Recruitment Outsourcing Will Benefit Companies After Recession

Companies looking to hire as the current economic recession comes to an end can greatly benefit from recruitment outsourcing (Click here).

Shared Services & Outsourcing Network recently released its Year in Review report, in which it asked network members for their thoughts on what characterized 2009 in shared services and outsourcing. Zachary Misko, global director of recruitment process outsourcing for KellyOCG, shared his thoughts on RPO.

The company's global RPO survey found that 54 percent of companies have recruitment difficulties, a decrease from 70 percent last year. The last two surveys have found that 67 percent of European companies have trouble with recruitment efforts.

The survey found that companies are having a variety of challenges when it comes to hiring. About 54 percent of respondents said the biggest problem was hiring quality workers, followed by finding the time to hire by 37 percent, the cost of hiring by 28 percent, hiring manager satisfaction by 27 percent, performance monitoring by 21 percent and quality of recruiters by 18 percent.

"When this recession passes, as it will, HR departments around the world will have downsized significantly," Misko said. "HR departments which have been downsized in the lean times will be overwhelmed with the complexities of identifying and onboarding the quality and quantity of talent they need to fuel their company’s renewed growth.

"Many companies are using their employees within HR and recruitment in the midst of hiring freezes and layoffs, to engage in more social networking and passive recruitment," he continued. "Unlike the economic trials after 2001 when companies had no interest in recruitment process outsourcing or developing recruitment skills, this time they want to retain and expand their knowledge of the current job marketplace during the slowdown."

In addition, companies are looking for a more flexible cost structure, which can be found with a good RPO provider. Companies who keep an open line of communication will find themselves with an RPO provider that is better prepared to hire when the economy turns around.