Established in 2005 by pioneer RPO leaders, today the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association (RPOA) is a member-driven, mission-driven organization serving the global RPO community. We are committed to advancing, elevating, and promoting recruitment process outsourcing as a strategic talent solution for organizations seeking to reach their highest potential through their people. We pursue our great purpose by nurturing a collaborative community where thought leadership can be created and curated to educate the marketplace about recruitment process outsourcing.
We are THE PLACE TO GO FOR RPO™.

OUR DNA![]() We are a member-driven organization serving the global RPO community. Our members are talent acquisition professionals passionate about the impact of recruitment process outsourcing on individuals' satisfaction and organizations' business success. | GREAT PURPOSE
We are committed to advancing, elevating, and promoting recruitment process outsourcing as a strategic hiring solution for organizations seeking to reach their highest potential through their people. | MISSION
We nurture a collaborative community where thought leadership can be created and curated to educate the marketplace about recruitment process outsourcing. |
HIRES are the guiding principles that govern how we operate to accomplish our mission and reach our great purpose.
Honesty
We operate with openness and transparency. We always do the right thing for all our stakeholders. Our actions align with our words. We are trustworthy. | Innovation
We endeavor to continuously improve the way we serve and support the RPO community. | Relationship
We create synergistic value by connecting people and catalyzing mutually-beneficial relationships within the RPO community. |
Excellence
We always strive to providing the highest quality service and experience to our stakeholders. Good enough is not good enough. | Stewardship
We are committed to advancing, elevating, and promoting recruitment process outsourcing. We recognize that RPO constitutes a small fraction of the staffing and recruiting industry and seek to elevate its value proposition within the talent acquisition and business communities. |
Advisory board members speak about the role of the RPO Association. |