SESSION DESCRIPTION What is Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and why the buzz? Is it a fad or
is it a genuine strategy for increasing your staffing operation’s effectiveness?
Why are companies – large and small – outsourcing recruiting functions to third
party service providers? Established Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) vendors
such as Hewitt, EDS and Aon; recruitment technology vendors such as Kenexa and
Brassring; behemoth staffing agencies, such as Spherion, Manpower and Kelly; and
"pure-play" RPO vendors, such as RES, Accolo, and Hyrian are taking on all or
parts of a variety of recruitment activity on behalf of organizations that are
looking for increased efficiencies, strategic partners, and competitive
advantages.
In this session, we will present a practical approach to understanding what RPO
is and is not and the common business drivers that are shaping the demand for
services. Additionally, we will provide guidelines for analyzing your
organization’s staffing area and key questions to ask to help determine if
partnering with an RPO services firm is strategy that could work for you.
We will share case study material from several Fortune 500 organizations that
have leveraged RPO firms in very different ways to achieve their staffing
objectives. Examples include:
Re-direct internal staffing resources toward strategic business objectives
such as internal mobility and finding key hires
Creating economies of scale for high volume hiring
Support with expanding global operations
Advanced application of data and metrics
The session will also present findings from ERE’s in-depth market research study
of the RPO industry. Based on a close analysis of the scope of work involved in
actual engagements between customers and a select group of RPO service
providers, ERE researchers learned that while there is no "typical" RPO deal or
provider, there are solid trends and best practices emerging that are creating
effective RPO environments.