RPO and Talent Management Blog by Ochre House | Ochre Talk

According to the latest PwC survey of business leaders around the globe, one of their biggest headaches is how to source and retain the talent they will need to take advantage of the opportunities offered by emerging markets.
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Over recent years we’ve seen a determined move by many international corporations to embrace truly global integration when it comes to resourcing. After all, if it can be achieved in practice a global perspective on resourcing talent can help organisations create efficiencies and added value such as:

• Common values and hiring philosophy
• Best practice shared across both countries and regions
• Consistent platform and tools
• Compliance, control and management information
• Maximising access to global talent pools

But how achievable is this ‘holy grail’ of resourcing?
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In PWC’s “14th Annual Global CEO Survey” last month, we were given a glimpse into why organisations are working hard to shift Talent and Resourcing strategies from being based on skills to being based on Values.

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In today’s world, business transformation has come to mean more than just the alignment of business strategy and vision with its People, Processes and Technology.  It means a focus on People more than ever before – to the point that HR has suddenly been thrust into the central, strategic position that it has coveted for what seems like decades!  Read full post

This is a question we discuss when talking with HR and recruitment leaders. Most organisations have an idea, but to get a specific figure usually requires painful analysis of agency invoices, frequently squirreled away in obscure places.

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Since Q4 2009 we have seen a huge surge in activity around Resourcing functions.  The two key challenges that kept coming up are: A need to increase capability and globalisation.    Read full post