May 18, 2017, by Gary Bragar
Last week, Randstad Sourceright (RSR) held its annual client forum. Amongst the many topics discussed was Randstad’s and RSR’s commitment to invest in and transform its clients’ recruitment technologies, with a focus on innovation. Here I look at some of their initiatives in play.
Reviewing new recruitment technology
Per NelsonHall research, access to improved[...]
Jan 06, 2017, by NelsonHall Analyst
Following several years of growth, the HR outsourcing market continues to ride the crest of the wave, and is gearing up for a prosperous 2017 following investments across all service lines. We will shortly be publishing an in-depth blog on HRO predictions for 2017, but first I take a quick look at what happened in 2016 to lay the foundations for things to come, specifically in payroll services[...]
Aug 03, 2016, by NelsonHall Analyst
As earnings are released, it’s a good time to reflect on HR outsourcing trends by key service line. Here’s a brief round-up of market activity across payroll, RPO, and learning services in H1 2016.
Payroll
Payroll activity has been bustling in Europe YTD, with a strong emphasis on ramping up capabilities. SD Worx made two acquisitions to accelerate its growth across[...]
Jan 05, 2016, by Gary Bragar
Candidate and employee engagement is often referred to as a key priority for HR leaders, and while there’s a lot of activity going on to address this, the indications are that more needs to be done.
In its latest white paper, Workforce Horizons, Capita reflects on the issues and challenges HR and resourcing leaders must overcome as they attempt to impact the bottom line, and high on the l[...]
Oct 20, 2015, by Gary Bragar
When Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) became more widely adopted a decade or so ago, the primary focus was on the following functions:
Sourcing
Recruiting
Selection & Assessment
Administration
Onboarding.
During the last few years vendors have added additional capability focused on helping clients improve their talent management capability, including:
Talent strat[...]
Sep 04, 2015, by Gary Bragar
Last month Allegis Group announced it has combined GettingHired into its Allegis Global Solutions (AGS) business. GettingHired was acquired by Allegis Group in 2012, keeping its own brand, and is now being integrated into AGS’ talent offering, including RPO, in North America.
GettingHired provides a talent pool made up of individuals with disabilities who are seeking to fill positions fro[...]
Nov 13, 2014, by Gary Bragar
Randstad Sourceright Analyst Day 2014: RPO In High Gear
Last week Randstad Sourceright held its first analyst event. Services covered included MSP, independent contractor solutions, technology, RPO, employer branding, veterans hiring initiatives, and career transition services.
My focus here is primarily on Randstad Sourceright's RPO activity.
RPO in High Gear
In 2014 YTD Rand[...]
Oct 31, 2014, by Gary Bragar
As reported in NelsonHall’s 2014 RPO market analysis, with a global shortage of talent predicted for the foreseeable future, RPO buyers will continue to seek specialists to attract candidates through the use of social networks and to create a pipeline of passive candidates (i.e. talent communities) to improve speed, quality of hire and retention of talent.
Nine out of 10 companies in the [...]
Sep 17, 2014, by Gary Bragar
Hiring the best talent available, and being able to do this in a timely manner when they are needed, is a top priority of the HR function. For large enterprises, the optimal way to do this is to have candidates available in advance of the job requisition who are part of a talent pool that is already engaged and familiar with the hiring organization’s culture and values, and to make it easy t[...]
Dec 17, 2013, by Gary Bragar
Per NelsonHall’s blog of December 12, 2013 was a healthy year for HRO, with overall contract activity up ~37%. We now take a look at what we can expect in 2014 by HRO service line.
MPHRO
We predict the Global MPHRO market will grow at mid-single digits CAAGR through 2017
The Shared Service Transformation segment will continue to grow mainly as a result of contract expansions and ren[...]
Oct 24, 2013, by Gary Bragar
This year’s 16th Annual HR Technology conference in Las Vegas had the highest turnout yet, 8,000 attendees. Below are highlights of just two of the sessions we attended, and of briefings with ManpowerGroup Solutions and Randstad Sourceright. All were focused on RPO:
Pinstripe and Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) RPO Presentation
Keys to success include:
Client view of Pinstrip[...]