will provide you with an initial set of candidates for your project or interim management need within 48 hours.
Are OnDemand Partners employees of OnDemand?
No, OnDemand partners are independent professionals working as independent contractors.
How do you ensure that your clients get the resource(s) that they need?
The unique business background and vast experience of the OnDemand Resources senior management team is leveraged to match the best professional with each project and interim opportunity. OnDemand’s staff personally screens and qualifies all of its talent. They recognize that the right “cultural fit,” is just as important as the perfect background and skill set and work closely with clients to understand their business objectives. OnDemand provides multiple candidate matches that have the relevant background and experience necessary for the job so that clients can select the candidate they believe is the best fit for their team. There is no “lock in” period, and OnDemand provides a 48-hour test period, to ensure that companies are satisfied with their selection.
How do you ensure quality?
OnDemand’s experienced executives personally screen and qualify all managed network partners before they are presented as a potential match for a project. OnDemand also engages in a rigorous selection process - all candidates must have a proven track record with tangible results along with tier one consulting and/or middle to senior level executive experience. OnDemand also conducts a structured project evaluation after each completed project to ensure that their professionals have produced high quality work. OnDemand stands behind all of its partners, and guarantees client satisfaction. There is no lock in period for any candidate, and OnDemand provides a 48-hour trial period to ensure the candidate is the best fit for the job.
How do you ensure confidentiality?
OnDemand imposes strict and specific contracts with each of its partners regarding confidential information. OnDemand also encourages its clients to sign Confidentiality Agreements directly with OnDemand’s partner professionals for an added level of legal coverage. Some clients choose to do that, while others are comfortable with the contractual terms that OnDemand already has in place with partner professionals.
What happens if I want to hire an OnDemand partner full time?
OnDemand’s main focus is to ensure that clients are highly satisfied with the work OnDemand’s partner professionals provide. In many instances, clients express interest in hiring an OnDemand partner professional for a full time role. OnDemand Resources is happy to facilitate that discussion, and provides a clause in each contract that addresses the conversion of OnDemand professionals to full time employees. Typically, the longer the project deployment, the lower the conversion fee.