Author: Jason Krumwiede

You, the executive sponsor, are ready to move into the fast lane and start implementing an RPO. You’ve selected a partner. Your team is prepped and ready. Now, it’s race day and you’re about to start implementation.The pressure is on to ensure the program exceeds expectations and is embraced at all levels. Certainty of execution […]

Can an RPO talent acquisition strategy improve revenue? The unequivocal answer is YES – the right RPO can. In today’s marketplace, with unemployment at an all-time low and a shallow labor pool for frontline workers, many industries are hyper-competing for the best customer-centric talent. That’s why integrating RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) or RPO hybrid models […]

Executive search, consulting and outsourced recruitment solutions firm TalentRISE today announced that Susan Hartz, formerly with Pontoon Solutions/Adecco and Aon Hewitt RPO/PeopleScout, has joined the firm. “Today’s ever-changing technology disruption coupled with vastly different, social media-influenced behaviors and expectations has heightened the need for more sophisticated sourcing and candidate engagement strategies,” said Jason Krumwiede, TalentRISE […]

Viewing recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) through a cost lens alone can cloud your vision and obscure many of its most critical strategic impacts. Focus on the Real ROI of RPO While the initial rationale for outsourcing all or portions of the recruitment process is typically to reduce hiring costs, the true positive impact for retailers […]

Retail business leaders are quickly realizing that additional focus and investment are needed in field recruitment to support the industry’s most critical role: the store manager.  With unemployment at an all-time low, the labor pool, particularly for hourly retail workers, is shallow and draining rapidly, and delivering a best customer experience depends on having the […]

LinkedIn recently published partner Jason Krumwiede’s article, “Disruptive Recruiting Delivers Value to Retailers Beyond Bucks.” Read the full article below. With unemployment historically low at 4.3% – and expected to decrease even more – talent battles in retail/eCommerce are being fought on the front lines as the industry experiences massive disruption. The daily news confirms this, […]

Mastering the Art of High Volume Recruitment Even a first-rate, well-staffed and exceptionally competent corporate talent acquisition function will be challenged by intense periods of hiring due to amplified market demand or changes in business need. When the business strategy calls for adding tens, or even hundreds, of new employees in a relatively short period […]

Focus on the Real ROI of RPO Viewing recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) through a cost lens alone can cloud your vision and obscure many of its most critical strategic impacts.  While the initial rationale for outsourcing all or portions of the recruitment process is typically to reduce hiring costs, the true positive impact of RPO […]

What’s Good for Your Company Is Good For Your Career Jane Clarke, the Talent Acquisition leader of a 5,000 employee business, contends with a lot of “noise” in her job. Hiring managers are constantly changing course to revise talent requirements. Her overworked team complains about antiquated recruitment technology. Contract recruiters she hired to deal with […]