The “Bakers Dozen” Top Providers and “Global Leaders” Identified in Buyers Survey of More Than 260 Respondents

EDISON, NJ–(EMWNews – August 8, 2008) – HRO Today Magazine today announced the carefully

watched results of its annual Bakers Dozen ranking of major recruitment

process outsourcing firms. The results were based upon a survey completed

by 262 HR executives who are current buyers of RPO services. The RPO

providers were rated on the breadth of their service, the size of the

programs they manage and the quality of service provided. The market was

grouped into 3 lists: the Enterprise Bakers Dozen list, Global Leaders

list and a list of leading Project/On Demand Providers.

According to Elliot Clark, CEO of HRO Today, “We believe this is our best

survey to date in terms of specific and market aggregate data collected and

offers a real service to our readers as they try to analyze the best

providers in the space to meet their needs. We congratulate the top rated

firm, The Right Thing, Inc., on its impressive scores across all

categories. In addition, Alexander Mann Solutions was at the top of global

providers and Accolo which led the Project/On Demand Providers group.

These lists represent the top companies in the industry today.”

The Bakers Dozen List, the flagship product of the survey, was developed

from information culled on 45 firms that eventually reduced down to the

final 13 that were then ranked according to a pre-determined set of

indices.

In addition to the rankings, aggregate survey data about industry trends

was also developed this year and can be found in the July/August issue of

HRO Today magazine on www.hrotoday.com and will be presented at the

upcoming RPO Summit in December 2008 in Washington, D.C.

(www.rposummit.com) presented in concert with the RPOA (Recruitment Process

Outsourcing Association), a special interest group of the HROA

(www.hroa.org) and the RPO buyers group of RPOA.

Bakers Dozen Ranking:



1  Right Thing Inc.

2  Spherion

3  People Scout

4  Alexander Mann Solutions

5  Kenexa

6  Talent2

7  Manpower Business Solutions

8  Kelly HR First

9  Pinstripe

10 FutureStep

11 Adecco

12 Select International

13 H.L. Yoh



Global Leaders:



Alexander Mann

Kenexa

Talent2

Manpower Bus. Solutions

Kelly HR First

FutureStep

Adecco



Project/On Demand Leaders



Accolo

BeeLine

Talent Fusion

TWC, COMSYS

The Workplace Group

CDI - PRO/Talent

Aon Consulting

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