An RPO and MSP Combo: The Best of Both Worlds

As I read through HRO Today magazine’s recently published Baker’s Dozen Top Managed Service Program (MSP) providers, it struck me positively to see many companies such as Manpower Business Solutions, Hays, Allegis Group Services, SourceRight Solutions and Adecco on the list. That’s because those providers are also recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) providers.

In different mixes and offerings, the MSP solutions include contingent workforce management, program and vendor management, temporary staffing, employee process management and other services.

There are two primary reasons why provision of both RPO and MSP solutions from the same vendor is valuable to the marketplace.

Flexible Staffing Solutions from a Single Vendor

As NelsonHall and many others have written about quite a bit lately, permanent recruiting has largely been on hold due to the recession, replaced with utilization of temporary hires and contingent workforces. As we’ve also written about numerous times, HRO buyers are increasingly opting for service delivery consolidated under the aegis of a single provider. Thus, the ability to tailor multiple recruiting solutions to meet client’s evolving needs results in a win-win for both providers and buyers.

Employee Attrition

Per a Manpower study released earlier this week, 80 percent of 2,000 North American hiring managers surveyed believe less than five percent of their employees will voluntarily leave the company in 2010. But a survey from Manpower subsidiary Right Management revealed 60 percent of employees intend to pursue new jobs if there is improvement in the economy this year. This huge delta aside for a moment…while it’s not feasible that more than half of employees will leave their current jobs, what if it is more than the five percent employers expect? A contingent workforce must be leveraged simply to keep the business running.   

The bottom line is that vendors and buyers both gain value from a workforce solution that meets clients’ dynamically changing needs, whether it be for temporary or contingent employees through an MSP offering or permanent employees via RPO. Buy-side HR executives, are you ready to meet your company’s current and future workforce needs?

Gary Bragar, Lead HRO Analyst, NelsonHall

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