Is now the time to consider RPO?
If you have discounted RPO in the past, you might want to take a second look. The economy may be shaky, but it is wise to prepare now for future needs.
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Time to reimagine talent sourcing pipelines?
As traditional sourcing options fail to keep up, businesses need to explore alternative methods to meet their critical talent needs.
Top CW technologies to consider in 2024
A timely look at how to plan next year’s technology roadmap and which technologies to examine.
Rate card methodology: Time to review
Are you paying your contingent workers appropriately? Are the margins you pay suppliers within the norms? Review your rate card methodology to find out.
Going internal? Consider all costs
I have had a number of requests for information from companies considering running their contingent workforce programs internally — what functions should be retained and how to go about calculating the associated full life-cycle costs. What are the potential risks and what are the potential rewards?
Over the years, I have seen a number of organizations […]
Benchmarks: Benefits of RPO
Recruitment process outsourcing services offer additional sourcing expertise or resources to enable contingent workforce programs to build greater talent pipelines.
Benchmarks: RPO pricing models
Recruitment process outsourcing providers employ a variety of pricing models for their services, according to the “RPO Global Landscape Summary 2021” report from SIA. The most common was a combination of cost per hire and fixed monthly fee.
Benchmarks: RPO services blending
The 2018 global RPO market was $5.4 billion in 2018, approximately 22% of which was from blended MSP/RPO contracts.
Open for business: Key employment law issues to consider
As employers plan to resume operations, it is important to be mindful of the ways Covid-19 will continue to impact the workplace. A Fox Rothschild blogpost discusses several key employment law issues that employers should be aware of as they move forward with reopening.
Firms shifting RPO and MSP operations
Organizational changes are hitting some RPO and MSP providers.
The six-second time-to-fill
Once a pie-in-the-sky concept, landing a worker in mere seconds is all but a reality. How it’s possible and how your program can benefit.
Court: Travel time not compensable
The time temp workers spent being bused from a hotel and across a picket line to an assignment is not compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month.
It’s Not a Matter of Time
A persistent hot topic regarding contingent labor is that of term limits. The phrase “term limit” typically refers to a policy pursuant to which contingent workers are engaged for a finite period of time, and must leave at the end of that time. While term limits are pervasive, confusion persists about what value term limits […]
Benchmarks: RPO market share by occupational skill
What are the largest occupational skill categories served by the recruitment process outsourcing market?
Benchmarks: Professional skills dominate RPO services
Recruitment process outsourcing is used most heavily for professional roles; however, providers meet needs ranging from apprenticeships to executive search.
Contract watch: Avaya signs RPO deal
Telecommunications firm Avaya brought in Futurestep, a Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY) company, to provide a recruitment process outsourcing program for operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as Asia Pacific.
The program aims to fill approximately 500 internal and external roles this year. The vacancies will focus on technology account management, sales and […]
Nearshoring: Has its time arrived?
US-based enterprise buyers look to nearshoring — finding talent in roughly the same time zone and within one day’s travel distance — to source IT talent at reduced costs.
Sourcing model framework: Is it time to review?
As your program and the marketplace evolve, you should revisit your framework to ensure it still aligns well and closely supports your program’s goals and objectives. Here are some considerations.
Global RPO market falls 7% in 2020 but rebound on tap
The global recruitment process outsourcing market declined in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the market will surpass pre-pandemic levels this year, according to a new report from SIA.
Why the RPO model is one answer to the post-Covid era
Recruitment process outsourcing is a viable remote workforce solution. What it is, what it helps program owners do and how its use breaks down among programs.
