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Awards

NXTThing RPO Wins 2026 Lighthouse Tech Award for Best Frontline-Focused Talent Acquisition Solution

Awards

NXTThing RPO Wins Two Silver Medals in Brandon Hall Group’s Excellence in Technology Awards

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NXTThing RPO Unveils Personegy, AI-Powered Platform to Transform High-Volume Hiring

Awards

NXTThing RPO Named a Star Performer and Major Contender in Everest Group’s 2025 RPO Services North America PEAK Matrix® Assessment

Awards

NXTThing RPO Named a Star Performer and Major Contender in Everest Group’s 2025 RPO Services Global PEAK Matrix® Assessment

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Talentegy and Spectrum Win Brandon Hall Group Award for Best Advance in Recruitment Marketing Technology

Awards

Talentegy Wins Brandon Hall Group Award for Best Advance in Recruitment Marketing Technology

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NXTThing RPO Wins Two Silvers in Brandon Hall Group’s Excellence in Technology Awards

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Inc. 5000: Employ Named to Prestigious List for 2023

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NXTThing RPO Named a Leader in the NelsonHall RPO & Total Talent 2023 NEAT Report

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Press Release: NXTThing RPO Identified as a Leader in NelsonHall’s RPO & Total Talent 2023 NEAT Report

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ICYMI: Follett Higher Education & NXTThing RPO Received an HRO Today Business Partnership Excellence Award

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Six Tips to Engage Candidates on Your Career Site article image

May 3, 2023

Six Tips to Engage Candidates on Your Career Site

Where are job seekers most frequently discovering your open positions? You may be surprised to learn it’s actually on your career site. According to

2023 Career Site Lookbook: Candidate Engagement Starts on Your Career Website article image

May 2, 2023

2023 Career Site Lookbook: Candidate Engagement Starts on Your Career Website

2023 Career Site Lookbook: Candidate Engagement Starts on Your Career Website from the NXTThing Insights

How Campus Bookstore Hiring Thrived for a Collegiate Retailer Even In Uncertainty article image

April 21, 2023

How Campus Bookstore Hiring Thrived for a Collegiate Retailer Even In Uncertainty

When COVID-19 hit in March 2020, many colleges and universities were severely impacted. Classrooms were closed, many services were shut down, and traditional brick-and-mortar

Pay Transparency: What’s New and What It Means For Your Business article image

April 18, 2023

Pay Transparency: What’s New and What It Means For Your Business

Part 1 of the Employment Law Thought Leadership Series by Employ By David Hollady, CIPP/E, CIPM, Vice President of Legal & Data Protection Officer,

What Recruiting Data Matters Most to Executives? article image

April 14, 2023

What Recruiting Data Matters Most to Executives?

Guest blog from Terkel.io From ensuring alignment with strategic business plans to forecasting future workforce trends, here are five areas HR and talent acquisition

How Neuroscience Can Inform Hiring Decisions article image

April 5, 2023

How Neuroscience Can Inform Hiring Decisions

Guest Blog by Emma Bluck, Marketing and Partnership Lead at MeVitae, and Cognitive Neuroscience MSc Student at University College London Determining who to hire

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March 31, 2023

Guest blog from Terkel.io From using AI to sort through resumes to showing you value diversity in your workforce, here are seven answers to

Q1 2023 Employ Quarterly Insights Report Infographic: Leverage Key Candidate Personas from the Employ Job Seeker Quadrant™ article image

March 30, 2023

Q1 2023 Employ Quarterly Insights Report Infographic: Leverage Key Candidate Personas from the Employ Job Seeker Quadrant™

Leverage Key Candidate Personas from the Employ Job Seeker Quadrant™ For employers today, understanding job seeker mindset and behavior is critical to connecting with

Candidate Expectations You Need to Know in 2023 article image

March 27, 2023

Candidate Expectations You Need to Know in 2023

By Stephanie Sparks, Content Marketing Manager As the labor market and record-low unemployment rates keep recruiters on their toes, the focus on the candidate

Q1 2023 Employ Quarterly Insights Report Infographic: Examining Hiring Trends Across Companies and Sectors article image

March 21, 2023

Q1 2023 Employ Quarterly Insights Report Infographic: Examining Hiring Trends Across Companies and Sectors

Take a Look at Jobs Data From the Q1 2023 Employ Quarterly Insights Report Employ data revealed that across its 18,000 customers, organizations representing

The Job Seeker Quadrant™: Four Candidate Personas Based on the Current Market article image

March 16, 2023

The Job Seeker Quadrant™: Four Candidate Personas Based on the Current Market

By Stephanie Sparks, Content Marketing Manager For employers today, understanding job seeker mindset and behavior is critical to connecting with them more effectively and

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March 15, 2023

10 Ways to Make Your Interview Experience a Positive One for Candidates in 2023

Guest blog from Terkel.io From evaluating people with assessments to involving senior management in the discussion, here are 10 answers to the question, “Can

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers to common questions.

What does an RPO do?

An RPO runs agreed parts of your recruiting process as a managed service. Depending on scope that can mean sourcing only, or the full path from workforce planning through to onboarding handover, delivered by a named team working in your systems.

What are the two types of RPO?

The usual split is enterprise RPO, which is an ongoing program covering continuous hiring, and project RPO, which covers a defined burst such as a new site or a seasonal ramp. Modular engagements, which take a single stage, sit between the two.

What is RPO technology?

RPO technology includes the tools used to support and improve recruiting delivery, such as sourcing, candidate engagement, screening, scheduling, automation, AI and analytics. It can integrate with an organization’s existing ATS and HR technology, adding capabilities and efficiency without necessarily requiring a full technology replacement.

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