Recruitment Process Outsourcing > What is it?

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is a form of business process outsourcing, where an employer outsources or transfers all or part of its recruitment activities to an external service provider such as onsiite.

RPO may involve the outsourcing of all or just part of the recruitment functions and processes. The external service provider, such as onsiite, serves as a virtual recruitment department by providing a complete package of skills, tools, technologies and activities.

"Although recruitment is a key HR skill, the benefits of the arrangement with the RPO is that they are a trusted partner and provide the same levels of manager service as our own employees – but with the added benefit of consistency and some advantageous commercial deals. It's equivalent to having a highly skilled in-house recruitment team" Laurie Hibbs, Fosters Group HR Director
Interview with Human Resource Magazine

Though part of the people2people group of companies, onsiite is a separate business entity. This has been a deliberate strategy to ensure the integrity and privacy of client information and to add value outside a contingent recruitment environment.