| Businesses have started outsourcing many different | | | | regulations. |
| tasks these days. It seems like everything from human | | | | Some companies choose to hire RPO companies on |
| resources to technical support to billing can be | | | | a temporary basis or outsource only a portion of their |
| outsources to another company, and if a business | | | | recruitment processes. In this case, the company |
| really wanted to, they might be able to outsource | | | | isn’t truly outsourcing; instead, they’re hiring a |
| everything! Well, it may not be quite possible, but there | | | | company to assist with staffing. The process here is |
| are many different departments that can be | | | | different. With recruitment process outsourcing, the |
| outsourced, including recruitment activities. Recruitment | | | | RPO company takes ownership of the recruitment |
| processing outsourcing, or RPO, is the process of hiring | | | | process, while this isn’t true if you are using a |
| an outside company to handle all recruitment of | | | | company for only staffing. Your company still has |
| potential employees. | | | | ownership of the actual process—the staffing |
| Basically, RPO firms handle all or portions of the | | | | company is only a part of that process. |
| internal and external recruitment tasks for a business. | | | | RPO has become more and more widely used over |
| This can mean that the business will handle all of your | | | | the years. First, HR departments saw the benefit of |
| company’s recruiting and hiring, including creating job | | | | RPO since it reduced company overhead while helping |
| descriptions, posting those descriptions, collecting and | | | | companies become more competitive. As HR |
| evaluating resumes, and even interviewing potential | | | | outsourcing became more accepted, companies also |
| applicants if you want them to. The company will also | | | | noted that in addition to outsourcing things like taxes, |
| handle all record keeping and reporting related to | | | | payroll, and benefits, they could also outsource hiring |
| recruitment. | | | | and recruitment, tasks that took up a large amount of |
| There are a number of advantages to outsourcing | | | | time and resources. |
| your recruitment processing. By finding the best RPO | | | | The benefits of RPO include saving money, improving |
| company to work with, you’ll find that the hiring | | | | the hiring process, and gaining access to a more varied |
| process is much easier and quicker, allowing you to | | | | and experienced pool of applicants. Recruitment |
| bring new employees onboard faster than you | | | | processing outsourcing companies focus only on |
| previously did. They may also have access to a larger | | | | outsourcing, allowing them to keep up on the newest |
| pool of applicants, meaning you get more qualified | | | | procedures and regulations regarding hiring. They can |
| candidates applying for your jobs. Finally, these | | | | also save companies money, especially since many |
| outsourcing companies can also provide you with | | | | offer different payment plans. Companies may pay a |
| better reports, reduce the amount of money you | | | | RPO per transaction rather than per staff member, |
| spend on recruiting, and make it easier for you to keep | | | | which avoids layoffs and payment for more than the |
| in compliance with the numerous government | | | | tasks the RPO company performed. |