What's the Real Difference Between Placement Agencies and Recruitment Outsourcing?

rais_sufi@hotmail.com
Hi all,

I wanted to know if there is any difference between a placement agency and a recruitment outsourcing agency.

Rais Khan
SHRIYA KARVE
Hello Sir,

An RPO (RECRUITMENT PROCESS OUTSOURCING) is the transfer or delegation to an external service provider of the operation and day-to-day management of the recruitment process.

In case of a recruitment outsourcing agency there is-

Experienced advertising, creative, Proactive, skill-experienced sourcers

Recruiter in touch a minimum of 2-3 times per week

In-house reference and backgrounds specialist

Dedicated coordinator to facilitate process

24 hour turnaround on every key step in the recruitment process

24/7 access to state-of-the-art Applicant Tracking System

Committed to each requisition

They cater right from the clients hiring needs. Whether you need one person or a hundred specialists in each phase of the process work in concert to deliver the right candidates.

But in case of a placement agency-

one recruiter does all these functions. Their only aim is to fulfill the commitment made to the company to fill in the vacancies.

Simply its a one man army.

A key element of the typical RPO approach is to set up a career portal on clients' websites. This advertises vacancies, handles applications, provides feedback to applicants and supplies information about job opportunities. A linked workflow system typically provides the client with information on candidates and keeps other stakeholders informed, while a proprietary database captures information on people who express an interest in working for the firm, allowing it to contact them when opportunities arise.

I hope I am clear on this issue.

Regards,

Shriya Karve.
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