The Case for Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Flexibility & Scalability

• In today’s rapidly changing economy, many organizations are faced with decisions on how to meet their internal hiring needs. With recruiting departments cut substantially, the decision to rebuild, completely outsource, or to augment their existing resources with flexible, scalable resources is a tricky one.
• Recruitment process outsourcing allows the client the flexibility to scale resources up and down in a cost-effective manner.

Cost-Effectiveness

• Scalability – It typically costs an organization more to hire during peak times because there is a need for additional resources to compensate for the increased hiring need. Similarly, in periods of low volume, it also costs an organization more to hire because resources are not fully utilized. In an RPO solution, there is not typically a premium charged during periods of high or low volume.
• Process efficiencies – By partnering with an RPO provider, you get to take advantage of the best practices they’ve developed. These efficiencies allow an RPO provider to price its services below the cost at which you’re currently operating.
• Reduced turnover – By producing a higher quality hire, organizations see lower early attrition which results in cost-savings for the client.

Increased Quality

• It is widely thought that by partnering with an expert in recruiting, the quality of the hire will improve. This is true because RPO providers have broad depth of recruiting experiences and draw upon them when delivering RPO services.
• Utilizing a structured hiring process promotes quality by facilitating more consistency among the hires.

Increasesd Compliance

• OFCCP compliance is a big concern for many large organizations. RPO providers follow rigorous processes to ensure a legally compliant hiring process.
• By maintaining accurate records of hiring activity, RPO providers can supply critical information to support audit requests from the OFCCP.

Opportunity to Leverage ATS Technology

• Some RPO providers offer a bundled ATS/Recruitment solution. This is a fantastic option for organizations who haven’t yet invested in an ATS.