Posts Tagged ‘RPO’

#7) RPO Doesn’t Work (or so I’ve heard…)
One of the reasons (among several) that I could never be a journalist is that, at heart, I’m a completely optimistic human being. People are generally good, I live in a great country, our economic system is the best in the world, and overall, life moves along in [...]

Myth #8: RPO Costs Too Much
As we continue down the list of what I’m calling “myths”, or rather misperceptions, surrounding the use of recruitment process outsourcing to augment or replace an organization’s recruitment/staffing function or processes, somewhere on the ranking order we’d have to come to cost. The notion that RPO, by providing so many [...]

I’m certain there are more than ten myths that surround this always touchy subject within every HR/Recruiting department, but we’ll try to confine it the most pernicious.
One of the most surprising things that I encountered when I entered the brave new world of recruitment process outsourcing was the pervasive antipathy of recruiters to the services [...]

Back in the day, there was no such thing as recruiting. At least not in the formal sense. When companies had job openings, they advertised them, and candidates would submit written applications and/or resumes, which were screened by hiring managers who would decide who to bring in for interviews. And when senior positions became available, [...]

Let’s face it…RPO, or recruitment process outsourcing, can be the source of pretty intense arguments, both pro and con. And usually, the way it shakes out is that those who are selling RPO services are “pro” and those in the trenches are “con”, and it’s left to someone at an EVP or the C-suite level [...]