The talent supply-and-demand gap is so wide that organizations are outsourcing the recruitment process to bolster hiring, Everest Group said in a release. The recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) market has grown over the past four years, and it grew more than 20% in 2018, Everest’s 2019 Recruitment Process Outsourcing Annual Report found. The report showed that RPOs have expanded geographically and been adopted by large and small companies across industries.