You don’t need a new piece of software or an RPO, fix the issue yourself!
You don’t need a new piece of software or an RPO, fix it yourself!
When your HRD or CEO says to you that recruitment/onboarding/Job approval and workforce plan “is not working” and we need to make a change.
What often happens is people jump straight to solution mode and follow the trend and look to a new piece of software as the old piece of software, “wasn’t working” or they’ll engage an RPO or outsourcing group to see if they can help them with their problem.
Before you know it, you’ve bought a new piece of software or RPO Contract that will “solve your problems”
Software:
- You haven’t solved your problem, you have found another way to display it or hide it
- Your Hr/Recruitment teams are forced to learn a new process, system and work arounds to do the same thing they were doing before
- Your Hiring managers are also going through more change, learning how they have to submit a request and a new approval process
- You are paying large fees for this “solution”, which hasn’t solved the real issue… you still don’t know what the issue is!
Outsource parts of your HR function to an outside group (RPO / HRO / BPO)
- You haven’t solved your problem, you have just given it to someone else to hide
- You are paying them hefty fees to manage this problem, without knowing what it is
- You have given up control, responsibility and ability to manage it
- You’ve gained someone else to blame and further complexity
- Your hiring managers and stakeholders are going through more change and aren’t consulted
- You have better “numbers” and pretty graphs, but unhappy people
- Your current HR teams are either made redundant or forced to join the outsource group
STOP!
Before you do all these, spend a few hours in a room with your stakeholders and teams and see if you can work out what the problem is with Lean Workshops & Six Sigma!
Step 1: Get the people that matter (stakeholders in the process and the people doing the job) in a room and get them to show you what they want and what they are currently doing in their day-to-day work.
Step 2: Map the current process
Step 3: Ask them how to make it better and note their ideas
Step 4: Take these ideas and design a new way of working that everyone is happy with.
It may be as easy as sending a few emails or having a few meetings at certain points in the process that can make a significant improvement.
Improve your processes by consulting with your people
We’ve just saved you thousands of pounds in RPO or ATS fees…. you’re welcome 😉
Tweak your processes yourself, don’t pay someone to absorb your problem!
