Firms Outsourcing Entire Hiring To Private Recruiters

With all-time high attrition rates and shortage of skills making companies go into a hiring mode,
recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services are gaining popularity in India. Companies such as
MphasiS, Wipro, Accenture and others are outsourcing a big chunk of their hiring process to recruitment
services vendors to bring in more efficiency, both in terms of candidate appraisal and costs. It also helps
them cut overall recruitment time. Typically, an RPO deal starts with the service vendor first receiving the
requirement from clients. The same is discussed with the technical managers and the requirement is
broken into primary, secondary, mandatory and preferred skills.The next step involves the client evaluating
the technical competency of the vendor’s panel members to give the final nod. Once this is done, the
process of sourcing, short listing and scheduling of candidates for telephonic interview is initiated. The
conversation is then recorded and the interview valuation sheet is collected along with call-transcript.
Finally, the candidate profile, evaluation sheet and the recording is shared with the client and the schedule
of the shortlisted candidate is prepared for the final technical round of discussion. This is followed by the
HR round with the client to complete the hiring process. The RPO partner has access and is expected to
comply with all internal tools and process, including employee referrals of its customer