Resource Augmentation
Consultants on demand for agile talent solutions.
What is Resource Augmentation?
Expert consultants employed by us, deployed to you.
Resource Augmentation is a flexible borrow, build, and buy solution for all kinds of specific talent challenges. Balancing all the benefits of external consultants, contractors and permanent hires, Resource Augmentation helps you to expand your options and deliver your business goals.
It could be that you need to reduce your contractor costs or reduce the legislative risk of long-term reliance on contract staff. Maybe you need to hire someone permanent but can’t add headcount right now. It could be that you want to create a more diverse team or foster a more inclusive environment. Or perhaps you want to outsource the training and development of a key talent pipeline.
By embedding our expert consultants into your teams, you can overcome any or all of these hurdles, expanding your options to ramp up and down as you need. Our on-demand consultants are available at all levels of experience, covering expertise as diverse as technology, finance, admin, recruitment, and a range of technical disciplines. They work for us. They are trained, managed, and mentored by us. They are more cost-effective than contractors, and more flexible than a team of Big 4 consultants. And if you want to hire them permanently at some point, we’ll manage the transition seamlessly.
Our track record
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43,000
Professionals we help start their next chapter
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11,000
Organizations who we help acquire talent
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28
Years of delivering outsourcing solutions to clients worldwide
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60
Countries where we deliver outsourcing services
How it works
Our Resource Augmentation service offers the swift delivery of fully vetted, highly skilled, and experienced consultants, employed by us, and deployed to you on a contingent basis.
Our highly experienced consultants are empowered with accredited training aligned to your industry, are fully-vetted and available for mid-to-long-term assignments, so they can bring real, concentrated value to any project.
As our pool of consultants are employed with Robert Walters on a permanent basis, we take on all compliance risk, including co-employment and IR35, for complete peace of mind. In addition, you will benefit from the option to trial talent before making a permanent hire.
Key benefits
- Save up to 15% compared to hiring contractors
- A hassle-free and flexible way to ramp your talent requirements up or down
- Consultants are available for placements of six months or longer
- Mitigation against IR35/Agency Workers Regulations (AWR)/co-employment legislation risk
- Single channel through services procurement/SOW or MSP
- Consultant objectives can be aligned with bonus payments
An award-winning service
Case Study
Delivering contingent workforce cost savings with Resource Augmentation
Our client is one of the UK’s leading global financial services and asset management groups. Headquartered in London, their expansive experience manages over £1.2 trillion in total assets and benefits over 10 million customers in-region and beyond, supported by almost 12,000 employees.
Learn more about how our Resource Augmentation solution has been instrumental to significant cost savings and efficiency gains for the client, all while delivering great talent to their business just 72 hours after going live.
What makes our contingent workforce management solutions different?
Powered by data
We make data-driven decisions to optimize your hiring processes and deliver the talent you need effectively and efficiently. The key to operational excellence is accurate data, but many businesses struggle to produce consistent metrics and up-to-date market insight. That’s where RWInsights comes in.
RWInsights is our cloud-based platform powered by 100+ data sources and a global team of data scientists who are experts in talent analytics, and the economic and demographic factors that influence talent. It gives you access to an always-on, personalised talent analytics platform to build a truly data-led approach to managing your non-permanent workforce.
Enabled by tech
Our CWS solutions are always underpinned by technology solutions that meet the specific requirements of our clients. Central to all these solutions is a Vendor Management System (VMS) that enables us to manage the full procure-to-pay process. We have partnerships with the leading VMS providers to ensure the right solution is delivered for your unique requirements.
In addition to this, our RW Plus platform provides dynamic modules for each stage of the talent lifecycle, from route classification through to onboarding. RW Plus can work alongside and integrate seamlessly with the VMS to deliver expectational user experience.
Delivered by experts
Our business is built on providing the expertise to solve your toughest resourcing and talent management challenges. We have talent solutions specialists at every stage of the non-permanent management lifecycle - from finding the talent you need to rigorous process compliance and vendor performance management. Our teams will get to know you, champion your organization’s story, and connect you to professionals who can transform your business.
We have strong in-built capability for skills-first, diversity and environmental, social & governance (ESG) hiring needs. Our powerful combination of talent marketers and sourcing partners can help you explore and develop more diverse talent pools. Our experts in selection ensure a fair and meritocratic process every time. Whatever your challenges, we provide practical solutions and operational excellence at scale and speed, flexing the size and make-up of our team to match your requirements.
Meet our expert contingent workforce solutions team
Sarah Keady
EVP, Operations, North America
With over a decade at Robert Walters, Sarah spearheads our Americas operations, focusing on operational excellence and empowering team members to deliver consistently exceptional service.
Dawn Sloan
EVP, Client Services, North America
Dawn oversees operational delivery, governance, and performance for our North America client portfolio, driven by a passion for customer experience, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Melissa Vienneau
Sales Manager, EMEAA
An experienced Sales and Development Manager, Melissa has over 10 years’ experience in recruitment, supporting her clients by ensuring that their workforce solutions are fit for purpose.
Mairianne Reardon
Global Head of Growth and Sales Enablement
Mairianne joined us in 2017, to head up the APAC Sales team and is now Global Head of Growth and Sales Enablement. She is committed to growing sustainable client partnerships.
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Full RPO
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Hire Train Deploy
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