With the advent of modern recruiting technology there are tons of data at the disposal of organizations. Are organizations catching up to the data potential? What is the role of outside experts in bringing greater insight to an organization?

Recruitment process outsourcing providers (RPOs) bring higher expertise to organizations from recruiting best practices to technology and metrics that drive business success. Having the relevant data and the right metrics make all the difference. According to Jobvite's 2018 Recruiter Nation Survey, “74 percent of recruiters believe hiring will become more competitive in the next 12 months.”

Recruiting needs to be measured and improved like any other business function, but some companies find it difficult to measure something that is part art and part science. In this week’s RPOA Weekly, we present HR analytics that you should consider to improve recruiter performance and ensure recruiting success.

The goal of any good recruiting program is to locate and hire the best talent out there. The process can be long and time consuming, and it’s important to assess whether or not your tactics are paying off in the long run. Here is a list of metrics that can help you evaluate the success of your recruiting program, or to show you where the faults and weaknesses are so that you can correct them. Understanding how to make these numbers work for you is critical to ensuring a solid recruitment plan for your company.

Information innovations never stop, and this year’s red-hot trend is HR Analytics, or Human Capital Analytics, a form of data leveraging that focuses on a company’s human capital. In this RPOA Weekly, we take a look at what HR analytics are, how they work, and how to learn more to help you get the most from your workforce with HR analytics.

In recruiting and hiring, a lot depends on putting your time and money where they’ll do the most good. A high return on investment is considered a success; a small return on the resources invested means that you need to rethink where you apply them. To find out how successful any program, strategy, or business function is, you need to measure the return. Measurement is the key to success, as it shows what works and what doesn’t and allows you to craft your strategies and approach to get the most out of what you put in. In this week’s #RPOA Weekly, we take a look at how measurement is the key to recruiting success.

Performance measurement and data gathering are huge trends in every aspect of business, and recruiting is no exception. Recruiting generates massive amounts of data, and understanding the data and using it to measure quality and performance promises a more efficient, effective recruiting process.  Using this data wisely can highlight where good sources and hires are easily identifiable, while elimininating waste in time and money can be eliminated. In this week’s RPOA Roundup, we take a lot at how data and metrics affect recruiting efforts and industry trends.