Deflated employee morale, accelerated recruiting, and RPO

Posted by: Alison Citti

These days, we’re seeing more and more instances of diminishing employee morale. The workforce slashes that many companies have implemented have had a direct impact on their HR and recruiting departments. I’ve seen numerous instances where our clients have had to cut staff to the point of there simply not being enough people to complete the work necessary to run an efficient recruitment operation. “Do more with less” is the prevailing mentality, and with recruiting on an upswing in many companies, there simply are not enough hours in the day/week. Employees are losing steam and enthusiasm.

These unhappy employees may have been willing to deal with the unrealistic expectations of their jobs 6-9 months ago for fear of not being able to find other suitable employment options. However, in the near future we’re going to start to see a big shift in employees who will leave their current employers when other opportunities present themselves.

For companies in the midst of this situation, adding a partially outsourced solution to complement current recruiting processes is a viable solution and could relieve some of the pressure pushing down on HR/recruitment staffs in-house. Many organizations are slowly starting to build back up, and enlisting the help of a partner can be a major morale lift for a department that might be feeling defeated or stretched beyond capacity.