12 Top Recruitment Process Outsourcing Articles from 2012

As we count down to 2013, we thought it would be appropriate to highlight our 12 top blog posts for the 2012. From the top:

1. Social Media and Recruiting: 5 Things to Look For in a Candidate
   This year, companies are expected to use social media for over 80% of job openings, utilizing the most popular channels of LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. The concept of social media and recruiting is no longer foreign or nonsensical, but an incredibly successful way to find great candidates and to receive more resumes for your job openings. When using social media in your recruiting process, here are five things you should look for in the profiles of potential candidates and employees.
   
   
2. Four Important Benefits of Recruitment Process Outsourcing Today
   The war for talent has become the war for skills. Many companies are struggling to find and retain good, skilled workers; all while having little or no recruiting resources as a result of cutbacks in staff and human resources.

   In the past, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) was thought of as an “all or nothing” enterprise effort to completely outsource all recruiting and sourcing. Today, RPO is used by many companies to augment existing resources or provide focused sourcing and recruiting in one or more areas. It’s a critical tool in the war for skilled talent.

3. 10 Qualities to Look For in an RPO Provider
   Great! You've decided that recruitment process outsourcing will help you reduce your hiring cost and/or time and get you better quality candidates! Now, you just need to find the best RPO company that will meet your needs and deliver good results. Where do you start?
   
   
4. 6 Recruiting Websites Recruiters Ought to Use
   The average person spends about 13 hours per week online, and for many people, some of that time is spend job hunting. Sure, they're trolling the popular sites such as Indeed, Monster, and Careerbuilder, but there's more than that when it comes to recruiting websites. Here's our list of the 6 recruiting websites all recruiters ought to be using.
   
   
5. 3 Simple Tricks to Make Your Job Description More Effective
   The job description is the starting point of recruiting. It's what candidates see first, and what recruiters use to find the perfect fit in their recruiting. How can you make your job description more effective in recruiting the right kind of candidates?

   Here are three simple tricks that can give you better results with your recruiting.
   
   

6. What Does Recruitment Process Outsourcing Mean to You?
   Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is relatively a new industry but a very lucrative one at a billion dollar valuation by Staffing Industry Report. But, what is RPO anyway? According to this article by Bryan White with Novotus, “RPO means different things to different people”. Different companies hire RPO providers to solve different kind of problems. What RPO means to a company depends on their unique needs and requirements.
   
   
7. 5 Big Trends in the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Industry
   Recruitment Process Outsourcing industry is experiencing a tremendous growth according to the executives of two leading RPO companies and the co-founders of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association.

   Here are the five big trends emerging in the RPO industry, and what RPO executives can take away from them.

8. 5 Best Practices for Hiring and Recruiting
   Hiring and recruiting are very much a craft that needs to be perfected as much as they are another task that needs to be done to ensure the growth of the company. Taking time to perfect the craft will not only benefit the company with a streamlined process and fewer turnovers, but will benefit new hires with a more efficient place to work and to be a part of.
   
   
9. The 7 Risks of Recruitment Process Outsourcing
   With the evolution of recruitment process outsourcing, many companies are taking  advantage of RPO to reduce cost and time, and improve the quality of hires. However, like everything else, RPO can sometimes come with risks. By being aware of the risks of recruitment process outsourcing, you can prepare for them, avoid them, and overcome the consequences of these risks. Here are 7 risks of recruitment process outsourcing, and what we suggest could be done to either prepare, avoid, or overcome them
   
   
10. The New Old Face of Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
    

    The RightThing, Kenexa and Pinstripe….Gone. Well, not really gone, but absorbed. 

    In the case of The RightThing and Kenexa, they were obliterated through strategic acquisition by Big Box firms, ADP and IBM respectively. Pinstripe simply sold out to Private Equity, and we all know the new owners will want more from Pinstripe than the old owners in terms of Return on Investment.

11. Project RPO: Thinking Smaller Can Have a Big Impact
    Most of us are getting used to the fact that the Great Recession has left a lasting impact on business and employment. “Do more with less,” is probably the most overused and unwelcomed phrase of the past couple of years, especially when it comes to hiring.
    
    
12. 3 Tips to Improving the Candidate Experience (Part 3 of 3)
    In previous articles we showed that the candidates continue to experience a 'black hole' from the recruitment industry due mainly to the facts that recruitment is mainly transactional (as opposed to being based on relationships) and to advancements in technology (both for posting jobs and finding jobs). In this artilcle we suggest 3 tips that can help recruiters improve the experience for candidates, and keep them out of the black hole and recruitment spiral.