What is RPO?
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (otherwise known as an RPO) is when a company requests additional outside assistance with all or some of its recruitment for a specific time frame.
Depending on the growth stage of your company, your recruitment needs may vary. Serco provides two different RPO options: Project RPO and End-To-End RPO. For a Project RPO the set period would usually range anywhere between 6-12 months, depending on your hiring needs and timescales, whereas an End-To-End RPO will usually last for 12-36 months.
Some of the occasions in which project recruitment can be the best solution:
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Backlog of recruitment that you need to clear
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Expansion into new markets or regions
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Winning a new project - urgent need to hire a team to deliver the project
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Raised capital at Series A/B and need to scale quickly
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Limited internal bandwidth to source candidates
Which one is best for your business?
Why work with Serco?
Serco has over 40 years of experience in recruiting worldwide for the Space sector. Our experts, not only have a great knowledge of the Space ecosystem, but have always worked within tight time frames and against tough KPI’s in order to successfully meet client goals. Our clients range from well-established satellite operators and manufacturers through to venture capital backed NewSpace ventures and include industry leaders such as the European Space Agency (ESA), EUMETSAT, Airbus Defence & Space, OHB, NATO, Thales Alenia Space, and many more.
Rigorous metrics
Pressure to reduce time to hire is overwhelming for most HR departments. For this reason, it is imperative that you get your recruitment right the first time around.
Serco’s RPO best practices include rigorous metrics and reporting practices. Our key metrics are not only continuously monitored to make sure we keep our promise on delivery, through our data we can also make recommendations on business change where required.
Dedicated support
We can provide off-site support within a matter of days. Our industry-expert recruiters purely recruit for the Space sector so will have excellent knowledge of the market, your competitors, and a vast array of relevant talent which enables us to scale companies quickly.
Our cutting-edge recruitment methods allow us to provide accurate and up-to-date market research to our customers on salaries and skills availability.
Sector experience
Along with traditional GEO / MEO players within Satellite Communications, we are currently scaling-up many NewSpace ventures involved in small satellite (SmallSat) technologies.
This covers LEO Constellations, Data Analytics, Launch, Lunar Exploration, In-Orbit Services, Remote Sensing, Spacecraft Hardware, and Software & Systems Engineering.
Cost
Serco’s RPO programmes will save your organisation between 30-40% compared with traditional recruitment agencies fees, so are ideal for companies in early growth mode who have limited capital however have an urgent need to scale the business. Our rates are based on a monthly management, placement and/or project fee. You would typically guarantee a minimum volume of hires to provide a baseline cost. For each placement an incremental charge will be added. Want to find out how much it would cost your organisation to hire 30, 60, 80+ people? Get in touch with us, and we will be glad to offer more information based on your specific situation and needs.
