There are numerous benefits to outsourcing your recruiting and hiring to a trusted partner. Today’s hiring market is a competitive one. In their 2015 United States Job Forecast, CareerBuilder cited two important numbers:

• 39 percent of all the companies they surveyed plan to hire more employees in 2015

• 29 percent of small businesses, generally the most cautious when it comes to employee growth, are anticipating hiring more staff in 2015

This means more companies in your area, including competitors and those needing employees with the same skill sets, are hiring. So, the question is: How do we get the top talent? The answer: RPO, or Recruitment Process Outsourcing.

Why would you want to outsource your recruiting? Hiring new employees is very personal, as it impacts the success of your organization. You also know your own company better than anyone else. Why would you hand such a delicate and vital process over to outsiders? Here are seven reasons why it makes sense to reach out to an RPO firm for help in today’s competitive hiring environment:

1. It’s what we’re good at- there are no two ways around it: recruiting is our passion. From designing and managing recruiting processes to sourcing and screening applicants, we live and breathe recruiting.

2. RPO reduces costs- when business is down, you don’t have the same recruiting staff and resource needs as you do when business is up. Outsourcing your recruitment allows you to pass the costs and risks involved with recruiting on to us.

3. Positions get filled faster- every day a position goes unfilled results in wasted recruiting costs and lost production. The streamlined recruiting process of RPO allows us to source, screen and interview applicants quicker than an in-house individual or team can.

4. We may already have your dream candidate- most RPO firms keep a library of candidates. Finding the right fit for your position may be as easy as contacting someone already in our database.

5. We have the right experience- RPO team members have years of experience in recruiting, interviewing, screening and other jobs related to hiring great employees.

6. We evaluate what’s already in place- if you have been using the same recruiting method for years with mixed results, you may need a new process in place. We evaluate what processes are already in place before making recommendations to streamline the recruiting process.

7. You get better results- put simply, you get qualified applicants quickly at the lowest cost to you.

When looking to be competitive in the hiring market, it is important to consider the full capabilities of your in-house recruiting and hiring team. It is a personal process, but getting the top talent to fill your open positions may require you to outsource some or all of your hiring through an RPO firm.

If this is the course you have decided to take, Skywalk Group offers OnRecruit,  our signature RPO program designed to create a customized talent management solution to meet the complex hiring demands of your organization. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help with your staffing needs.