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Techweek Chicago, the city’s leading technology conference and festival, created a first-of-its-kind giving campaign, Techweek Gives, that is rallying Chicago’s top tech companies together to make a profound impact on the community.
Hirewell, like all of the participating companies, is donating time, money and goods in the 90 days leading up to Techweek Chicago, which kicks off June 19, 2017. The goal is to raise $1 million and encourage participants to contribute 10,000 volunteer hours to benefit S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) and other local nonprofits.
To date, we’ve contributed over $25,000 and nearly 50 volunteer hours. Hirewell is committed to giving back to the community around us, and we are thrilled to join the tech leaders of Chicago in this campaign.
This started with a pretty common problem.
The Black Tux was growing fast. Peak seasons were getting busier. Retail showrooms were expanding. Their internal TA team? Maxed out. They needed help hiring customer care talent quickly and without committing to building a much bigger internal team.
What surprised everyone (including us) was how it evolved.
Seasonal support turned into embedded recruiting. Embedded recruiting turned into weekly market data, process fixes, and help across retail, warehouse, HQ, and leadership roles. One consultant became an extension of their team, flexing as priorities shifted.
Over time, that approach supported 275+ hires across showrooms, warehouses, customer care, and roles like VP of Supply Chain and Lifecycle Marketing without The Black Tux having to overhire internally.
No big “transformation initiative.” Just adapting as the business grew.
If you’re dealing with growth, seasonality, or capacity issues, this is a realistic look at what flexible hiring support can actually look like.
Read the Black Tux case study here.
Hiring rarely goes exactly as planned. The good news? It doesn’t have to.
Have a big hiring initiative and unsure the best way to tackle it? Let’s discuss…