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| Re: Top 5 RPO Providers and why |
| Author: | Tom Atkinson |
| Date: | Monday, 26th Jul 2010 18:06 |
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Hi Simon,
If you refer to Temps then I would say any that do not have "pay when/if paid" clauses in them, any that do not have self billed invoices (whether generated before or after payment) any that do not force invoicing on agencies on which it is impossible to get a factor's assignment notice, all of which result in the supplying agency having reduced funding for temp payments.
Tom. |
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| Re: Top 5 RPO Providers and why |
| Author: | simon |
| Date: | Tuesday, 27th Jul 2010 11:47 |
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fair point, 'best' is subjective. I guess I'm looking for anecdotal info on positive and negative experiences when dealing with the larger RPO players in the UK market. What elements of their service offering, approach or infrastructure make them good/bad? |
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| Re: Top 5 RPO Providers and why |
| Author: | Mitch |
| Date: | Tuesday, 27th Jul 2010 12:09 |
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Simon, I suspect on here they'd get a fairly negative feedback given that most of the people that post on this forum are contingency recruiters and may have supplied a few MV agreements in the past.
If you asked HR, you might get a different type of response. HR Finance in turn would have another perspective.
My own view, which comes from all of the above and working for an RPO for a short while, is that they tend to work reasonably well for roles under 35K salary and less well for roles above that.
Ultimately they have the collective mindset of a contingency recruitment business without the same financial incentive ...and whatever way you look at it, that model doesn't work very hard to hire the best candidates. Or should I say the candidates that are most appropriate for the job at that time.
I think all that really separates them is their respective abilities in selling their service. |
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| Re: Top 5 RPO Providers and why |
| Author: | Matt |
| Date: | Tuesday, 27th Jul 2010 13:21 |
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Mitch - Whilst I agree in principal with some of your points, I believe that it does depend on what the client is expecting from an "RPO".
I work for an organisation which is defined as an RPO, although a more accurate description would be RPI (Recruitment Process Insourcing). I sit on client site and manage the whole recruitment process, from recruitment planning through to onboarding and would like to think that I am considered a key member of the organisation!
Myself and my team have implemented a direct sourcing strategy which has decreased the reliance on agenies by c90% and have successfuly recruited roles carrying a salry from £20K - £100K+. We have to ensure that every hire is the best/right candidate as unlike contingecy recruiters, we have to live with a bad hire - there is no hiding place when you are based on-site! As such recruitment costs have been reduced and attrition is at the lowest (although still at a healthy rate) it has ever been.
On the flip-side, if a client is happy for an "RPO" to be working from a call-centre where they are one of many clients for the "recruiters" then the points you make are very valid indeed! |
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| Re: Top 5 RPO Providers and why |
| Author: | Mitch |
| Date: | Tuesday, 27th Jul 2010 14:04 |
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I agree with you, Matt.
I'm a big fan of recruitment insourcing and advocate it to all of my clients.
Are your recruiters classed as employees by the client? And is part of your business model to effect a complete handover of the recruitment model at some point in the future? |
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