Every contract role that goes through an agency costs a markup and misses talent you already know. Phenom Direct Sourcing gives contingent workers a branded place to apply and recruiters a continuous pool to source from, so contractor hiring runs on the same tools, speed, and experience as full-time.
An agency fee gets paid every time a similar role reopens. Nothing about a completed contract carries forward, so the next search starts at the same price and the same unfamiliar candidate, no matter how many times it's already been solved.
Direct Sourcing invites contract candidates into a Talent Community on your own Career Site, then Talent CRM builds job-specific pipelines and keeps them warm with campaigns and SMS messages between contracts, so the next role starts with names already trusted, not a new search.
An agency owns the relationship with the contractor, not the company paying for the work. Direct Sourcing builds that relationship through your brand, with AI matching contractors to roles in the CRM and recommending open roles to candidates on the career site, so good work stays reachable instead of reverting to agency inventory.
Own the pool Contractors apply through your brand, not a vendor's.
Redeployment over resourcing A known contractor beats a new search.
VMS stays in sync Contractor data reconciles without manual entry.
Recruiters can run contingent and full-time hiring from one system.
Job boards and agencies bring in strangers every time. A Talent Community keeps every contingent applicant visible, and Talent CRM sorts them into job-specific pipelines, nurturing them with campaigns and SMS messaging as their availability changes.
Never starts empty Every applicant joins the pool, not just one role.
Transparent matching Fit Score details why candidates are a good match.
Warm between contracts Campaigns keep contractors engaged, not idle.
A faster search doesn't help if screening and scheduling still crawl behind it. X+ Screening and Automated Interview Scheduling work for contract roles the same way they work for full-time ones, so a qualified contractor can be screened and booked the same day they're found.
Screening included X+ Screening qualifies contractors, not just full-time hires.
Scheduling, automated Interviews book without the back-and-forth.
No separate process Contract roles move at the same speed as full-time.
A contract ending is a trigger, not a dead end. Automations built around start and end dates launch the next step before a role closes, and contractor analytics show who's available and how they performed, so redeployment runs on data instead of memory.
End dates trigger action Automated re-engagement starts before the contract closes.
Performance stays visible Past project outcomes inform the next placement.
No new onboarding A returning contractor already knows the work.
The same AI supports full-time and contract hiring, with experiences built for each.
Pairs with Career Site and Talent CRM to source and pipeline contractors, and with Automated Interview Scheduling to book them without the back-and-forth.
AI sorts candidates into job-specific pipelines and flags who's available for redeployment based on real project outcomes, not a spreadsheet.
SOC 2 Type II certified, GDPR and CCPA compliant, with AES-256 encryption and annual penetration testing protecting every contractor record.
$7M
saved annually running 80-85% of hiring direct
12-14
day time to fill for contractor roles
33%
of contractors convert to full-time roles
We probably had over 100 vendors. And now we're down to somewhere around 12.
© 2026 Phenom People, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
