Comments like this demonstrate a fundamental lack of knowledge about what the new recruitment methods are.

The latest trends simply utilise technology to deliver a faster, more accurate delivery method for the actual relationships between the recruiter and the candidate to take place. In respect of RPO services having a negative effect, Adecco is one of the companies that sets the benchmark for what these services are and how they work.

Any failing of the concept to give the needed gut feel factor is then self-created. Expecting candidates and clients to wait while the recruitment industry catches up with technology is like asking a man to sweep back the morning tide with a broom.

Employers have got to grips with technology no problem; recruiters need to catch up.

Darren Revell