Project RPO

Working flexibly to get you the talent you need

We can work flexibly with you for your immediate hiring needs, whether you’re delivering a one-off project or require a specialised skill set, we can help you deliver the right talent and capability within weeks, working as an extension of your team.

What is a Project RPO?

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.

Our solution can be delivered as 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. As your resourcing partner, Sanderson will act as a helping hand, saving time for you to navigate your people strategies and day to day BAU.

Benefits of 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 working with Sanderson via a Project RPO, you’re getting access to an incredible network of talent. Using our candidate attraction process and assessment tools, you’ll have access to the best active and passive talent available. We’re offer both 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. We will help 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 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

We 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.

“All the candidates you provided were superb. It was sometimes a hard choice between good and even better – the best type of choice, really!"

Head of Quality Engineering Practice at Global Speciality Insurance Provider
"The people I met were really, really great. The role, the organisation, the projects, and scope of work all look very exciting."

Project RPO Candidate for leading speciality insurance group
“They went way beyond any other agency. A seamless process with consistent, clear, and concise communication.”

Project RPO Candidate for leading speciality insurance group
“They have very much provided the personal touch throughout - treating people like people.”

Project RPO Candidate for leading speciality insurance group
“The thoroughness of the process was a positive one and demonstrated very good knowledge of what the company were looking to do and what they were looking for.”

Project RPO Candidate for leading speciality insurance group

Ready to get started with a Project RPO? Get in touch with us today!

Mark Beale

Director of Delivery & Engagement

Mark leads Sanderson Solutions Delivery Division in the UK and India. In his 20 year career at Sanderson, he has led both Delivery and on-site Client Services teams that have supported Sanderson largest outsourced recruitment services. With an experienced team of client led consultants located in Bristol, London, Edinburgh and Noida, Mark ensures that every recruiter is able to deliver an outstanding candidate and hiring manager experience and that our RPO and MSP customers have access to the best talent in the market.

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