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Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions
Build a workforce that’s ready for what’s next. We help you source and onboard the skills that drive performance and support growth.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions
Build a workforce that’s ready for what’s next. We help you source and onboard the skills that drive performance and support growth.
In a rapidly evolving talent landscape, traditional recruitment methods often fall short. Hays’ Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions are designed to embed expert capability directly within your organisation, delivering scalable, creative, and data-driven talent strategies that fuel your growth and ensure you have the right people in place to achieve your ambitions.
How Hays' Recruitment Process Outsourcing can benefit your business
Talent acquisition is complex and increasingly costly to manage. But with Hays RPO, you gain a dedicated team of specialists, cutting-edge technology, and proven best practice, all embedded within your business. From forecasting future demand and optimising sourcing, to delivering assessment and onboarding, we ensure you have the right people in place to achieve your ambitions.
Leverage our extensive networks to engage a diverse mix of expertise, including specialist skills in technology and beyond. Our RPO hiring strategies connect you to the talent you need, while our engagement approach ensures your brand is front of mind for top candidates.
Together, we’ll make smart choices about demand levels, critical talent gaps, and sourcing strategies, reducing the time spent approaching and onboarding the people who will power your growth.
In a talent-scarce market, professionals care about more than just about remuneration. We help you build a compelling employer value proposition (EVP), aligning your branding, culture, and messaging to position your organisation as a great place to work.
Leading talent acquisition technology
Whether you need to optimise your existing platforms or you’re eager to explore new ones, we’re here for you, offering an integrated suite of technology to increase efficiency.
Elevated insights and decision-making
Our goal is to help you get work done, better. We’ll offer actionable insights and a wealth of contemporary market data to inform a smarter workforce strategy.
RPO Essentials: cost‑effective recruitment support
If keeping costs low is critical, RPO Essentials provides an integrated recruitment solution without the need to invest in your own technology stack. Hays delivers an end‑to‑end service, including an Applicant Tracking System configured to your organisation and optimised by our experts.
With RPO Essentials, you benefit from a wide range of complementary recruitment technologies and expertise, all designed to deliver efficiency and value while working within your budget.
RPO for Tech: attracting scarce and emerging skills
For organisations hiring in competitive or emerging skill areas, RPO for Tech offers a specialist approach designed to engage hard‑to‑reach talent and accelerate hiring outcomes. One size does not fit all - strategies that work for one function or discipline may not translate to others.
Our RPO for Tech service is tailored for organisations building new capabilities or recruiting in fast‑moving technology markets. It recognises the demands and preferences of highly sought‑after skill sets, using streamlined processes and targeted engagement routes to help you outpace the competition.
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) FAQs
RPO is when an organisation partners with an external specialist to manage all or part of its hiring process. An RPO provider acts as a part of your team, delivering expertise, technology, and scalable solutions to attract, assess, and hire the right talent, faster and more efficiently. This approach helps businesses reduce costs, improve candidate quality, and create a better hiring experience.
Recruitment agencies focus on sourcing candidates, while RPO companies design and implement strategies across the full recruitment process, supporting your business from workforce planning through to onboarding and development.
Absolutely. We’re experienced at optimising and delivering RPO services across a variety of platforms and systems, supporting you in the development and management of your recruitment technology.
RPO is an ideal solution for quickly and cost-effectively scaling your hiring to meet peaks in demand. At Hays, we offer modular RPO services that can be deployed quickly to meet urgent or short-term hiring needs. From sourcing and screening to onboarding and tech optimisation, we’ll tailor the right mix of support to help you scale fast, without the overhead of a full RPO programme.
Ready to transform your recruitment? Let’s talk about your RPO solution. Contact us today
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