Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

RPO is a specialized service that allows clients to outsource some or all of the recruitment function. An RPO provider leverages the combination of strategy, technology, resources and vendor management to improve the recruitment process.

Operating as the client’s internal recruitment function and strategic partner, the RPO provider will work closely with the client to improve the recruitment efficiencies of quality of hire, speed of delivery and cost containment. Improvements measured and monitored through real-time metrics are then tied to strict service level agreements.

The client’s goal is to select a world-class RPO partner that continuously recognizes and delivers best practices to tactically elevate the client company's internal processes and to promote the company as an employer of choice.

Benefits of RPO

In general, companies do not determine the true costs of hiring, which should include the overhead costs of the recruiter, time spent interviewing, the productivity lost while the position is vacant and similar factors. An RPO provider can collect, refine and analyze a broad set of information that most companies either have not considered, or do not have the tools required to adequately assess and utilize.

This analysis is then used as the foundation on which to build a customized outsource model. Effective talent management requires the coordination of multiple data points, which are often maintained in separate areas of the business are geographically inconsistent and difficult, if not impossible, to quickly access.

An RPO Provider's talent management platform can respond to these challenges by combining all critical talent management functions in an integrated, Web-based process. This automates the talent management lifecycle, provides real-time data and Statistics as well as workforce planning information to better meet the needs of a changing business.

In addition, an RPO provider can offer a client a market analysis that evaluates its overall competitiveness, compensation scales and other factors such as the strength of its brand relative to other industry employers.