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What are the advantages of using an RPO or in simple terms using an outsourced company to do your recruitment for you? And what are the benefits of working in this way? 
 
We get asked a lot why a business should use a company, such as Emerald Starfish, to outsource recruitment on a fixed, retained agreement. It is a fair question and our answer is… we believe there are significant advantages to using a retained recruitment model or RPO. We think there are 8 main advantaages: 
 
1. A consistent process: 
An outsourced recruiter will have an established, defined process already in place. Using their proven and effective techniques it will save you a lot of time trying to establish these yourself, making it easier for you and your hiring managers to follow progress and understand how the process is developing at any given time across one or multiple departments. 
The outsourced recruitment model is significantly different from using a standard recruitment agency. If you aren’t happy with your current recruitment provider and are interested in finding a new way of doing things what are the problems you may encounter with using an outsourced recruitment solution? 
 
 
1. You will be charged regardless 
 
The outsourced recruitment model is based on paying for the time it takes to recruit rather than a placement fee. This means that as soon as you engage with a company there is a bill to pay. However, you will find this is much less than a placement fee and you will get much more help, support, and guidance through the recruitment process. If you think that on average it takes a recruiter 6 days to find a candidate for you – then look at what a placement fee equates to – and do the maths, this is a much higher daily rate than you would usually pay for this level of consultancy using an RPO. 
 
 
 

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