HCI Research
Recruitment Process Outsourcing:
Today’s Challenges and Opportunities
A Research Study Conducted by the Human Capital Institute for Futurestep
Human Capital Institute
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Futurestep
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January 2009
Futurestep
Futurestep, a Korn/Ferry Company, is the industry leader in strategic talent acquisition, offering fully customized, flexible solutions to help organizations meet specific workforce needs. Strategic RPO from Futurestep combines talent acquisition strategy, global recruiting resources, competency-based methodologies and a flexible service delivery model that enable clients to identify, attract and retain top talent. In addition to Strategic RPO, the company provides a full-spectrum portfolio of services, including: Project-Based Recruitment, Mid-Level Recruitment, Interim Professionals and Consulting Services. With locations on four continents and a record of success in securing top talent around the world, Futurestep provides the experience and global reach to help companies turn talent acquisition into a competitive advantage. In 2008, Futurestep was named as part of …show more content…
Figure 4 clearly shows that most organizations agree or strongly agree that all of the major practices presented are important. Even the lowest-ranked practice — permanent hiring services — was viewed by most respondents as a critical part of their talent acquisition program. However, our results do indicate that two specific practices, active recruiting and talent strategy development/consulting, are particularly critical to most organizations’ talent acquisition processes — see Figures 6 and 7. These two practices represent the tactical and strategic aspects of recruiting practices, respectively, and they represent the prime components of an effective RPO