While not a new concept, outsourcing has gained popularity in the past decade as organisations direct resources towards their areas of specialty.
Outsourcing is a simple concept – it involves an organisation passing responsibility of part of its operations to another organisation to operate on their behalf.
Information technology is the most frequently outsourced service, with very large technology organisations taking on outsourced recruitment projects on behalf of their clients. Other services that are outsourced can include customer contact or call centres, payrolling, and of course, recruitment.
There are many benefits to outsourcing – outsourced providers can generate economies of scale and economies of scope, frequently operate as industry experts and thought leaders, reduce fixed costs where there are frequent demand changes, and help avoid some of the costs associated with an embedded team.
Alexander Mann Solutions has been at the forefront of outsourced resourcing and talent solutions since 1996, when founder Rosaleen Blair bought the concept of RPO to the European market.
Our Outsourcing Solutions
Many of our marquee solutions contain outsourced elements – be they small scale through our OnDemand service, permanent-hire recruitment solutions, or full-scale global RPO contracts in multiple regions covering multiple hiring types.
In contrast to many RPO providers, we also offer fully outsourced solutions covering contingent workforce management, graduate hiring, and executive search.
And where multiple resourcing and talent solutions are required, we operate a model known as ‘Total Workforce Acquisition’, which bundles all hiring modes and models with strategic workforce management and resource planning methodology to ensure that the right people are hired a the right time for the business.
