Breaking Viewpoint - PeopleScout's Acquisition of Aon Hewitt's RPO Business
5 Feb 2016
Executive Summary
On January 11, 2016, TrueBlue, a global provider of specialized workforce solutions announced that it has acquired the RPO business of Aon Hewitt through PeopleScout, its Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) arm. This development follows several similar acquisitions by RPO service providers in recent years to expand their geographical footprint – larger acquisitions such as Allegis’s acquisition of Talent2 in Asia Pacific and Pinstripe’s acquisition of Ochre House in United Kingdom as well as multiple smaller acquisitions (BlueGlue of United Kingdom by Seven Step RPO and Head2Head of Canada by WilsonHCG). This breaking viewpoint document analyses the recent acquisition of Aon Hewitt’s RPO business by PeopleScout. It highlights the key drivers behind the acquisition, analyzes the impact on different stakeholders and industry, and presents the potential areas to watch out for going forward.
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