Category Archives: About Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
What Distinguishes SearchPath Arabia from other Recruitment Agencies in the Middle East
- SearchPath Arabia specializes in marketing communications, but we recruit across a wide range of industries and disciplines.
- As a member of the SearchPath International network, we can harness the efforts of hundreds of recruiters worldwide in pursuit of the right Talent for your company.
- SearchPath Arabia consultants bring a combination of education, worldwide contacts, and real-world experience to their pursuit and management of Talent for client companies.
- SearchPath Arabia consultants have extensive experience in Talent acquisition and development in the marketing communications field.
- SearchPath Arabia is part of SearchPath International, a publicly traded, US based, rapidly growing Talent acquisition firm. We can leverage our global network of offices and affiliates to help clients across multiplel practice areas and industries, and to search for candidates in different regions of the world.
- SearchPath Arabia consultants hold advanced degrees and certifications from institutions in Europe, North America and the Middle East, reflecting our desire to apply the best theories of human capital management to benefit our client companies. We are also a registered recruiter at multiple leading North American and Middle Eastern universities, allowing us to identify and attract exceptional Arab-speaking graduates to client companies across the region.
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The Truth about Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
By definition, recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is a customer-oriented solution that provides a wide spectrum of manpower, expertise, tools, technology and processes to expand the clients’ own recruitment capabilities.
Many Human Resources Managers find themselves hesitant when it comes to outsourcing their company’s recruitment process. The main reason is the large number of misconceptions regarding RPO:
- RPO is too expensive
- RPO can distract my team
- RPO is a long and complicated process
Here is what we have to say about it:
1. Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) is not too expensive. It actually reduces recruitment costs significantly. When outsourcing recruitment to a dedicated team, the company can save on agency fees, advertising fees, employee referral fees, job board costs, candidate communication costs, travel expenses, and relocation costs – not to mention the “hidden” costs associated with overhead and administrative support.
2. Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) helps your team focus on their HR core activities. Without RPO, HR employees are asked to juggle recruiting tasks on top of their daily routine. The result is a slower, error-prone work flow, increased stress, and loss of motivation. However, with RPO, a company no longer needs to advertise, interview, overload its HR staff with additional tasks, or go through a rigorous, resource-consuming process. Recruitment professionals assume responsibility for finding qualified candidates – for all assignments – within a short period of time. Meanwhile, the HR Department can focus on its existing staff development needs.
3. Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) is not a lengthy or complicated process. RPO actually proves to be both time-saving and effective because the full scope of recruiting tasks is taken care of by qualified professionals. Each position/hire receives the time and attention it needs. The beauty of this model is that it is very flexible and scalable to work within various client acquisition requirements. It can be set up to manage an organization’s total recruitment function or cater to specific or partial assignments. Some clients use the service to improve their ability to attract talent for specialized functions, i.e., marketing, financial, technical, etc., while others use RPO to seek help addressing regional or international needs for locations in other markets and countries.
When Does Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Make Sense? (4)
Recruiting not only requires qualified personnel, it also requires significant investment from the company. Agency fees,advertising fees, employee referral fees, job board costs, candidate communication costs, travel expenses, relocation costs – not to mention the “hidden” costs associated with overhead and administrative support – all add to the cost of hiring. And when a key position is left vacant, delaying the hire itself can be costly for the company.
RPO removes these additional costs while ramping up the entire recruitment process. The company no longer needs to advertise, interview, overload its HR staff with additional tasks, or go through a rigorous, resource-consuming process that may or may not end up with a qualified talent pool.
When Does Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Make Sense? (3)
When a company has a complex organizational structure.
A company’s structure affects its recruiting abilities. Companies with geographically dispersed offices, holding companies with diversified businesses, companies that have undergone a merger or acquisition, and companies with different office ownerships are examples of complex organizational structures. They all face barriers to recruiting efficiency and could benefit from outsourcing to enforce recruitment uniformity and maintain workforce homogeneity.
What is meant by lack of homogeneity?
Lack of homogeneity in the talent pool is a common problem faced by many organizations. New hires are sourced from various locations and selected based on criteria that vary according to location, hiring manager/interviewer, urgency of position to be filled, etc. Rarely is there a common thread to bind new hires together. This approach can undermine the selection process, resulting in a talent pool that lacks homogeneity. New hires may not fully embrace the organization’s culture and the necessary skill sets may be lacking from one hire to the next.
