RPO vs Staffing Agencies
What's the difference between Recruitment Process Outsourcing and Staffing Agencies?
Staffing agencies are great at sourcing talent but only help you hire for the short term.
Recruitment Process Outsourcing focuses on your internal hiring processes and enhancing the recruitment function for success today and in the future. And, every candidate your dedicated RPO consultant speaks to becomes part of your talent pipeline.
RPO reduces your team's workload
Staffing agencies will give you a pile of resumes, but your team still has to screen, interview and onboard the right candidate.
RPO consultants will take much of the hiring process workload away from your team. This benefits:
- Hiring managers: Leaders can spend more time on strategy and operations.
- Human Resources: HR staff will have more time to focus on engaging and retaining your current employees.
- Other stakeholders: Fewer people will get burdened with hiring-related tasks, such as interviews and onboarding.
RPO delivers better hiring outcomes
Staffing agencies can sometimes find you the ideal candidate—but how do you convince them to join your team?
RPO consultants help improve your hiring outcomes by delivering:
- Better candidate experience: A fast, responsive hiring process will make a great first impression with top talent.
- Accurate screening: RPOs work with your team to develop an ideal candidate profile, making it easier to target the right people.
- Increased engagement: New hires arrive feeling energized and ready for the challenge.
RPO provides long-term benefits
Staffing agencies work on a hire-by-hire basis. Every time you need to recruit, you're starting again from zero.
RPOs deliver lasting changes that keep delivering value—even after you've stopped working with your RPO consultant. You can expect long-term benefits such as:
- Rebooted hiring strategy: Your RPO consultant will help identify efficiencies that will save time and money on all future hires.
- Better IT integration: RPO consultants can help you get maximum value from your HRIS and Applicant Tracking Systems.
- Upskilled HR team: Your in-house team will learn a lot when they work with an elite RPO consultant.
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