For all of your time-sensitive staffing solutions – whether it’s seasonal ramp-ups or last-minute projects – you need the reliability of a professional staffing firm to get the right people in the right positions as quickly and efficiently as possible.
You save big when you offload recruiting, onboarding/training, employee transitions and benefits programs to a flexible placement agency. Their staffing experts do this kind of work for clients every day. In other words, they specialize it and make it their passion, accomplishing more than you could on your own in half the time with a fraction of the cost.
Here’s what to expect when you partner with a staffing agency for your seasonal employment and temporary staffing needs:
Forecasting
Before they’re able to get the right people for you, your staffing firm should take the time to understand the ins and outs of your employment needs and work with you to address important foundational questions.
- Establishing the types and quantity of roles you need filled
- Defining required qualifications and job duties, as well as developing appropriate job descriptions
- Creating a well-established backup plan designed to tackle unforeseen obstacles and unanticipated needs
- Cross-training to empower employees to work across departments, boosting your employment flexibility
- Developing accurate staffing estimates:
- When estimates are low, not enough people are available to complete the tasks and unreasonable workloads are thrust on existing staff.
- When estimates are too high, your project’s profitability suffers.
Workforce Management
A placement agency helps you manage your workforce more effectively.
- They help optimize your healthcare processes, offering customizable programs to ensure ACA-compliant healthcare options.
- They provide an outside perspective on how to identify and reduce safety risks and workers’ comp exposure.
- They allow for more flexibility in your staffing options, while reducing your unemployment exposure and costs.
Timing
This is about syncing your increase in staff with the increase in work volume, and allowing newer staff members to receive the proper training they need for optimum performance.
- You can’t expect employees to learn the ropes on the fly while production is in full gear, or this may significantly erode the quality of your operations and service delivery, as well as amp up turnover rates.
- This is especially pertinent during seasonal explosions, when you need to be operating at top speed and high efficiency. Seamlessly ramp up for seasonal work and last-minute hiring/training.
- “Test out” employees before you make that crucial decision to hire fulltime.
Logistics
Need support with your project’s logistics? No problem. A professional staffing agency is there to help you out the whole way, advising and guiding you through a range of placement hurdles.
- Vendor coordination ensures you have all the products and materials on hand to keep your project running smoothly throughout the duration of the season.
- If you frequently need to shut down lines due to supply issues, this may lead to missed deadlines and jeopardize employee retention.
- Their training experts help you take a proactive approach to employee safety.
- Seasonal and/or project work often comes with increases in pace, volume, physical workloads and overtime hours.
- Seasonal projects usually require new employees in new roles, increasing the chances for accident and injury. Only a well-established, well-seasoned placement agency helps you reduce these risks.
THE TAKEAWAY
When setting your sights on that perfect staffing agency, make sure it’s dedicated to the following:
- Finding the right fit; not sacrificing quality
- Customized orientation processes and preparedness
- Proper lead time for training and onboarding
- Ironing out kinks in workflow supply and task organization
- Managing chaos with cool, calm expediency
- Ensuring proper pre-screening, training and job rotation for employee safety
- Consistent, open and live communication; no automated messages or games of phone tag
- Actionable analytics: employee productions levels, employee accountability, follow ups for feedback, etc.
With dedicated staffing experts on your side, you’re guaranteed to get those high-performance candidates who don’t mistake “seasonal employment” or “temporary staffing” for “second-rate work.”
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