Vendor Analysis
published on Jan 08, 2025
Report Overview:
This NelsonHall assessment analyzes Lorien's offerings and capabilities in Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Who is this Report for:
NelsonHall’s RPO profile on Lorien is a comprehensive assessment of Lorien’s offerings and capabilities, designed for:
- Sourcing managers monitoring the capabilities of existing suppliers of Lorien and identifying vendor suitability for RPO RFPs
- Vendor marketing, sales, and business managers looking to benchmark themselves against their peers
- Financial analysts and investors specializing in the RPO sector.
Scope of this Report:
The report provides a comprehensive and objective analysis of Lorien’s RPO offerings, capabilities, and market and financial strengths, including:
- Identification of the company’s strategy, emphasis, and new developments
- Analysis of the company’s strengths, challenges, and outlook
- Revenue estimates
- Analysis of the profile of the company’s customer base, including the company’s targeting strategy and examples of current contracts
- Analysis of the company’s offerings and key service components
- Analysis of the company’s delivery organization, including the location of delivery centers.
Key Findings & Highlights:
Founded in 1977, Lorien is a technology, transformation, and digital talent company predominantly focused in the U.K. It is part of the Impellam Group, a global talent acquisition and managed workforce solutions provider in the U.K., North America, APAC, and EMEA. Impellam Group is also a top supplier of STEM solutions in the U.K. ~2,500 people across Impellam provide services through 13 brands across 76 locations.
In Q1 2024, HR technology provider HeadFirst completed its acquisition of the Impellam Group. The new organization remains committed to providing STEM talent and MSP services and delivering services via its technology platform. The combined companies comprise ~6,500 employees globally.
Focusing on technology, digital, and change-related roles, with an increasing track record of multi-discipline solutions, Lorien offers services covering:
- MSP and contingent workforce management
- RPO and permanent workforce solutions
- Total talent management and total workforce solutions
- SOW and services procurement solutions
- Consultancy and professional services
- Technology and strategic partnerships.
Lorien continues refining its product and service offerings to align with client and market changes, noting its clients are taking a more holistic view of talent acquisition. This shift enables Lorien to provide expanded consulting and technology solutions, leveraging capabilities across the Impellam and HeadFirst brands and supporting its clients’ longer-term strategic needs, such as skilling and reskilling resources.