Vendor Analysis
published on Jan 30, 2025
Report Overview:
This NelsonHall assessment analyzes Hudson RPO's offerings and capabilities in Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Who is this Report for:
NelsonHall’s RPO profile on Hudson RPO is a comprehensive assessment of Hudson RPO’s offerings and capabilities, designed for:
- Sourcing managers monitoring the capabilities of existing suppliers of Hudson 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 Hudson 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:
Since 1999, Hudson RPO has delivered customized recruitment outsourcing and talent solutions to organizations worldwide. The company works with organizations to develop creative, flexible, cost-effective talent solutions that drive businesses forward, including:
- RPO
- Executive Search
- Contingent Workforce/MSP
- Total Talent Solutions
- Candidate Sourcing
- Recruitment Technology
- Recruitment Marketing
- Employer Branding/EVP
- Virtual Hiring Events
- Talent Advisory
- DE&I Advisory.
In November 2023, the company appointed Jake Zabkowicz as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Jeff Eberwein, who remains Chief Executive Officer of Hudson Global, Inc. In the last 12 months, the company made additional leadership appointments, including:
- Jeffrey Bettinger, Chief Administrative Officer
- David Whittingham-Jones, Head of EMEA Sales
- Christian Scandella, Head of the Latin America Region
- Dr. John Muchka, Managing Partner, Executive Search
- Shaun Limwantana, Vice President, Middle East and Africa
- Cody Loveland, Global Head of Social Media Strategy
- Nabil Kamleh, Managing Director, Hudson Middle East and Africa.
Hudson RPO applies organic and inorganic growth strategies to expand its client and product portfolios. Since 2021, the organization has completed several acquisitions, including the following transactions:
- April 2024 - Striver, a Dubai-based executive search company, strengthening Hudson RPO’s executive search function globally
- March 2024 - Executive Solutions, a Dubai-based talent solutions company, broadening its volume hiring capabilities and signaling its initial entry into the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- October 2023 - Hudson Singapore, expanding senior recruitment and project RPO services in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia
- October 2021 - Karani, LLC, a Chicago-headquartered recruiting services provider primarily serving U.S.-based customers in India and the Philippines, enhancing Hudson RPO’s global delivery capability, fostering business in new markets, and further developing its technology recruitment capabilities
- Hudson Singapore reacquired in 2024: SE Asia, RPO and agency buying behaviors, growth projects, full MSP or RPO, staff augmentation services, established client portfolio in emerging markets, entry-level to senior executive role focus.
Hudson RPO provides complete recruitment outsourcing, project-based outsourcing, and recruitment consulting for clients’ permanent staff hires. Hudson’s RPO services leverage the company’s consultants, supported by the company’s specialists, to deliver its proprietary methods to identify, select, and engage the best-fit talent for critical client roles.