Outsourcing recruitment processes has many advantages for your company. By Outsourcing various recruiting processes, you can benefit from the knowledge of external service providers and gain the greatest possible flexibility. By Outsourcing individual areas of your recruiting, you will be free to concentrate fully on your company’s core processes. Apart from saving time, the Outsourcing process rewards you with high cost-efficiency. In the following, we will give you a detailed insight into the many benefits and possibilities of RPO.
WHAT IS RECRUITMENT PROCESS OUTSOURCING?
The term recruitment process Outsourcing (RPO) describes a branch of business process Outsourcing (BPO) in which an external service provider assists a company in procuring new personnel. Individual parts or the entire recruitment process are outsourced.
Depending on a company’s specific requirements, for example, only demand planning or the search for suitable specialists can be covered by Outsourcing. However, for some companies, it makes sense to place the entire recruitment process in the experienced hands of HR experts. In this case, we speak of a full-service RPO.
The Outsourcing of the recruiting process is then part of the company’s HR strategy and aims at a long-term increase in efficiency in the area. Often, the goal of these measures is also to gain a competitive advantage in the acquisition of highly qualified specialists.
HR service providers work either remotely or directly on-site in cooperation with the internal HR department. The duration of collaboration can also be defined as short, medium, or long-term, depending on a company’s needs.
Short-term measures, in particular, serve to respond quickly, cost-effectively, and precisely to fulfil personnel requirements. Job-related Outsourcing of the recruitment process then makes sense. Project-related Outsourcing of the recruitment process makes sense, especially when several employees are needed for a specific business project.
YOURÂ BENEFITSÂ THROUGH RPO
By implementing RPO in your company, you are making a strategic decision that will benefit your company. Whether Outsourcing recruiting processes is worthwhile for you depends, on the one hand, on your HR strategy and the core competencies of your HR department, and on the other hand, on the goals you want to achieve with your recruiting process and the current success rate.
If your HR department lacks expertise, a significant benefit of the RPO is the possibility of specialization. Your Outsourcing partner has special know-how in recruiting, which makes an increase in efficiency and quality possible in your company.
You can secure the following advantages when using RPO:
REDUCED HIRING TIME
Benefit from reduced hiring time when you decide to outsource your HR processes. The long-standing recruiting expertise of your Outsourcing partners, as well as a worldwide network, guarantees you fast access to the right candidates.
INCREASE INÂ APPLICANTÂ QUALITY AND QUOTA
Thanks to the efficient use of optimized resources for success, your RPO partner can significantly increase the quality and rate of applicants.
With RPO, your company also benefits from an increase in the accuracy of aptly recruited candidates. In addition to professional competence, RPO service providers also include applicants’ soft skills and personality traits, and cultural characteristics in the recruitment process.
TRANSPARENCY AND DATA ANALYSIS
Continuous process monitoring by your RPO service provider gives you a transparent insight into the process data. This also makes it easy to identify optimization potential so that you can subsequently derive clear recommendations for action.
COST EFFICIENCY
Optimizing the hiring period ensures a significant reduction in costs. You succeed in reducing your recruitment costs by Outsourcing the recruitment process.
STATE-OF-THE-ART RECRUITMENT TECHNIQUES
RPO service providers use the most advanced tools and techniques to recruit your employees. For example, actively approaching top-notch candidates, also called active sourcing, falls within the scope of modern recruiting techniques. Thanks to RPO, you can ensure that your recruitment is always up to date and that you do not neglect any of the diverse modern recruiting channels.
STRENGTHENING YOUR EMPLOYER BRAND
Your employer brand is important in attracting future employees and positioning yourself externally as an attractive employer. RPO service providers help you strengthen your employer brand and consciously communicate it to the outside world.
IMPROVING THE CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE
Bad experiences of potential candidates with the application process can harm your employer brand. An RPO partner can help you stay in close contact with candidates throughout your recruiting process and provide them with comprehensive guidance every step of the way. This ensures a positive candidate experience for your applicants.
RPO – CHOOSE A MODEL THAT FITS
Before you decide to engage in Outsourcing recruitment processes in your company, it is worth looking at the different Outsourcing models. It’s important to choose a model that fits your company’s exact needs. To find out which RPO model is right for you, you can ask yourself the following questions:
- Does your company have ongoing staffing needs, or are they temporary?
- Are you looking to make a strategic, long-term change to the recruiting process?
- Are you interested in relieving your HR department of the burden of performing certain tasks?
An experienced RPO partner can provide you with comprehensive advice on the right Outsourcing model and work with you to find the solution that makes the most sense for your company.
END-TO-END RPO
External HR experts are available to you in an advisory capacity within an end-to-end RPO model, both remotely and on-site. Working closely with your HR department, your RPO partner will manage your recruitment process from start to finish. This RPO solution includes the search for suitable candidates, the preparation and execution of interviews, the planning of onboarding activities, and the conception of the employer brand.
PROJECT RPO
When recruiting new employees as part of a specific project, the project RPO model is the right choice. Here, you do not outsource your entire recruiting process but have your Outsourcing partner procure new employees for a specific project.
SELECTIVE RPO
With the selective RPO model, you have the option of selecting the specific areas of your recruitment process in which you would like to be supported by an RPO partner, as with a modular system. An example of selective RPO would be suitable sourcing candidates by your external HR expert and conducting interviews by your internal HR department.
RECRUITER ON DEMAND (ROD)
To ensure short-term filling of positions, the recruiter-on-demand model is right for you. Your RPO partner supports you in recruiting new employees on a selective basis whenever you have a need. This enables you to respond quickly to changes in staffing capacity without adjusting your entire recruiting strategy.
HOW YOUR COMPANY BENEFITS FROM RPOÂ
Medium-sized companies in particular benefit from Outsourcing their recruiting processes. But start-ups that want to concentrate fully on their core processes can also make worthwhile use of RPO. If you are pursuing the following goals with your company, then Outsourcing your recruiting can be worthwhile:
- Increasing the speed and flexibility of recruiting processes
- Increasing applicant quality and accuracy
- Reducing costs and standardizing the recruiting process
- Using state-of-the-art recruiting tools and techniques.
IMPLEMENTATION OF YOUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS OUTSOURCING
It is recommended to get detailed advice from an appropriate RPO expert before Outsourcing recruitment processes. Outsourcing4work is an expert in remote solutions for your recruitment process. Thanks to 28 years of experience with a future-oriented remote model, we are at your side as a reliable consultant in personnel matters.
We support you in finding suitable and qualified candidates for your company. Arrange a free introductory meeting today to find out how you can profitably use RPO.
