Posts Tagged ‘RPO’

RPO Company Hired by SEC

Friday, February 5th, 2010

One federal agency has enlisted the help of a recruiting and RPO company for its hiring needs.

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that it has hired Futurestep to provide strategic talent acquisition solutions to help the agency address its continuing talent needs. The partnership, which comes from a General Services Administration contract awarded in 2009, includes a one-year contract with three additional renewable years and the option for a fifth year.

Futurestep will provide the SEC with recruitment and strategic services, with a focus on the implementation of best-practice talent acquisition processes and expert support related to workforce planning, employment branding and talent technology strategy.

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Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

For many larger companies, trying to handle all various responsibilities that go along with trying to find the best talent to fill numerous staff vacancies can be difficult. Posting jobs online and managing other tasks related to recruiting new workers for a large number of staff vacancies can be overwhelming on a good day, but when the economy is suffering the need to utilize a services that handles businesses’ recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) needs grows.

In times of economic strife, the number of unemployed individuals rises significantly. This means that, for every job listing placed on the web, the number of people who send in their resumes skyrockets. Since HR professionals have many day-to-day responsibilities, trying to find the time to go through so many applications, without neglecting other tasks, can be difficult, especially at companies that have a large number of employees.

Instead of trying to handle all of the work associated with recruiting new workers in-house, many larger employers find it much more efficient to hire an outside company to take care of all of their RPO requirements. Doing so frees up HR workers to handle other responsibilities without having to do without new workers. By going with one company to handle all of their recruitment needs, instead of various agencies like some do, larger companies also usually stand to save a significant sum of money.

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