Have you considered using a Staffing Firm to help you with employee recruitment, hiring, and retention? Most employers are uncertain with the future may hold. Will your product or service grow over the next year or two, or will the economy cause you to cut back on your ambitious plans. A Staffing Company can offer several solutions to help you manage these shifts.
Contingency employment – Would you love to be able to ramp up or ramp down employee levels quickly as needed? This includes warehousing, production, administrative, artistic talent, and all other positions in the company. As your needs increase, you can rapidly add more employees to the project without long-term commitment to employee cost. Conversely, if the need for your current level of employees drops off, you can reduce your workforce without taking hits to your unemployment rating (and public appearance). A contingent workforce – whether 1 employee or 100 employees – can help you maintain consistent bottom line costs by relieving the costs associated with having idle employees.
Temp-to-hire – Hiring someone new is expensive. Hiring the wrong person is more expensive. How would you like to have a 90-day working interview before you bring a new person into the fold? A temp-to-hire program will get you past the “honeymoon phase” and allow you to see what you are really getting. In the first 30-45 days, you are typically happy to have a position filled and your new employee is happy to have a job. After 60 days (the end of the honeymoon phase) you will see what you are really getting. Is this person starting to show up late each day? Is there extensive cell phone or internet use while at work? This type of try-it-before-you-buy-it is virtually risk free as the employee is typically on the Staffing Companies Workers’ Comp insurance and Unemployment Insurance. Further, they will have had required background checks, immigration verification (such as e-verify), and any education or certification confirmations, assuring you that you are getting exactly what you are looking for. Of course, if during the temp phase of any temp employee’s tenure with you, you decide that this person is the perfect fit for your company, you may hire them as a direct employee. If they aren’t the right person for the position, you typically have no requirement to keep them on staff for any length of time – meaning that there is no risk past the time that you decide they aren’t right for your position.
Direct Recruitment – Most Staffing Agencies will actively recruit for your positions. If looking for an employee for your contingent workforce, a temp-to-hire position, or a direct hire position, discuss what you are looking for in detail. Your staffing company will run the ads, select appropriate candidates from the pool of applicants, interview to make sure that they have the skills (both tangible and intangible) for the position, run the requisite background and education checks, and present only the best candidates of the group. This extensive service – a HUGE time and money saver to you – is often included in the cost of service.
If you haven’t looked into how a Staffing Service can be an integral asset to your growth or are not sure of all of the services a staffing company can provide, talk to someone in the industry today. Chances are you haven’t discovered the full range of benefits available for both you and your employees.
Focus1 is a full service HR outsourcing company offering Temporary Staffing, Direct Recruitment, Payroll Processing, HR Management, Benefits Administration, and Workers’ Comp & Safety services.
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