Since 2011, 3i People has staffed high-volume IT and Professional contractor requirements across 18 states for Cox Communications — and earned vendor status across every business unit in the Cox Group, from Automotive to Media.
Cox Communications needed a partner who could meet high-volume IT and Professional contractor requirements across 18 states, integrate cleanly into supply chain management and senior executive review, and deliver inside an MSP program that gave every supplier 30 days to prove they could keep up.
"In the first few years, we were placing people but not tracking our performance against Cox's scorecard closely enough — and we were missing several of their KPIs."
We examined the data, rebuilt our process around Cox's actual scorecard, and stood up a blended onshore/offshore recruiting team to identify the best talent at the speed Cox needed. The same engine that solved this for Cox became Leap Tiger™ — our proprietary AI talent platform — which now powers thousands of placements across our portfolio.
From the first quarter onward, we placed top candidates across the program and were awarded vendor status across every Cox Group business unit. Fourteen years and 1,000+ placements later, we remain a consistent Top-3 Supplier with Primary Vendor status, supporting contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire needs.
From the initial 2011 award to today, every milestone has been earned against a measurable scorecard.
Cox selects 3i People as a partner for high-volume IT and Professional contractor requirements across 18 states. Blended onshore/offshore recruiting team stood up; first placements made in the first quarter of the engagement.
First full year of delivery closes with 36 placements and 3i crossing $1M in revenue from the Cox engagement — a foundation for the scale to come.
Submittal quality and fill rate move into the top tier of the supplier panel. Placement volume more than doubles year-over-year.
Recruiter calibration against Cox's scorecard pays off. Annual placement count nearly doubles again as the program expands.
Four-year run of steady, high-volume delivery. Average submission time settles at 24 hours. Cox extends our coverage to two additional business divisions inside the group.
3i is named a consistent Top-3 supplier across 30+ vendors. Funnel metrics — 28% submit-to-interview and 30% interview-to-offer — set the program benchmark.
Through pandemic disruption and cost-control pressure, the partnership holds. 94 placements made in the year, with delivery models adjusted for remote-first hiring.
Cumulative placements exceed 1,000 across Communications, Automotive, Enterprises, and Media Group. 3i continues to support contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire requirements at an average 12% fill ratio — well above the program average.
Every supplier in the MSP program is scored on the same funnel. Here is how we have performed.
Awarded Primary Vendor status and held a consistent Top-3 ranking across the Cox MSP program — measured on submittal quality, fill rate, and time-to-fill.
Awarded vendor status across Cox Communications, Cox Automotive, Cox Enterprises, and Cox Media Group — supporting contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire needs in one operating model.
The scorecard-aware sourcing model we built to win at Cox became Leap Tiger — the AI talent platform that now powers placements across our entire portfolio.
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