What is Recruitment Process Outsourcing?

Recruitment Process Outsourcing, or RPO, is the business delivery model that has driven TalentFusion from inception to today. Recruitment Process Outsourcing emerged as the alternative to the lofty expense associated with utilizing contingency and retained search agencies and to the high fixed costs incurred in building or expanding an entirely in-house recruitment function.

In our view, Recruitment Process Outsourcing is a business strategy in which a client company outsources, either selectively, under a specific project-based approach, or in total, its recruitment functions in order to improve performance and reduce costs.

In some cases, a client has a strong and cost-effective in-house recruitment function that needs a scalable component to accommodate spikes in hiring demand. Selective or Project-Based Recruitment Process Outsourcing offers the perfect supplemental support, delivered in a variable and predictable cost model when it is appropriate to bypass the fixed costs of additional, permanent in-house resources.

In other cases, the client desires a complete functional outsourced recruitment solution. The drivers may include cost reduction, the difficulty of building a world-class in-house recruiting function or a desire to simply focus internal energies on core competencies.

A comprehensive Recruitment Process Outsourcing program enables the company to leverage TalentFusion’s many years of experience across numerous business environments. By owning the entire recruiting function for the client, TalentFusion will drive, through our continuous improvement model, significant enhancements to Cost per Hire, Cycle Times and Quality, ultimately achieving the optimized performance levels only an experienced and dedicated partner can deliver.

Every client situation is different and must be evaluated based on the unique characteristics and goals of the firm. TalentFusion has guided numerous clients through the analysis process to the selection of a Recruitment Process Outsourcing solution that precisely meets the business objectives of the client.