Why should I use a recruitment Managed Service Provider?

Effective recruitment is crucial for businesses, especially given the increasingly competitive job market. Although firms are under pressure to attract, recruit, and retain the right people, many lack the time and resources needed to manage their recruitment processes and navigate complex recruitment supply chains. 

Using a Managed Service Provider (MSP) is an effective solution, and growing numbers of businesses are adopting it to recruit smarter and more efficiently. 

What is an MSP?

A recruitment MSP manages your contingent workforce needs. They hire a range of temporary, contract, and freelance workers for your business, freeing up your resources and people for other tasks. 

As recruitment experts, MSPs bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and know-how making them a trusted recruitment partner. But as an extension of your HR and operations teams, they can also help streamline some of the most time-intensive processes many businesses struggle to do efficiently across a diverse temporary workforce, like payroll administration, performance management and maintaining auditable compliance standards.

What challenges do MSPs solve?

An MSP’s deep knowledge of recruitment processes and practices means businesses will have access to substantial experience and insight. From emerging trends within recruitment to efficient ways of attracting candidates, their knowledge of hiring allows them to find the right people for different businesses in ways that HR departments may not be able to.

As well as this substantial knowledge and experience, recruitment MSPs can also help HR departments streamline lengthy and manual processes associated with screening, onboarding, and managing a large temporary workforce. For instance, MSPs can negotiate better charge rates for supply and provide greater transparency of candidate fulfilment through vendor management systems (VMS) and even use smart technology to manage invoices seamlessly. All of which helps businesses and HR teams focus their efforts on other tasks. 

Why do I need a recruitment MSP?

Recruitment is a crucial function that businesses need to dedicate time, effort, and resources to. However, it is also an area where businesses face constant pressure to operate more efficiently. This means HR teams face significant challenges trying to bring in the right people, ensure they are the right fit, and stay compliant with often fast-moving compliance regulations. 

MSPs allow businesses to free up their resources by delegating the recruitment and management of their contingent workforce to a single source. This way, operations and recruitment teams can spend less time managing the often complex supply chains of agencies and agency staff, including laborious paperwork and administration, and instead focus their efforts on more strategic tasks. MSPs typically offer cost-effective services through bulk and upfront pricing, helping businesses get the most value for their money.