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5 Reasons to Bring your Recruiting in House

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Thursday, September 30, 2021 • DesignOps Summit 2021
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5 Reasons to Bring your Recruiting in House
Speakers: Roberta Dombrowski and Lianna Aduana
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Summary

Participant recruitment is often regarded as the most difficult part of any design project. Oftentimes companies rely on recruiting agencies to handle finding participants. While there are some advantages to this approach, and cases where outsourcing is the best option, nowadays bringing research in-house can be simple, flexible, cost-effective, and fast. During this session we’ll be diving into the top 5 benefits of bringing your recruitment efforts in house.

Key Insights

  • In-house recruitment reduces study lead times from weeks or months down to hours or days by removing agency quoting processes.

  • Visibility into participant screening responses enables better qualification and reduces fraudulent or unfit participants.

  • Outsourcing recruitment often involves hidden and expedited fees that can significantly increase project costs.

  • Direct communication with participants before and after sessions builds trust and allows for quick troubleshooting.

  • Calendar syncing for scheduling across teams eliminates double bookings and allows flexible participant self-scheduling.

  • User Interviews offers both a large public panel and tools to manage and recruit your own customer base.

  • B2B recruitment is supported with filters for industry, company size, job titles, and tools used.

  • Keeping participant engagement high requires ongoing communication up until sessions, ideally within a two-week window.

  • Double screening and pre-session calls help verify participant authenticity and improve data quality.

  • In-person user testing can be managed through the platform with location details included for participants.

Notable Quotes

"If you're not doing recruitment in-house and have to outsource three different agencies, managing timelines becomes a nightmare."

"I was surprised how quickly I could launch a project and get six leads within just a few hours using User Interviews."

"Sometimes the screening can be done incorrectly by panels, which leads to wasted time and potential data issues."

"Fraud detection automatically refunds you if a participant is found to be fraudulent and helps find a replacement."

"Recruit fees from panels can escalate from $100 per participant to $600 due to international and professional targeting."

"Not having direct contact with participants means you can't quickly reschedule or handle last-minute issues effectively."

"Syncing calendars lets you see free time blocks across your team without exposing exact personal details."

"Keeping communication fluid with participants until the moderated session keeps them engaged and less likely to forget."

"You can send NDAs and informed consent forms directly through the platform, cutting down admin overhead."

"Double screening combined with a quick pre-session call is my go-to method to verify participants are genuine."

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