Out of the question?

For those organisations fearful of proceeding down a full recruitment processing outsourcing solution, de Poel Consulting has a solution that looks purely at the strategic and effective use of recruitment agencies for permanent recruitment. To find out if this solution may be right for you simply answer the questions below, add up your score and see what we say about your outsourcing needs.


1. Are your direct competitors outsourcing their recruitment processes?
a. The majority are.
b. We would be the first in our market sector to do so.
c. Unsure.

2. How many companies do you know who have successfully partnered with recruitment process outsourcers in your sector?
a. Too many to mention.
b. Unsure.
c. Fewer than ten.

3. What plans are there to decrease your in-house resourcing function?
a. None.
b. The need to reduce in-house reliance will be critical in the year ahead.
c. We will increase our in-house resourcing function to accommodate an increase in direct recruitment.

4. What are the key drivers to outsource?
a. We need to identify spend by business unit and line managers.
b. We need to control costs.
c. We need to control terms and conditions.
d. We don’t have the in-house resource.
e. All of the above.

5. How much do you spend on permanent recruitment through agencies in any one year?
a. More than £3mn per annum.
b. Between £2mn and £3mn per annum.
c. Between £1mn and £2mn per annum.
d. Between £500,000 and £1mn.
e. Less than £500,000.

6. How many recruitment agencies do you currently work with?
a. Less than ten.
b. Between ten and twenty.
c. Between twenty and fifty.
d. More than fifty.
e. Impossible to say accurately

7. How do the recruitment fees you pay differ across business units / locations and skill sets?
a. They don’t, we have a standard fee structure in place for each agency.
b. They don’t, we have a standard fee structure in place for all our agencies.
c. They vary dramatically.
d. Unsure.

8. What terms of business do your supplying agencies work to?
a. Their own terms.
b. We have agreed terms with each agency.
c. We have standardised terms across all agencies, driven by us.

9. How many invoices for permanent recruitment do you process each year?
a. Not sure, all dealt with by finance department.
b. Fewer than 500 per annum.
c. Between 500 and 1,000 per annum.
d. Over 1,000 per annum.

10. What structured indicators do you use to measure the performance of your agencies?
a. Level of service.
b. Quality of candidates provided.
c. Number of candidates placed.
d. Relationship with the consultant.
e. All of the above.
f. None of the above, no key performance indicators in place.

11. What system do you primarily use to track candidates received from agencies?
a. Microsoft Outlook.
b. Excel spreadsheets.
c. Our HR management system.
d. A candidate management system.
e. None of the above.

12. How do you manage your preferred suppliers list?
a. We don’t have a preferred suppliers list.
b. We have set a psl and review it annually.
c. We have quarterly reviews with our agencies.
d. We have key performance indicators we measure our agencies against regularly.

13. What is the main control in the hiring process?
a. All done through a dedicated HR / Resourcing team.
b. Hiring managers can come through HR / Resourcing.
c. Hiring managers do what they want.

14. What systems do you primarily use to capture management information data?
a. Excel spreadsheets.
b. Our HR management system.
c. A candidate management system.
d. None of the above.

15. What compliance do you have to your preferred suppliers list?
a. We don’t have a preferred suppliers list.
b. Less than 50%.
c. Between 50% and 75%.
d. Over 75%.
e. We don’t measure the compliance.

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