Are you reviewing how your organisation currently manages your permanent hiring?

Do you like the sound of a full-service recruitment solution that takes accountability for your entire permanent hiring process?

An Enterprise RPO could be the solution for you!

Helping you with anything from:

• Providing more flexibility so you can easily respond to surges in hiring demand
• Reducing the administrative burden on your internal resources
• Getting access to the best talent on the market
• Supporting your employer branding and workforce succession planning

In our BRAND-NEW GUIDE we provide step by step information on how an Enterprise RPO could optimise how you approach permanent hiring, lay out exactly what it is, what the benefits are and how you can get started with a solution of your own.

When you look at how your organisation manages your permanent hiring, would you rather your process had more flexibility, especially if you want to react to a surge in demand or quickly expand capacity as you launch new projects?

Perhaps your goals are to reduce the administrative burden on your internal resources by getting assistance with your candidate selection and onboarding and access industry-leading sector expertise whilst using the latest recruitment tech?

Or maybe you’d simply like to boost your employer brand, improve the quality of your hires and set up better processes for your workforce succession planning?

An Enterprise RPO could be the talent solution you’re looking for.

In this blog we’ll explain how an Enterprise RPO can optimise how you approach permanent hiring, lay out exactly what it is, what the benefits are and how you can get started with a solution of your own.

What is an Enterprise RPO?

This is a full-service recruitment solution that takes complete responsibility for all your permanent hiring. In a nutshell, anything you can think of when it comes to talent management, an Enterprise RPO can take care of it for you.

What are the benefits of an Enterprise RPO?

This is a solution that comes with a range of benefits that you and your organisation can benefit from. Other than getting an extension of your business that gives you total peace of mind that your recruitment is being taken care of (and giving time back to your Hiring Mangers to focus on BAU), an Enterprise RPO will also give you:

Access to the best external talent

With an Enterprise RPO partner, you’ll be given access to expertise in employer branding, talent analytics, candidate attraction and candidate sourcing capability. This means you’ll be better positioned to access the best network of local and national talent to help you set up the team of your dreams.

Internal Mobility

Enterprise RPO will advise your business on best practices to enhance your internal mobility. Design & development of internal careers sites, pathway programmes and even managing your internal recruitment processes all of which reduce attrition rates, retain knowledge and experience within your business, improve EVP and reduce external recruitment costs.

Flexibility and scalability

Looking for something that can seamlessly adapt to your strategic initiatives or that can respond to fluctuations in your hiring demand? An Enterprise RPO gives you complete flexibility allowing you to scale at pace or slow down your recruitment plans as you need to. If you’re a global or multi-office location, with an Enterprise RPO, you also have the flexibility to deploy this model to a specific region or even just one department.

Brand ambassador

This model will make sure you’re positioned as an employer of choice in your market. With an Enterprise RPO in place, you’ll be helped to not only define your candidate proposition, but then to amplify this across the market to ultimately build you a quality talent pipeline full of candidates who not only see you as the most desirable place to work, but that also align to your company values.

Better candidate experience

An Enterprise RPO will also work to help improve your candidate experience. Providing smoother processes, personalised touch points and regular check-ins with your perspective permanent employees to enhance their experience of communicating with you and ultimately improving offer acceptance rates.

Legal compliance

Keeping up with the latest compliance standards or legal requirements can be extremely time consuming for busy Hiring Managers. With an Enterprise RPO your talent partner takes total responsibility for things like pre-employment screening and is well versed in the necessary legislation to mitigate your risk and ensure you’re meeting relevant standards.

Access to technology

The HR technology landscape constantly changing, but with an Enterprise RPO you’ll be benefiting from access to innovative tools and new technology stacks, without having to commit to them in-house. You can even use this data to plan for the future and support your workforce planning.

Is an Enterprise RPO right for you?

When considering whether an Enterprise RPO is the right solution for you and your business, you just need to ask yourself, one question: Do you hire regularly?

If the answer is yes than an Enterprise RPO is absolutely for you.

No matter the size of your business, an Enterprise RPO can drastically improve the performance of your permanent hiring. If you look at a Sanderson Enterprise RPO solution for example, we’ve deployed these in global organisations with over 6000 employees and multiple offices, as well as to much smaller businesses with only around 1-200 employees.

Speaking to one of our clients, Head of Resourcing at a leading provider of business process services for the life and pensions industry after they embedded a Sanderson Enterprise RPO solution, they said:

“We commenced work with Sanderson to embed a new digital Total Talent Solution to manage our complex and varied resourcing and recruitment needs. The partnership approach, their knowledge of the market, insights and relationships have been critical in enabling us to concentrate on the business with the knowledge that we were in very safe hands.”

How to get started with an Enterprise RPO solution

As you begin the process of launching an Enterprise RPO solution, we’d recommend starting with 3 simple steps to ensure you set yourself up for success:

Set clear goals and objectives

Make sure you’ve properly laid out what you want to get out of your Enterprise RPO solution and how far into your business you want to embed it. Do you think you want to deploy across your entire organisation, or just a specific region or team? Is it improvements in candidate quality you’re after, or just reduced overheads and time to hire?

Gain stakeholder buy-in

Your Enterprise RPO partner will want to get stuck in and help you from the get-go, so make sure everyone in your team from your hiring managers to your directors are fully invested in the programme early on and know the benefits it will deliver so you can avoid any implementation resistance.

Do your research

This is a long-term recruitment solution, so selecting the right Enterprise RPO partner for you is vital. Have a think about whether they have experience in your industry, if they have the tech stacks you’re hoping to have access to and whether their culture and values align with your own.

Ready to get going?

At Sanderson, we look to partner with you long-term and relish taking on the responsibility for all your permanent hiring needs.

Whether you’re a business with complex talent acquisition requirements, have high volumes of recruitment or would simply rather avoid the fixed costs of managing recruitment internally, we can help create a tailored solution fit for your needs.

Get in touch with us today and let’s start your Enterprise RPO journey together.

If you and your organisation are wanting to grow your headcount and enhance your permanent capability, you might be looking for a bit of a helping hand to get you started.

Perhaps you’ve gone through a rapid growth spike or an M&A and need to rapidly integrate new teams into your business structure?

Or maybe hiring niche skill sets for a brand new service line is making you want to pull your hair out?

Whatever challenge you’re facing, if you’re not looking to outsource everything and just want a bit of support or an extension of your team, then a Project RPO could be the key you’re looking for to unlock the start of a more streamlined recruitment process…

In our BRAND-NEW GUIDE we lay out the ins and outs of Project RPO. From what is does, the benefits to how to get started – it’s like having us in your back pocket whenever you have a Project RPO question!

So, you’re looking to grow your headcount?

Maybe you’re looking to hire a team of specialist job roles? For example, your company is being impacted by new regulatory changes, and you’re in need of an expert team of finance and actuarial experts, but nailing down these niche skill set is starting to feel like searching for a needle in a haystack?

Perhaps you’re going through a huge transformation programme, and you need to scale your project and change teams pretty quickly?

Or maybe you’ve recently seen a rapid spike in the growth of your business or have undergone a merger or acquisition and need to rapidly integrate new teams into your existing business structure?

Whatever your challenge, if your People team are stretched already with BAU and need a helping hand or an extension of their team that comes with a large network of resources that’s yours to use flexibly, then a Project RPO could be the key you’re looking for to unlock the start of a more streamlined recruitment process.

In this blog we’ll walk you through the ins and outs of a Project RPO. We’ll get stuck into what it is, the main benefits, how this solution can help get you set up for the future and how you can get started.

Let’s go!

What is a Project RPO?

First things first, what exactly is a Project RPO?

Well, a Project RPO is a flexible recruitment solution that offers many of the benefits of outsourcing all your recruitment to a resourcing partner, but without the long-term commitment.

This is a solution that can take the form of a “one off” engagement, working as an extension of your in-house talent acquisition team to source, screen and deliver the right candidates or teams as and when you need them. Basically, acting as a helping hand, saving time for you to navigate your people strategies and day to day BAU.

Benefits of a Project RPO

It’s sounding pretty good right? Let’s dive into exactly what some of the benefits are that you get when working with a recruitment partner via a Project RPO:

Flexibility & Scalability

With this model you can deploy talent quickly and scale rapidly to meet peaks in hiring demand or as your services evolve in line with your strategic goals. You’ll also get a dedicated team always at the end of the phone if you’ve got any questions or ever want to make any changes.

Improved Quality of Hire

By using the services of a recruitment partner via a Project RPO, you’re getting access to an incredible network of talent. Using the RPOs candidate attraction process and assessment tools, you’ll have access to the best active and passive talent available. We’re talking psychometric testing and technical assessments – really getting into the details to ensure the perfect candidate fit.

Employer Brand Amplification

With a Project RPO your employer brand will be actively promoted to help you stand out in a competitive market. Your Project RPO partner will amplify your company values and brand and use marketing expertise to put together a proposition that ensures candidates see you as a desirable place to work.

Enhanced Candidate Experience

Your delivery team will take the reins to provide an enhanced candidate experience. When you’re up to your ears in admin, sometimes those key candidate touch points can slip through the cracks but with a Project RPO solution, you’ll get a personalised experience for each candidate throughout the entire recruitment process – ultimately helping to keep them engaged.

Reporting & Talent Intelligence

You’ll have access to enhanced reporting capabilities and talent intelligence platforms, empowering you to make data-drive recruitment decisions. This could be for anything from the best location to open a new office, what salaries competitors are offering to where your chosen talent demographic is based.

Reduce Costs

By streamlining the recruitment process, a Project RPO will provide you with huge cost savings. Thanks to direct sourcing and a more targeted approach to your recruitment, you’ll have more control over your budget than you would with a traditional recruitment model.

Time Saving

As well as the rapid deployment of talent, don’t forget that one of the main benefits of this model is the huge savings in time your talent acquisition team will receive. With a Project RPO you’ll be getting an extension to your team to help share the load and take some admin tasks off your desk. Imagine having someone else to sift through applications and find candidates for you PLUS getting into the nitty gritty like dealing with video interviews and all that logistical admin you’d rather not do.

Support Future Workforce Planning

A Project RPO can help enhance and shape the future of your talent acquisition strategy. Taking what you’ve learnt at the start of the project, you can use this knowledge to facilitate future workforce planning and even support your planned DE&I initiatives, remote working strategies or career pathways.

What can a Project RPO be used for?

So, there’s obviously lots of benefits. But are you wondering whether it’s the right solution for you? Here’s just a few examples of how you could use a Project RPO to smash your business goals:

Deliver project-based recruitment campaigns

Maybe you’re launching a new product or service or going through transformation and need a project team to get this off the ground? Enter: The Project RPO.

Support spikes in recruitment activity or the needs of a specific department

Do you experience seasonal fluxes of business activity and need some extra hands-on deck? Whatever reason you have a spike in hiring for, a Project RPO can help.

Support diversity and inclusion programmes

A Project RPO can be used in a variety of ways to support your DE&I initiatives. Maybe you’re pushing your early careers programme or want to make sure you’re attracting the next generation of talent? This solution can really help you break through the noise.

How to get started with a Project RPO

If you’ve got to the end of this blog and a Project RPO is sounding like the answer to your prayers and you just want to get started, we’d recommend thinking about 3 key things:

1. Determine your hiring needs and goals. Have a think about how quickly you need this talent hired. Do you want to outsource everything or just need a few extra hands on deck? Laying out your requirements early on will help you make informed decisions when it comes to selecting a partner.
2. Decide which metrics you want to track. Are you wanting to dramatically reduce time to hire? More focused on the quality of the candidates? Or maybe you’re keen to tap into the market intelligence extras you’ll get from a Project RPO partner.
3. Choose your provider. Do your research into the providers out there, making sure they have experience in your field and industry, and can even offer the sort of technology you’re looking to take advantage of.

Are you ready to get started?

If you’d like to get the ball rolling with a Project RPO solution of your own, get in touch with our team today and let’s have a chat about your requirements and how we can help you reach your goals.