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Korn Ferry’s Spotlight on Talent Advisory
Jul 03, 2019, by Gary BragarI recently attended Korn Ferry’s RPO Client Advisory Forum, which was all about talent management. The theme was ‘unplugged’ and featured frank discussions about the RPO industry, including the challenges faced by the clients and service providers who attended from every region. Beyond RPO, Korn Ferry offers many complementary talent management services, includin[...]
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PeopleScout: Improving Employer Branding, Driving Global Growth
Jun 20, 2019, by Gary BragarLast week I attended PeopleScout’s annual client NEXT Talent Summit 2019. In the keynote address, President Taryn Owen noted that this event marked one year since its acquisition of TMP to strengthen its global RPO and talent advisory capabilities. TMP, which operated in the U.K. under the brand name TMP Worldwide, provides employer branding, recruitment marketing, and RPO serv[...]
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ADP’s Latest Workplace Innovations
Apr 10, 2019, by Gary BragarADP held its 26th annual Meeting of the Minds (MOTM) client conference recently, celebrating its 70 years in business. ADP is helping change the way employees work by continuously introducing new and enhanced products and services, and here I focus on three key areas: mobile, how pay is accessed, and recruiting. ADP Mobile: growth & new developments ADP has 20 million regis[...]
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Cielo: Latest Developments & RPO Growth in Latin America
Oct 04, 2018, by Gary BragarLast week, I attended Cielo’s annual analyst event, held at its service center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Here I round up the latest high-level developments at the RPO vendor, then take a closer look at its Latin American business. Latest developments & 2020 roadmap Cielo performs ~157k hires for ~154 clients in ~92 countries in 36 languages. Clients are served by ~2[...]
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The Growth of AMS’ Cleveland Global Client Service Center
Jul 03, 2018, by Gary BragarLast week, I visited the recruitment and talent management vendor Alexander Mann Solutions’ Global Client Service Center (GCSC) in Cleveland. Here I take a quick look at the growth of the operation and at recent initiatives. Cleveland as a location Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) has seven GCSCs, the fourth of which opened in Cleveland in September 2012 to support AMS&rsqu[...]
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PeopleScout Continues Global Expansion with Acquisition of TMP Holdings
Jun 21, 2018, by Gary BragarAt its recent Talent Summit, PeopleScout announced the expansion of its service centers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia Pacific, plus the acquisition of TMP Holdings, a provider of employer branding and RPO services operating in the U.K. via Yocto, the RPO division of TMP Worldwide. Already the largest RPO provider in terms of number of hires (~300k annually) and the largest[...]
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Talent Disruption: What’s Next?
Jun 15, 2018, by Gary BragarLast week, I attended and presented at Futurestep’s second annual client event, themed Talent Disruption: What’s Next? with clients attending from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. Below is a round-up of the event’s main talking points. Key talent acquisition & retention challenges The following summarizes some of the key challenges presented by Futu[...]
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ADP’s Spotlight on Engagement & Retention
Mar 23, 2018, by Gary BragarAt ADP’s annual Meeting of the Minds client event this past week, what caught my attention most were the initiatives geared towards improving employee engagement/satisfaction and retention. Clearly, ADP has identified these areas as key, with its own research institute finding that ~2/3 of all turnover is voluntary – i.e. employees are leaving because they have not been g[...]
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Candidate Focus: RPO Vendors Can Up Their Game
Mar 12, 2018, by Gary BragarNelsonHall recently published its Next Generation RPO market analysis and NEAT vendor assessment, as part of which we interviewed the clients of 20 RPO vendors across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific to ascertain their expectations and satisfaction levels across a range of >40 recruitment service criteria. Here I look at how working with candidates has emerged as the top area for impr[...]
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PeopleScout Improving the Candidate Experience with Affinix
Dec 20, 2017, by Gary BragarRecent NelsonHall interviews with the clients of the top ~20 global RPO vendors revealed that candidate communication was rated the most important vendor characteristic, with an importance score of 96%. However, the satisfaction score for candidate communication across all vendor clients was 82%, falling some way short of client expectations. Recognizing the importance of can[...]
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Sevenstep RPO’s Employee Care Focus
Nov 03, 2017, by Gary BragarSevenstep RPO held its second annual analyst event last week. In addition to analysts, advisors, vendor leadership, and key service providers, practitioners/buy-side clients also attended for the day, including Commonwealth of MA, Amazon, and CVS. Here I discuss a few key take-aways. Sevenstep RPO overview With ~300 employees, Sevenstep RPO has global delivery centers in three [...]
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Randstad Sourceright Driving Innovation in Client Recruitment Technology
May 18, 2017, by Gary BragarLast 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[...]
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Now That Brexit Is Reality, How Will It Impact Talent Acquisition in the U.K.?
Jun 24, 2016, by Gary BragarYesterday, the people of the U.K. did what many thought unlikely, and voted the nation out of the European Union (EU). And while the wider political ramifications surrounding ‘Brexit’ start to unravel, what might be the impact on talent acquisition and the related outsourcing industry? It’s still unclear what kind of agreement Britain and the EU will negotiate post-B[...]
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KellyOCG: Talent Advisory & Analytics Key to MSP & RPO Growth
May 23, 2016, by Gary BragarKellyOCG held its second annual analyst event in Chicago last week. The event covered KellyOCG’s full suite of HR service offerings, but here I take a closer look at MSP and RPO and specifically at the advisory and analytics services that are driving growth in these areas. KellyOCG is the outsourcing and consulting group of Kelly Services Inc., and represents the largest growth segment of[...]
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Cielo’s Candidate Focus Proves a Differentiator
May 17, 2016, by Gary BragarCielo held its annual RPO analyst event at its Milwaukee headquarters and service center last week. Cielo is one of the leading RPO providers in terms of revenue, number of hires, candidate focus, talent management focus, and global growth. It made 134k hires in 2015, with 130 clients in 69 countries. And with the addition of its newest service center in Buenos Aires, Cielo now has delivery center[...]
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How will ‘Brexit’ Impact Talent Acquisition in the U.K.?
May 03, 2016, by Gary BragarOn 23rd June, the people of the U.K. will have the opportunity to vote on whether or not to stay in the European Union (EU). But while the wider political debate surrounding a possible ‘Brexit’ rumbles on, what might be the impact on talent acquisition and the related outsourcing industry? It’s still unclear what kind of agreement Britain and the EU would negotiate p[...]
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Why Learning at the Front-End of the Employee Life Cycle is Key to Recruitment
Apr 07, 2016, by Gary BragarAt the Spring CLO Conference this week, a good deal of the focus was on learning at the beginning of the employee life cycle to improve quality of hire, increase employee retention, and reduce costs. Xerox presented on the theme of ‘Breaking Out of the Box: Engaging Your Pipeline Candidates Through Learning’, while Raytheon Professional Services (RPS) and K4 Consulting jointly presente[...]
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randrr: Changing the Approach to Recruiting
Jun 08, 2017, by Gary Bragarrandrr is a free career opportunities platform focused on providing individuals with insights to take control of their career development by helping them to identify and align with the opportunities they are best suited for. randrr’s goal is to be the only resource that people need to manage their career objectives. Here I take a closer look at the randrr platform. Why the n[...]
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How PeopleScout is Addressing the Changing World of Work
Apr 26, 2017, by Gary BragarPeopleScout held its annual Client Forum last week, with discussion groups covering employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, employer branding, the talent landscape, total workforce solutions, the impact of industry disruption on best practices, and improving the employee experience. All these HR themes are important, but here I look specifically at what PeopleScout is doing [...]
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ADP Demonstrates Why Service is Core Differentiator
Mar 28, 2017, by Gary BragarADP’s CEO Carlos Rodriguez began the company’s annual client conference, Meeting of the Minds, by talking about unprecedented challenges faced, including global talent needs, growing compliance burdens, and rising expectations. And though perhaps not the most original of messages, Rodriguez singled out service as the core differentiator that enables ADP to deliver positiv[...]
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Seven Step RPO: Clients Identify Culture, Scalability & Predictive Capability as Key
Oct 28, 2016, by Gary BragarSeven Step RPO recently held its first analyst event, which featured a select group of analysts and recruitment SMEs, two clients, and six members of the Seven Step leadership team. This made for an engaging dialogue around Seven Step RPO’s services, strategy, and best practices, with both clients (CVS Health and engineered product firm TriMas), contributing to the discussions [...]
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ADP Improves the Candidate Experience for Follett Corporation
Sep 26, 2016, by Gary BragarADP’s recent annual Analyst Day was held at its new Innovation Lab in Pasadena, California, with CEO Carlos Rodriquez and others articulating ADP’s strategy and vision for its clients. Top of Rodriquez’s list of priorities was the ability to meet the global talent needs of clients, the importance of which was underscored by several client presentations, including on[...]
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IBM Exemplifies the Benefits of Employer Branding with Strong Client Results
Aug 24, 2016, by Gary BragarEmployer branding has become an integral component of an effective talent strategy. It is synonymous with a company’s reputation as an employer, portraying the image of what the company is like to work for. The purpose of properly conveying and clearly communicating an employer’s brand is essential to attract, engage, develop, and retain the best talent for an organizatio[...]
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Scalability & Quality of Hire: Clients Identify Areas Where RPO Vendors Need to Improve
Jul 08, 2016, by Gary BragarNelsonHall recently published its 2016 Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) market analysis and NEAT vendor assessment, as part of which we interviewed the clients of 19 RPO vendors to ascertain satisfaction levels across a range of RPO service criteria. And while we found that RPO is largely meeting or exceeding client expectations, there are a few areas that fall short of expectations and shoul[...]
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Diversity & Inclusion: PeopleScout Focuses on Improving the Hiring Process
Jun 28, 2016, by Gary BragarRPO provider PeopleScout recently held a client forum to discuss key recruitment themes, one of which was a discussion around Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) led by Dr. Arin Reeves. This focused on the importance of D&I, including the tendency for diverse groups to outperform non-diverse groups in solving problems, and how D&I can support the hiring process. Tips on how [...]