Flow Case Study

Case Study:
Digital Marketing Learnership

Flow SA and Red & Yellow

Engagements: 70 342

Applications: 8 451

Shortlisted: 24

Hired: 1

Turn around time: 6 days

About Flow

FLOW SA is an award-winning integrated communications agency that offers innovative, and integrated communication solutions. They work with the best talent in all fields of communication. FLOW SA is a member of major international business networks and is 67% women-owned.

The Situation

FLOW SA was faced with a time-constraint for their learnership program set to start on the 1st of March 2021. They approached us to resolve their recruitment problem on the 28th of January with a deadline to have the campaign live on the 3rd of February.  The team worked throughout the weekend to meet the deadline as we always move urgently and decisively for all our partners and members. We were able to get a job spec signed off and a campaign ready to go live by the 2nd of February.

The Task

The candidate brief was as follows: 
  • Number of candidates: 1
  • Location: Gauteng
  • Qualification: At least a Matric
  • Screening criteria: Must be social media savvy
  • Age: 18-25
  • Ethnicity: African/Coloured/Indian
  • Employment status: Currently unemployed and not studying
  • Growth mindset: At least 80%
  • Numeracy Test: At least 100%
  • Advertising screening questionnaire: 100%
  • Professional communication: 80%
  • Available for interviews: Within 7 days
  • Available to start: 1 March 
  • Stipend: R4000

The Action

At the time of the FLOW SA campaign, The Knowledge Trust had grown exponentially to just over 180 000 members with even higher engagement.The campaign strategy to find a suitable candidate was as follows:

  1. Access the existing community via the weekly Wednesday and Saturday newsletter which our members interact with regularly, as well as social media.
  2. Access our Talent Partner network located in the Gauteng
  3. Send targeted emails to members that have applied for similar opportunities.
  4. Utilize our Bounty Hunter Referral program.

Partners who helped us

The Results

The fast-paced yet thorough campaign to find 1 suitable candidate for the learnership resulted in a total of 70 342 opportunity views. The learnership received 8451 completed applications. The Knowledge Trust’s automated screening technology allowed the applications to be screened and shortlisted to 24 quality candidates. FLOW SA was able to empower one candidate into their Digital Marketing Learnership and a promising future in the world of integrated communication.

Engagements: 70 342

Applications: 8 451

Shortlisted: 24

Hired: 1

Turn around time: 6 days

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