No longer are organizations searching for employees based on skill, know-how and tenure alone. Now, they’re focused on finding employees who are creative, passionate, collaborative and have strong character. In other words, companies are now looking at how to hire hearts instead of just heads. But, the recruitment industry has been slow to evolve to this model.

Yoh, a leading RPO provider and long-time RPOA member, recently announced the acquisition of DreamJobs, an Ohio-based recruitment solutions firm. The acquisition expands Yoh’s recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) capabilities and adds some of the industry’s most knowledgeable RPO leaders to the Yoh team. The combination of Yoh’s long-term success and the innovations of the DreamJobs team, is a great marriage of recruiting leaders. 

About Talent’s name says it all. About Talent is a workforce solutions company that specializes in planning, identifying, acquiring, and managing talent. Backed by a parent company that is recognized for its industry-leading culture and engagement programs, About Talent delivers a culture-focused recruitment methodology that is revolutionizing the RPO industry.

Novotus, recently acquired by military recruiting giant Orion International, is positioned for growth in the recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) market as it leverages its parent company's reach, infrastructure, and capabilities. Novotus (Latin for “change, alter or reinvent”) operates on the keystone principle that a deep partnership with clients is the key to providing the best possible workforce.

The company was founded in Austin, Texas in 2002 by Mike Mayeux & Jimmy Taylor, whose goal was to reinvent the way vendors partnered with their clients to provide successful recruiting outcomes - by putting people at the center of their delivery solutions. Committed to the growth of Novotus, and the recruitment process outsourcing industry in general, Mayeux and Taylor were two of the co-founders- and active members- of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association, the leading organization for education and resources for RPO community. 

Accolo, one of the godfathers of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), is shaking up the talent industry once again. Accolo, the company that pioneered the fusion of technology with recruiting, is re-focused on their leadership position as a solutions provider. Accolo predicted the movement of RPO from large enterprises to smaller organizations and they understand today’s businesses require more flexibility and attention that are not in the market’s current, rigid models.  

To Accolo, RPO isn’t just about recruiting, but about creating a partnership that helps businesses grow and experience continued success. 

For an organization that was born from a global consulting firm with a full suite of technology services, Newton Talent is a very different type of RPO service provider than you might expect. 

Rather than using its expertise to develop a back-end office operation to increase recruitment efficiencies, parent company Newton Consulting discovered that most talent acquisition processes and technologies on the market were built predominantly with one user in mind: the recruiter. Not the hiring team, not the organization, and certainly not the candidate.

TriWorth, acquired by parent company Advanced Group in 2011, has been rebranded as Advanced RPO. With that rebranding comes an evolution of its identity and its strategic offering for clients. 

Advanced RPO has become laser focused on partnering with mid-market clients that truly see talent acquisition as their strategic advantage to give them a competitive edge. This approach requires Advanced RPO to maintain a deep understanding of their clients’ needs to sell their client’s story. The approach is designed to, not only identify the right skill sets for their clients hires, but also the right cultural fit -- which will ultimately grow their clients businesses.