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What does OnDemand Resources do?
Who are the professionals in your network?
Why should I work with OnDemand?
How do I apply to The OnDemand Professional Network™?
What is your selection process?
What is your project engagement process?
When will I hear from OnDemand about project opportunities?
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 the professionals in your network?
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.
Why should I work with OnDemand?
OnDemand Resources provides independent professionals with a multitude of benefits including:
- Project Sourcing - We continue to develop new and exciting projects on an ongoing basis in key global markets.
- Project Support - We provide active project management and support during each engagement to ensure that our professionals have what they need to deliver results.
- Best Practices Support - We facilitate access to other professionals with relevant industry and functional experience from a wide group of companies and markets.
- Administrative Support - We take on complete project administration and ensure that our resources have strong positive cash flow.
- Professional Development and Coaching - We provide detailed client feedback during the mid-point of an engagement, as well as an extensive evaluation at the completion of each project. Additionally, we work with our professionals to help them navigate their desired career paths.
- The OnDemand Brand - Our brand stands for quality and our professionals successfully leverage it to market their capabilities.
How do I apply to The OnDemand Professional Network™?
The first step in our engagement process is to register with the OnDemand Professional Network™. Please send us a current resume so we can reach you quickly and match your background with the right opportunities. You can register with the OnDemand Professional Network™ via our website registration (link), or by emailing us your current resume and cover page to recruiting@ondemandresources.com.
What is your selection process?
Upon review of your background, we will contact you to discuss current and future project opportunities that match your experience and skill set (if any). During our initial contact, we will discuss OnDemand’s engagement model in detail so that we can decide what opportunities are right for you. OnDemand’s management team is extremely selective to ensure that they only work with those individuals who are truly committed to support and see through projects for clients.
What is your project engagement process?
The first step for us in any project engagement is to reach out to the partners in the OnDemand Professional Network™ that we think are a good fit. We will discuss the opportunity with you first, and will send you a high-level overview of the opportunity that describes the project scope, duration, location, and compensation. We will then seek your feedback to understand whether you believe this is an engagement for which you are qualified, available, and interested. If you do express interest in the engagement, we will have an in-depth discussion to determine whether your skill set is truly a match for the client’s needs. The next step is to submit your OnDemand Profile (no direct contact information) to the client for review.
Please note that we submit a very short slate of candidates for client review. Should the client express interest in your profile, we will ask you to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement with OnDemand Resources that protects our client relationship. We will then arrange a meeting for you to interview directly with the client. If you are selected for the project, we will contact you and will provide you with a contract directly with OnDemand Resources.
When will I hear from OnDemand about project opportunities?
Critical success factors of our business are speed, flexibility, and quality. We will contact you when we have a specific opportunity that is a good match for your skill set and background.