Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is a form of Business Process Outsourcing (
The Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association (RPOA) defines RPO as follows: "When a provider acts as a company's internal recruitment function for a portion or all of its jobs. RPO providers manage the entire recruiting/hiring process from job profiling through to the onboarding of the new hire, including staff, technology, methodology and reporting. A properly managed RPO will improve a company's time to hire, increase the quality of the candidate pool, provide verifiable metrics, reduce cost and improve governmental compliance.”
In all cases, RPO differs greatly from providers such as staffing companies and contingent/retained search providers in that it assumes ownership of the design and management of the recruitment process and the responsibility of results.
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Master Vendor (MV) is a form of RPO operated by a consultancy or an agency that acts as the lead supplier - giving the client one contract and one point of contact for all their requirements. The agency will supply staff and also work in partnership with secondary suppliers to manage the recruitment needs and fill all vacancies within the organisation.
Neutral Vendor (NV) is a form of RPO operated by independent consultancies that are neither linked to nor have any alliances with any recruitment agency. Their primary function is to put together an agreed panel(s) of supplying agencies in order to meet an organisation's specific business requirements. By doing this they are able to effectively streamline and control supply chains on behalf of their clients.
Neutral Vendor arrangements are ideal for organisations with large and complex staffing needs, who wish to increase efficiency and process control, through technology as well as management.
Onsite managed services are operated by an agency that provides a dedicated account team that will work from within the client’s workplace. The agency suppliers usually sources and supply the complete recruitment and workforce on a sole agency basis and quantifiable and sustainable improvements in cost, quality and delivery.
Onboarding, also known as direct hire recruitment or talent pooling, is when an organisation passes the sourcing of all or a portion of its permanent candidate attraction to an RPO company.
The RPO company will normally use the organisation brand to attract candidates exploiting the full range of channels, either online using career portals or job boards, offline using direct advertising campaigns or extensive CV database mining.
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For more information regarding Master Vendor, Neutral Vendor, Onsite Managed Services or Onboarding and to find out whether they could benefit your business then please call 0845 3131311.
