What Does an RPO Firm Do
An RPO firm, short for recruitment process outsourcing, provides recruiters who work your open roles as an extension of your team. They source and screen candidates, manage the pipeline and coordinate interviews, usually for several roles at once. RPO often costs less than paying a placement fee on every hire when you are hiring steadily.
How does RPO work?
The RPO firm learns your roles, your hiring process and your culture, then does the recruiting work your team doesn't have time for: writing and posting jobs, sourcing candidates who aren't applying, screening, scheduling and keeping candidates warm through the process. Your managers still make the hiring decisions.
When does RPO make sense?
- You have several roles open at once, or steady hiring through the year.
- You are opening a new location, launching a product line or scaling a team fast.
- You don't have an in-house recruiter, or yours is overloaded.
- Per-placement fees are adding up across many hires.
How is RPO priced?
RPO is usually priced by time or by program instead of per hire. Some programs are long-term contracts. Others, like Riderflex Recruiting on Demand, are billed by the hour with no long-term contract.
What is Riderflex Recruiting on Demand?
Recruiting on Demand is Riderflex's hourly RPO. Riderflex recruiters work your open roles, and you pay for the hours they work. No long-term contracts, no exclusivity and no hidden fees. You set the priorities and scale the hours up or down as your hiring changes. It covers everything from associate-level volume hiring to professional roles, and it can run alongside an executive search for your leadership hires.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between RPO and a staffing agency?
A staffing agency is typically paid per placement or per temporary worker. An RPO firm provides recruiters who run your hiring process as an extension of your team, usually billed by time or by program.
Is RPO cheaper than paying placement fees?
Often, when you are hiring for several roles at once or hiring steadily through the year. For a single senior role, an executive search is usually the better fit.
Does Riderflex offer RPO?
Yes. Riderflex Recruiting on Demand is an hourly RPO service with no long-term contracts, no exclusivity and no hidden fees.
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