CFT Consulting

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the senior network security engineer for a professional services company.

What challenge were you trying to address with CFT Consulting?

We needed a company that could provide IT staff augmentation to help with our clients’ projects.

What was the scope of their involvement?

CFT Consulting provides support for us according to our clients’ requirements.

How did you come to work with CFT Consulting?

We searched on Google and contacted them.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in July 2021, and the relationship is ongoing.

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

They’re excellent; we’re happy with their support.

How did CFT Consulting perform from a project management standpoint?

We define the time, and they meet the timelines. If we require the project to be done within a month, they meet whatever target we set and deliver according to our requirements. They work remotely and use the management tool we use.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They meet deadlines and are available. Moreover, they’re able to understand our requirements and respond accordingly.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, there’s nothing I’d have them improve.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

If you require more candidates, you should definitely consider them.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the owner of a boutique consulting firm based out of Charlotte, NC. We provide IT consulting services to small and medium businesses in the United States.

For what projects/services did your company hire CFT Consulting?

We needed a firm to help us with staff augmentation in order to meet the deliverables we have for several clients. We have used CFT Consulting on several occasions for staff augmentation and project based work.

How did you select this agency and what were the deciding factors?

We choose this agency based on their commitment to meet our timelines and the quick understanding of what we were looking to get accomplished against tight timelines.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

They have provided us several different resources for a handful of our most critical projects. One project involved the need for 2 Golang developers for a website project we were awarded. CFT provided the resources to help augment our business analysts and project managers to ensure we could meet the deliverables and tight timelines of our client.

In another instance, CFT Consulting provided us WordPress / PHP / Java developers for an ecommerce based website for one of our clients located on the US East Coast.

Describe the recruitment process in detail.

We discussed our requirements with the CFT Consulting engagement manager. Once we were clear as a team as to what the delivery commitments and timelines were, they presented us several candidates to talk with and ensure they were a right fit. At this point we have worked with CFT Consulting and their engagement manager enough that they are very responsive and proactive when it comes to providing the appropriate resource to ensure our joint success.

Can you share any outcomes from the engagement that demonstrate progress or success?

We have had several successful projects with our clients when using staff augmentation services from CFT consulting. We are currently negotiating a managed services agreement with one client where resources from CFT Consulting will be key to us being able to deliver those services starting in 2022.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow between our team and theirs was efficient. We used a combination of email, phone calls, and MS Teams meetings to ensure that everyone was on the same page. When there were issues, they team was quick to respond and address.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

CFT Consulting is able to provide reliable and timely service at a reasonable price. They are flexible and able to quickly grasp what the details of the project. They ensure that the right resources are assigned to get the project completed. They also seem to have a unique ability to secure talent for projects that involve emerging technologies such as Golang.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Given the current global pandemic and they challenges that the pandemic has presented we have not encountered many challenges. One item that we ensure we do is to ensure all requirements are documented and understood by the team. Documented requirements are key to success.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the manager of business development for a financial services company. We help small and midsize businesses.

What challenge were you trying to address with CFT Consulting?

We wanted to expand our business into multiple regions.

What was the scope of their involvement?

CFT Consulting provides the required demos with the qualification criteria to help us grow the business. They also provide marketing strategies and lead generation services. In general, they help with expanding the business and generating more quality leads for our company.

What is the team composition?

We started with three sales development representatives. After three months, we added two more.

How did you come to work with CFT Consulting?

We found them through a Google search. We found that they are professional and have the expertise to help businesses expand into multiple regions. Not only that, but we also had some references taken from them, and everyone said they were focused on the quality and achievement of the target. They also said that whatever is promised, they deliver.

How much have you invested with them?

We have invested around $60,000-$100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in July 2020, and we still use their services.

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

We told CFT Consulting the number of demos we wanted on a monthly basis. We had a target of around 50% increase that we were expecting. After we did a back-calculation, we realized that we are within the range we wanted. On a monthly basis, not only do they achieve the target, but they go beyond it. Their communication and target achievement are always a 10.

How did CFT Consulting perform from a project management standpoint?

CFT Consulting’s project management is very good. They’re transparent with any communication. For example, if they are going to miss a deadline, they inform us. We provide them the database to call on — they’re very proactive in coming back to us and telling us that the database would last for another 4–5 days, and we’d want additional data. That proactiveness and transparency are what we love about them.

What did you find most impressive about them?

What I like best about CFT Consulting is their transparency. The first month, we gave them proper training. We made them familiar with the expectations we had in terms of reporting or target achievements. From the second month onward, they have been on track.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There’s nothing I’d have them improve.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

They’re very open to understanding the expectations of their customer. At the start, be clear about what you expect, so they can plan accordingly.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the director of business development at an IT services company. We offer end-to-end IT staffing as well as IT solutions in various web applications and security cloud.

What challenge were you trying to address with CFT Consulting?

We have a team of in-house recruiters. We had other clients so we thought we could add some more remote recruiters. We were looking for a reliable company that could help us with offshore recruitment.

What was the scope of their involvement?

We hired one of their remote recruiters who served as an extension of our team. We would provide them with the required positions, whether it was a Salesforce, DevOps, or Cloud engineer. The team would work on different job portals, such as Dice, Monster, or CareerBuilder. Afterward, they would send us solid candidates who we would then forward to our clients. 

What is the team composition?

We work with two teammates, including an account manager. 

How did you come to work with CFT Consulting?

I found them while searching online. 

How much have you invested with them?

We spend about $40,000–$50,000 in a year.

What is the status of this engagement?

We’ve been working with them for about a year now, since July 2019, and our engagement is ongoing. We’re going to add more people from their team.

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

They’ve been very helpful. So far, they’ve been the best RPO service provider we’ve worked with. Because of them, I’ve been able to grow. 

How did CFT Consulting perform from a project management standpoint?

CFT Consulting is well-organized. In terms of requirement gathering, they are very particular. They always try to coordinate over the phone or through Microsoft Teams.

They follow our methods of work, so the relationship is going well. CFT Consulting charges you for one person but there’s always an account manager who is monitoring and is available according to the EST timezone.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their quality makes them stand out. I don’t feel like they’re an extended team; I feel like I’m working with my own team. CFT Consulting works very closely with us and puts 100% effort in order to achieve their targets. They’ve always met their targets.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, I have no suggestions.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

If you provide them with accurate requirements and flow of work, they will follow them. If you give them the right tools and are upfront with your requirements, CFT Consulting will outperform. 

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Director of Business Development for a global Technology Consulting Company. We provide Technology & Sustainability advisory to some of the largest companies in the world.

For what projects/services did your company hire CFT Consulting, and what were your goals??

We needed to supplement our Lead generation effort to expand our customer base in US so engaged CFT to provide Calling & appointment setting support.

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Their business development personnel had contacted us. Their References, costs & scalability were key deciding factors.

Describe the project in detail and walk through their service package, including any calling tools used.

Their callers provide coverage cross all time zones in US & acrodd diverse industries. They were able to research their own leads in addition to the database provided by us.

Who did you work with and what was the feedback process like?

We mainly worked with their Project Manager who used to manage their calling team. Sometimes we used to directly interact with the Calling team members during internal reviews. The feedback process was quite efficient & corrective actions where required were quickly implemented.

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the service?

They always exceeded the quota of Appointments agreed with them for each month.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We had a system of daily reports from the callers as well as a weekly review meeting, generally on Fridays. Course correction where needed was quickly implemented.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their team's ability to quickly learn about our business which is fairly complex and requires ability to interact with Senior Execs was quite remarkable.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

PM to be more accessible during US business hours for Client(us).

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a team lead of the Talent Acquisition Group in an Automotive Company taking care of the IT + Automotive lateral hiring.

For what projects/services did your company hire CFT Consulting?

Connected to CFT Consulting through a network. We were looking for immediate joiners for an IT skill which we are hiring for. CFT started the work and gave us the result within a week.

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

The timely delivery and responsiveness is the key factor to work with CFT Consulting.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We are hiring for an IT skill where we need resources just in time. Looking for candidates who could join us in 15 days. CFT went over and above for the sourcing gave us the closures.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

The TAG manager along with his 3 team members worked with us for the just in time delivery.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Onboarding 2 candidates within a span of 1 week is a challenging task based on the current candidate-driven market. It was possible coz of CFT Consulting & their team for the efforts on taking each candidate till the closure.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Everything was completed on time. We communicated over phone & chat and make sure that we achieve the target with in the given span.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I appreciated that they took time to understand our industry. This allowed them to recommend tailored IT solutions.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

They are working really good as the entire team is very responsive and ready to support at any time.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work as Network Security Engineer.

For what projects/services did your company hire CFT Consulting?

CFT was brought onboard by internal team for one of infrastructure project providing Security Network Engineers.

How did you select this agency and what were the deciding factors?

We tried looking for staffing help on google.com and we found their company on top of list, hence we had one meeting with them, we love their business model and value proposition, and have grown organically with their assistance ever since.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

They provided 4 security Network engineers to augment our in house team. We share them Job description & they sourced right team for us. We loved their turned around time.

Describe the recruitment process in detail.

We first discussed our requirement with their sales team on our first call and within 24 hours we got the resumes sourced as per the Job description given by us and our team immediately lined up the shortlisted candidates for interview and that how we selected the most matched skills consultants they submitted.

Can you share any outcomes from the engagement that demonstrate progress or success?

Due to CFT we have been able to see drastic change and speed in our project execution since they sourced us with the right talent consultants.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Even Though their team worked remotely they became a part of our internal team. They adapted to our work environment and if we had any escalation we always reached out to their account manager where we got quick responses.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their dedication and commitment to excellence are impressive. We always got 24/7 support from them.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

They are best IT Staffing firm with professional who offers best customer services so my answer is No areas of improvement.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I currently work as a Senior Talent Acquisition Manager at an IT services company.

For what projects/services did your company hire CFT Consulting?

We hired CFT consulting for Remote recruitment services.

What were your goals for this project?

To have a pipeline of qualified resources for our clients.

How did you select CFT Consulting?

I found CFT while searching for qualified RPO Partners to support my current client base.

Describe the project in detail.

Once we are done with the selection process of the Recruiters team. We gave CFT the details about the clients and the services they offer. This gave them an insight into the kind of resources we are looking for. We also gave a short knowledge transfer session to the recruiters about the technologies we worked on.

What was the team composition?

Initially, we hired 2 recruiters and once we are satisfied with the performance we hired one more recruiter to support our high volume account. Apart from that they also help us with an Account manager to manage the engagement.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The team is really qualified and efficient and it helps us to generate a healthy pipeline of qualified resources and our revenue increased from the first three months of engagement.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We had regular standup calls with the team and they reported progress on each requirement on a regular basis. We were very happy with the overall team performance.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

CFT was very transparent about the whole process and regular inputs were given to improve the whole process which helped us to gain a strategic advantage in the market

Are there any areas for improvement?

No cons as such. Overall they have been a great partner.

Please describe your company and your position there.

My company is a trusted staffing advisor for our professional clients and the employer of choice for our candidates.

We have worked with some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and medical device companies I am working as a Lead Recruiter.

For what projects/services did your company hire CFT Consulting?

Recruitment and Appointment Setting Services

What were your goals for this project?

The goals for the project was:

1. To provide coverage to our current requirements.
2. Timeline - Submit candidates within 24-48 hours.
3. To break into big complex and MSP accounts.

How did you select CFT Consulting?

Our management had recommended them and they heard about CFT through a friend.

Describe the project in detail.

Our scope was very clear that we needed a RPO and appointment setting services to support our current Team.

CFT came up with a very strategic approach which have streamlined our current Recruitment and Sales Department.

What was the team composition?

Currently we have 5 offshore recruiters and 2 appointment setting experts.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Since the time we partnered with CFT consulting our revenue grew by 150% every month and we have also streamlined our recruitment process overall in volume hiring.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

It was seamless since we CFT Consulting is very knowledgeable about Recruitment and B2B industry.

They have a assigned a dedicated Account Manager, who communicates on a daily basis by emails and MS Teams. Overall we are really impressed with the quick responses from each Team member assigned on our project.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We were really impressed by the capabilities, quality, speed and the positive approach.

Team at CFT are patient from the beginning till date. I would highly recommend them to anyone who is looking out for offshore recruitment and sales support.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not as such. The team at CFT is a wonderful partner and we will continue working with them.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the managing partner of an IT services company based out of Chicago, that has been in business for over 23 years. We support a variety of clients in varied business areas.

For what projects/services did your company hire CFT Consulting?

We hired them to find suitable project managers, lead IT consultants with the appropriate skills and qualifications in a short time frame mainly in the SalesForce and Cloud developers.

What were your goals for this project?

Our goal was to initiate the project with the appropriate team which has the right skills and completes the project in a successful manner. We did this project for a government department which resulted in us getting repeat business because of the quality of consultants we deployed on the project.

How did you select this vendor?

We have worked with this team in the past for over 5 years.

Describe the project in detail.

Due to the nature of the NDA that we signed with the government, we cannot share details of the project. However, the project was a digital transformation initiative. We had to build a team in a short time frame and we were ably assisted by CFT Consulting.

What was the team composition?

The team had one project Manager, Two Leads and 3 Consultants

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The project was a grand success which resulted in us getting repeat work.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We had a smooth relationship, the communication was good and their team members were very knowledgeable and cooperative. We had some starting issues but they were resolved very quickly

What did you find most impressive about this company?

CFT Consulting's professionalism, responsiveness, and understanding of the requirements and customer needs was impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement?

There is always scope for improvements in the process, perhaps developing an online dashboard for reporting.