Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is when a company outsources all or part of its hiring process to a specialized provider who acts as an extension of the internal HR team, focusing on permanent hires and managing the end-to-end recruitment process. This differs from Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), which covers broader business functions like HR, finance, or customer service, and from Managed Service Providers (MSPs), which manage an organization’s contingent or temporary workforce by overseeing staffing vendors. Unlike traditional recruiting agencies that work on a transactional, per-hire basis, RPO providers offer a strategic, integrated approach to talent acquisition.