What makes project RPO more cost-effective for recruitment leaders?

In-house recruitment costs can mount quickly, especially between advertising, tech tools, recruiter headcount, and time lost to inefficient processes. And if you’re scaling quickly or hiring in waves, those costs continue to mount. That’s where project-based recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) enters the scene with options to deliver the best of quality and speed.

Project RPO gives you the strength of an experienced recruiting team – but only when you need it. Designed to support defined hiring projects ranging from seasonal ramp-ups, to geographic expansions, and even business restructures, it’s like a concentrated recruitment powerhouse without the long-term solution.

What are my recruitment outsourcing options?

• Full-scale enterprise RPO is a long-term solution that integrates directly alongside your business. It’s powerful, but it also comes with a potentially longer onboarding period and broader commitments. That model works great for steady state hiring or companies with ongoing, high-volume needs.

• Building an internal recruitment team is another option. But that means new salaries, benefits, tools, onboarding, training, and time to ramp. And let’s not forget the hidden costs – like slow time-to-fill or poor candidate experience while your new team finds its rhythm.

Contrarily, a project-focused approach to recruitment outsourcing is more of a pilot project angle, where you can conduct a provider to help with smaller initiatives before moving on to a larger-scale solution (if you so choose). It’s a great option for companies seeking an agile ramp-up period to help drive a sustainable workforce.

Learn more about the difference between enterprise RPO and project RPO here.

Project RPO lands right where flexibility meets performance

With project RPO, you're equipped with the following:

• A ready-to-go team of expert recruiters
• A clearly scoped timeframe and cost structure
• Tech and tools already in place
• Access to market intelligence and talent insights

The best part? You don’t pay for more than you need. You don’t inherit technology you’ll never use. You don’t spend months getting up to speed. And when the hiring push is done, the solution winds down without any complicated transitions, with the option to continue or add on as needed.

This applies in many real-life use cases, including:

• Opening a new facility and need to hire 100 people in 90 days? Project RPO has you covered.
• Merging with another company and need to fill new leadership roles? That’s also covered!
• Seasonal hiring crunch you don’t want to overstaff for? No problem.

Don’t let the word “project” confuse you

You still get strategy baked in. Our project RPO solution uses data to optimize sourcing, reduce time-to-fill, and ensure quality-of-hire. We align with your hiring managers, represent your brand with professionalism, and leave you with learnings and tools you can use long after the project wraps.

Project RPO is both cost-effective and low risk

Project RPO gives recruitment leaders a cost-effective, low-risk way to scale hiring fast without compromising on quality. You gain flexibility, control, and results – without adding to your headcount or blowing your budget.

In a world where agility matters and hiring goals shift overnight, project RPO might just be the most strategic decision you haven’t made yet.