Vendor Analysis
published on Nov 12, 2024
Report Overview:
This NelsonHall assessment analyzes Advanced RPO's offerings and capabilities in Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Who is this Report for:
NelsonHall’s RPO profile on Advanced RPO is a comprehensive assessment of Advanced RPO’s offerings and capabilities, designed for:
- Sourcing managers monitoring the capabilities of existing suppliers of Advanced RPO and identifying vendor suitability for RPO RFPs
- Vendor marketing, sales, and business managers looking to benchmark themselves against their peers
- Financial analysts and investors specializing in the RPO sector.
Scope of this Report:
The report provides a comprehensive and objective analysis of Advanced RPO’s RPO offerings, capabilities, and market and financial strengths, including:
- Identification of the company’s strategy, emphasis, and new developments
- Analysis of the company’s strengths, challenges, and outlook
- Revenue estimates
- Analysis of the profile of the company’s customer base, including the company’s targeting strategy and examples of current contracts
- Analysis of the company’s offerings and key service components
- Analysis of the company’s delivery organization, including the location of delivery centers.
Key Findings & Highlights:
Advanced RPO provides customized enterprise, project-based, high-volume, and hybrid RPO services. Its services include brand amplification and recruitment marketing support, passive and active candidate sourcing, screening & assessment, contingency administration, employee onboarding, and recruitment transformation & optimization. The company was established in 2011 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Despite being around for ~15 years, the leadership team at Advanced RPO has been in the RPO industry for over three decades.
Advanced RPO’s onshore RPO solutions comprise four recruiting delivery models:
- Enterprise RPO comprises all steps in the hiring process: sourcing, engaging, assessing, vetting, hiring, and onboarding
- Project-based RPO includes a defined scope of services and timing generally aligned with a client initiative, such as a product launch or seasonal hiring
- Hybrid RPO solutions reflect a mix of internal client and Advanced RPO services to address the client’s recruiting needs
- High-volume recruitment solutions provide tech-enabled recruiting to meet large-scale staffing hiring requirements.
Advanced RPO acquired Aspirant RPO, headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, on May 1, 2024. The acquisition expands Advanced RPO’s service portfolio and further strengthens its market position within the chemical and manufacturing industries. While Aspirant RPO is Advanced RPO’s first acquisition, the company states that it has both organic and inorganic growth strategies, indicating that it may look to further acquisitions.
Advanced RPO continuously invests in evaluating technology, supporting all recruitment phases, and integrating with its clients’ and third-party technology. Advanced RPO also focuses on developing its recruiting staff, which yields higher employee retention rates, service consistency, and overall price competitiveness in the market.
