Month: August 2018

The Sourcing Market is on the Up and Up: Everest Group Reports Rise in Global Outsourcing Demand, GIC Activity and Service Provider Revenues in Q2 2018 | Press Release

Sourcing center setups at all-time high in Q2, driven by increased location activity in Nearshore Europe, Middle East

The global sourcing industry experienced a lucrative Q2 2018, marking notable rises in outsourcing demand, setups of global in-house centers (GICs) and service provider revenues compared to Q1, according to Everest Group. In addition, Everest Group reports that overall location activity was at an all-time high (87 setups of delivery centers by GICs and service providers during the quarter) due to significant increases in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Middle East.

Everest Group discusses these and other second-quarter developments in the sourcing industry in its recently released Market Vista™: Q3 2018 report. The quarterly report highlights the trends in the fast-evolving global sourcing market, exploring the key developments across outsourcing transactions and Global In-house Centers (GICs), as well as location risks and opportunities, and service provider developments.

“We’re coming off a great second quarter for the global services industry as a whole,” said Salil Dani, vice president at Everest Group. “For starters, location activity was at an all-time high and transaction activity rose in comparison to Q1. More than two dozen of the world’s leading companies announced plans to expand or set up new centers, which is a strong indication that enterprises anticipate that the market will continue to validate their sourcing strategies in the near future. We expect that this positive momentum will continue through the remainder of the year, which suggests the global sourcing industry will post significantly improved metrics compared to 2017.”

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Everest Group will review the findings of the “Market Vista: Q3 2018” report in a webinar to be held on Wednesday, August 29, at 9 am CDT. In addition, Everest Group presenters will address the results of a brief survey the firm recently conducted with leading service providers to gauge their market perspectives for the remainder of 2018 and into 2019. Register here for the complimentary, 60-minute webinar, “Service Provider Vantage Point, Plus Q3 2018 Market Vista™ Briefing.”

Additional highlights from the Market Vista: Q3 2018 report:

  • There was an uptick in outsourcing deals in the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) vertical, driven by U.S. tax reforms. Healthcare outsourcing transactions also surged, driven by declining enterprise margins.
  • Outsourcing activity across North America and Rest of the World (especially Asia, Australia and New Zealand) increased notably over the last quarter.
  • The “Technology and Communication” sector remained the most active and accounted for more than one-third of the total market activity in Q2. The manufacturing sector witnessed an increase, accounting for 25 percent of total setups as compared to 18 percent in the previous quarter.
  • Digital services continued to dominate the outsourcing activity relative to pure traditional services, representing 61 percent of transactions compared to 39 percent, respectively. Automation was the most prevalent digital component employed by new or expanded GICs, with deployments in 52 percent of Q2 setups and expansions.
  • Tier-2/3 locations in the U.S. witnessed significant growth in new center setup activity for both transactional and transformational work, driven by low-cost skilled talent availability.
  • CEE accounted for more than one-third of the total GIC setups and expansions, with Ireland and Romania remaining the preferred nearshore locations in the region.
  • Middle East and Africa (MEA) gained traction during the quarter, accounting for nearly 10 percent of the total GIC setup and expansion activity. The majority of the centers that opened in this quarter in this region support R&D/engineering functions of the parent company.
  • Both global and offshore-heritage service providers saw an increase in revenue and operating margin.
  • Service providers point to a gap in digital skills as a key growth challenge and are utilizing multiple approaches, including alliances and acquisitions, and exploring talent models to mitigate risk.

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Next-Gen Solutions Add Fuel to Fire of Blazing Recruitment Process Outsourcing Market—Everest Group | Press Release

As enterprises face unprecedented talent acquisition challenges, recruitment process outsourcing soars as one of the fastest growing outsourcing markets in the world, growing at 15% for the past three years

The Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) market is one of the fastest growing outsourcing segments today, with growth hovering above 15 percent consistently for the past three years, according to Everest Group. Although the solutions applied in RPO have been slowly evolving for nearly two decades, the adoption of next-generation technologies is expected to surge and significantly alter the RPO market landscape in the near future, adding fuel to the fire of an already blazing RPO market.

Enterprises today are facing unprecedented challenges in talent acquisition, suffering from significant pain points such as forecasting workforce requirements, adapting to the changing nature of the candidate base, developing effective branding, and responding to rapid development in technology. According to Everest Group, RPO service providers are seizing this golden opportunity to help enterprises meet recruitment challenges with next-gen technologies like advanced analytics, benchmarking and workforce planning.

Evolving use cases of digital technologies in talent acquisition include the following:

  • Analytics: Use cases include spend analytics, supplier analytics, workforce analytics, peer benchmarking, and social media analytics to source, screen and engage candidates
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP): Chatbots can leverage NLP to improve candidate experience by engaging with candidates right from the sourcing and screening phases all the way to the interview scheduling and onboarding stages.
  • RPA: RPA can be used to parse key words in resume screening; automate job postings in job portals, banner advertisements and direct emails; and update all instances of workflow when a change is needed.
  • Machine Learning (ML): ML can be used to conduct first-level screening, including checking the relevance and quality of experience and the cultural fit of the candidate. ML also assists analytics applications with identifying and leveraging the most suitable sourcing channels.

“The technology in the RPO market to date has been largely focused on improving the efficiency of specific talent acquisition processes and has been limited to dealing with structured data,” said Vishal Gupta, practice director at Everest Group. “Going forward, we’ll see next-generation technologies such as RPA, analytics and AI that can deal with unstructured data and deliver insights and probabilistic solutions. The impetus to be on the front edge of this wave is driving significant technology investment on the part of RPO service providers. We’re also seeing more and more service providers embracing the RPO+ value proposition, offering value-added services such as employer branding, talent communities, and talent consulting services. These capabilities will become important differentiators in a fiercely competitive market where more than 700 deals are up for renewal in the next three years.”

These and other research findings are explored in a recently published Everest Group report: “Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Annual Report 2018: Orchestrating the Digital Talent Acquisition Symphony.” This research provides a comprehensive coverage of the market across dimensions such as evolving RPO value proposition, market overview, key trends, solution characteristics, buyer adoption trends, and digital in talent acquisition.

Other key findings of the report:

  • The RPO market touched the US$3.3 billion mark in annualized contract value in 2017.
  • As the RPO model gains maturity, the marketplace is witnessing the entry of hither-to unknown buyers. Industries such as retail, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, as well as small-sized buyers (less than 3,000 FTEs) are entering the market in increasing numbers, leading to new avenues for service providers to tap.
  • Total Talent Acquisition (TTA) is increasingly getting a prominent place in the discussion around the talent needs of enterprises. While still in its early stages, service providers would do well to develop TTA capabilities with an eye to the future.
  • North America continues to occupy the lion’s share of the market with the UK and Australia being the other major markets. Continental Europe and Asia Pacific are emerging markets with good potential for the future.
  • The competition in RPO remains intense, with not many players having a dominant market share, both in terms of number of deals as well as hires. With a large number of deals coming up for renewal in the next three years, service providers will have to be on their toes to maintain their market share as competition intensifies.

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Important Lesson For Companies Undertaking Digital Transformation | Sherpas in Blue Shirts

By its nature, digital transformation is difficult as it’s fraught with the complexities and magnitude of change. The reason so many digital journeys don’t succeed is because the company fails to implement the operating model necessary to make the digital platform work. By operating model, I mean organizational changes, policy and process changes, talent model changes and the go-to-market changes.

Why do companies often fail to implement the operating model that’s necessary for the digital platform they build? Simply stated, they take a fractured approach to the digital journey. Although the executives say the operating model is changing, they don’t build a common vision that allows it to happen.

Read more in my blog on Forbes

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