Datum RPO Blog

According to a report conducted by the Employment Agencies Standards (EAS) Inspectorate, complaints about recruitment agencies increased by 50% in 2018, in comparison with the previous year. 

The labour-market focussed Government enforcement body received 1,261 complaints, compared to just 828 in 2017, with the majority of the complaints centred around the failure of recruitment agencies to pay their staff for all hours worked. Hospitality and healthcare sectors witnessed most complaints, totalling just under 25% of all complaints received.  

For any organisation, protecting and developing your brand is essential to the health and growth of your business. Your brand or identity forms the foundation of how your organisation is perceived, both internally by employees, and externally by partners and customers.

Getting your brand ‘right’ and maintaining it should never be underestimated as it effects every aspect of an organisation from quality, services, sales right through to attracting top talent.

For any organisation, protecting and developing your brand is essential to the health and growth of your business. Your brand or identity forms the foundation of how your organisation is perceived, both internally by employees, and externally by partners and customers.

In this report, we discuss why getting your brand ‘right’ and maintaining it should never be underestimated as it effects every aspect of an organisation from quality, services, sales to attracting top talent. When using multiple recruitment agencies, it becomes extremely difficult to ensure that they are promoting your brand in the correct manner, causing risk of a diluted brand.

In April 2018 the Home Office introduced a further deterrent to the employment of illegal workers. The new proposal means that an organisations Employment Allowance will be removed for one year from those who receive civil penalties for employing illegal workers.

For large employers, it is common to use numerous recruitment agencies to manage their temporary and/or permanent workforce. It's important to note that these agencies are representing their brand, and therefore should be in regular communication and synonymous with their business and brand culture when advertising vacancies on their behalf.

Following continued growth, Datum RPO's parent company, Passionate About People Group is delighted to be finalists in the Fast Growth 50 awards 2018.

The Fast Growth 50 awards celebrate the top 50 growing businesses in the South West. 

In our latest report, we gathered data from four leading organisations across a 12-month period, together with an accumulative recruitment spend of £21,530,920.

The report identifies the specific areas where recruitment costs were significantly reduced using RPO, and also includes a free 'Cost Savings Calculator', which can be used to estimate the cost savings of your business using RPO. 

RPO, or Recruitment Process Outsourcing, makes your recruitment more efficient, cost effective, and helps you reduce the time you spend managing your current agencies.

Organisations using an efficient RPO provider benefit from both direct and in-direct cost-savings, accumulated by various management, legal and performance factors.