Expanding possibility: Why aston holmes is investing in Outsourcing and BPO
Brad Bloom
We’ve always believed that great businesses are built on great people. For over a decade, we’ve helped our clients find, attract and retain top talent. But as global workforces evolve, one truth has become clear: how talent is accessed is changing faster than ever.
That’s why we’re investing in and expanding into Outsourcing and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) – not as a side project, but as a natural evolution of what we already do best: connecting capability with opportunity, enabling scale.
The shift from hiring to building capability
Over the past few years, many of our clients have faced a new challenge – not a shortage of ambition, but a shortage of time, coupled with mounting margin pressure.
Hiring cycles are longer, salary inflation is real and operational demands are outpacing local capacity. At the same time, pandemic learnings and technology have made it seamless to collaborate across borders. The question is no longer “should we offshore?” but rather “how do we build a trusted, cost-effective global capability?”
Outsourcing is no longer just about cost – it’s about continuity, resilience and access to skilled people who help businesses move faster.
We see it every day: CFOs looking to stabilise margins, COOs seeking flexible support teams and CTOs wanting to scale without headcount risk. The companies that are winning aren’t just hiring; they’re building blended talent ecosystems – combining in-house expertise with specialised offshore delivery, internally or through a partner.
That’s why the global market is forecast to grow from $300 billion to $500 billion by 2030.
Why aston holmes is stepping in
For over 11 years, we’ve helped clients find the best people.
As pioneers of RPO in Africa, we’re proud to have played our part in establishing the region as a destination of choice for recruitment offshoring – creating thousands of jobs.
Now, we’re leveraging that expertise to help our clients access and deploy solutions from the fastest-growing offshoring hub: Africa
That’s why we’ve launched a dedicated Outsourcing and BPO division, leveraging our African expertise with delivery hubs across South Africa, Egypt and Kenya
These hubs offer multilingual capability, time-zone alignment with EMEA and US clients and world-class compliance standards – all underpinned by the same aston holmes service ethos: great people, using the latest technology, delivering an amazing experience.
Our focus areas include:
Contractor Solutions – access specialist talent fast, via rate card or SoW.
Employer of Record – hire in Africa, let us manage the complexity.
Full BPO – operational scalability on demand for CX, Sales and HR.
We’re also building a collective of the best and brightest ERP and EPM minds, helping global players augment their teams with specialised offshore talent pools across Oracle, SAP and Microsoft technologies.
A new kind of partnership
Outsourcing used to mean handing over control
Now, it means building capability together – with transparency, performance data and cultural alignment at the core.
We’re bringing the same energy we’ve always had for exceptional hiring experiences into this new space. Enabled by technology and powered by people, our approach to outsourcing is designed for organisations that want more than a service provider – they want a partner who understands what growth really takes.
Because the future of work isn’t local or global – it’s connected.