PeopleScout RPO: More Talent. More Tech. More Transformation.

RPO – Recruitment Process Outsourcing

PeopleScout RPO: More Talent. More Tech. More Transformation.

Scalable RPO (recruitment process outsourcing) backed by experience, insight and action to connect you with the talent you need.

What is Recruitment Process Outsourcing?

What is Recruitment Process Outsourcing?

Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) companies are more than head-hunters. As a leading RPO provider, PeopleScout strives to be your partner in talent, providing ultimate scalability for the peaks and troughs of modern business.

PeopleScout RPO is for organizations of all sizes—from start-ups to enterprises and everything in between. We help you capitalize on the latest market analysis, AI tools, thought leadership and competitive intelligence to ensure you have the right people on board to ride the waves—today and into the future.

Nothing stands still. The economy will fluctuate. Your recruiting priorities will change. And your PeopleScout RPO team will be there. Cutting through the complexity. Telling it like it is. Redefining what it means to be a true partner.

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RPO Models

Whether you need to fill professional, specialist, leadership or volume roles PeopleScout’s global RPO teams deliver top-notch, future-ready talent. Any recruiting challenge. Large or small. We’ve got an RPO solution to solve  them all.

Full-Cycle RPO

Full-Cycle RPO

Full-cycle RPO is an all-encompassing, end-to-end recruiting solution, stretching from receiving the hiring manager’s job requisition to sourcing through to onboarding. This full RPO service gives you a team of recruiters embedded within your business and a recruitment process customized just for you.

Partial-Cycle RPO

Partial-Cycle RPO

Want the boost of RPO but not sure about fully outsourced recruitment? Partial-cycle RPO gives you the best of both by covering certain parts of the recruitment process to boost internal recruitment resources. Your RPO partner works closely with your in-house recruiters to create a seamless candidate experience.

Project RPO & Recruiter On-Demand™

Project RPO & Recruiter On-Demand™

Flexible and highly scalable, project-based recruitment process outsourcing solutions rival the capabilities and costs of traditional agencies. PeopleScout’s Recruiter On-Demand supports your team during seasonal peaks, for special projects or to fill niche positions.

Modular RPO

Modular RPO

PeopleScout’s Amplifiers, our curated suite of modular recruitment solutions, was created to augment recruiting teams when and where it’s needed most. Each Amplifier is designed to meet your immediate talent goals and drive lasting business impact.

High-Volume RPO

High-Volume RPO

Balance the velocity of technology with a high touch candidate experience and unmatched scalability. Supported by our proprietary talent acquisition suite, Affinix™, our AI-powered, mobile-first tools create a modern, streamlined candidate journey.

Not Sure Which is Right for You?

Not Sure Which is Right for You?

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RPO in Action

Recruiting global tech & digital talent with multi-country RPO
CASE STUDY

Quorum Software

Recruiting global tech & digital talent with multi-country RPO

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Finding speciality engineering talent across 20 countries
CASE STUDY

Global Insurance Firm

Finding speciality engineering talent across 20 countries

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Delivering cost savings and a healthy return on investment
CASE STUDY

Rural Health System

Delivering cost savings and a healthy return on investment

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Why PeopleScout RPO?

From Talk to Walk.  No Excuses.

We’ve built our services on integrity. It’s how we work. It’s who we hire. We won’t make you comply with a cookie-cutter recruitment process. If we mess up, we’ll make it right. That’s why we have some of the longest running client relationships in the RPO space across industries, skill sets, demographics and geographies.

Delivering Difference-Makers

Whether you need to fill leadership, niche or volume roles our global search teams deliver top-notch, future-ready talent. From the second we grab the candidate’s attention to the minute they walk through the door—we deliver a seamless candidate experience that turns applicants into advocates.

Bringing Wow to Your Workforce 

With one of the largest in-house talent advisory teams in the industry, we deliver award-winning employer branding, market insights, DE&I consulting and more. We are problem-solvers, creatives, organizational psychologists, and operational experts with fresh ideas that are changing the face of recruiting.

Tech-Charged Experiences

Whether through our proprietary solution, Affinix™, or through our experience with best-fit recruitment tech, we have the know-how to work with your existing tech stack investment and recommend new tools to introduce more automation, analytics and innovation for better candidate experience .

What Our Clients Are Saying

“I’ve done RPO before, but I’ve never had a partner like PeopleScout.”

Staff VP Global Insurance Firm
RPO Technology

RPO Technology

As digital transformation reaches talent acquisition, we’re helping our clients get ahead with RPO technology. Whether through our proprietary talent acquisition suite, Affinix™, or through our experience with best-fit recruitment technologies, PeopleScout has the know-how to work with your existing tech stack investment and recommend new tools that will introduce more automation, analytics and innovation to your recruitment program.

Recruit faster with a curated suite of the essential tools for creating a modern candidate experience. Gain agility, streamline your recruitment process and create a world-class candidate experience that is unparalleled in the industry.

Industry Leading RPO Solutions

Industry Leading RPO Solutions

We’re helping talent leaders harness the power of data, drive decisions and exceed expectations. Our consultative approach combines market intelligence, creativity and tech-charged talent solutions to help organizations build sustainable talent strategies. PeopleScout’s legacy of service has led to the most enduring relationships in the industry, earning the trust of hundreds of organizations across sectors and consistent recognition as a leader by industry analysts.

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More RPO Resources

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Ultimate Recruitment Process Outsourcing Toolkit
Toolkit

Ultimate Recruitment Process Outsourcing Toolkit

Our complete six-piece toolkit gives you the essential information on how RPO can boost your recruitment outcomes.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Buyer’s Guide
Buyer’s Guide

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Buyer’s Guide

Check out this in-depth exploration of RPO and how it can help you achieve your recruitment goals.

Get to Know RPO: Answering your FAQs on RPO Solutions

Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) is a type of business process outsourcing where an external organization (RPO provider) supports an organization’s talent acquisition function by assuming responsibility for some or all facets of recruitment for some or all of your hiring needs.

Recruitment process outsourcing companies provide outsourced recruitment services for professional and non-professional positions to solve compliance, scalability, cost, quality, or other recruiting challenges. By assuming all or some portions of an organization’s recruitment functions, RPO companies improve recruiting effectiveness, reduce turnover and enable strategic growth.

During an RPO engagement, RPO recruiters work closely with their client’s talent acquisition and HR teams to understand the long-term talent acquisition goals, hiring challenges and objectives. The RPO provider then designs a customized recruiting program to support the client’s specific needs.  

RPO companies operate as a trusted partner and advisor, supporting multiple facets of talent programs. An RPO partner’s primary goal is to deploy a recruitment strategy that attracts, sources and hires high-quality permanent employees. Staffing agencies operate on a more reactive recruitment model, often hiring temporary or temp-to-perm talent on a requisition-to-requisition basis. Learn the top differences between an RPO and a staffing agency.

 

 

An RPO solution traditionally supports all responsibilities associated with permanent hiring within an organization, such as candidate sourcing, screening, candidate assessments, interviewing, and building talent pipelines. A Managed Service Provider’s (MSP) services are focused on contingent workforce management practices such as payroll management, staffing vendor management, procurement, and contingent workforce compliance expertise.

RPO and MSP can be blended under a Total Workforce Solution.

Here are just a few of the benefits you can experience with RPO: 

  • Scalable Recruiting Resources: RPO solutions provide greater recruitment flexibility through an RPO provider’s ability to scale recruitment resources to match a client’s workforce objectives.  Scalable recruiting resources are ideal for organizations experiencing fluctuations in hiring volume, rapid growth, or who may need additional support to meet hiring demand.  
  • Consistent and Standardized Recruitment Process: RPO providers can help an organization better organize and execute its recruitment program leading to a more seamless recruit-to-hire process and consistent and predictable results for job seekers and hiring managers. 
  • Improved Candidate Quality: RPO providers have experience sourcing and hiring talent across all industries and skill types. An RPO provider will home in on more than a candidate’s experience and education to find candidates who best match the client’s company culture and business objectives.  

Full cycle recruiting or “end-to-end recruitment” is a holistic approach to talent acquisition where an RPO provider is involved in each step of the hiring process. From talent pipelining and delivering talent assessments to interviewing, sourcing, screening, and candidate selection, a full cycle RPO program can support a client’s strategic talent acquisition goals through the entire recruitment lifecycle.

Project RPO is a type of RPO solution where a client outsources its recruitment needs on a project-by-project basis. Project RPO is ideal for organizations looking to meet short-term talent acquisition needs without committing to long-term engagements. Project RPO can also help support one-off hiring projects where niche expertise is needed.