Many of you may remember “The Age of Aquarius” by the 5th Dimension. You know, the 1969 hit song crooning the astrological belief that the world was entering the Age of Aquarius: an age of love, light and humanity. But as all corporations know, the Age of Aquarius is long gone and now obscured by the more tangible Age of Uncertainty. In this era of uncertain markets awash in ever-fluctuating economic tides, you need flexible staffing solutions to help keep you afloat.
You need a flexible labor pool.
Changing tides calls for adjustable solutions, and that’s exactly what an adaptable, adjustable labor pool gets you. This flexible staffing plan that lets you ramp up resources when you need to, slim down when you can, and more effectively navigate the oscillating costs and requirements of workforce management.
Rethink your recruitment strategy.
A recruitment strategy that caters to the temporary employment market opens up that door to the flexible staffing solutions you need in these times of uncertainty.
The key, though, is recruiting a placement agency with a strong background in the temporary employee or temp-to-hire market and a deep labor pool filled with those high-performance job seekers you need.
Reap the rewards of partnering with a temporary staffing agency — stay lean, save big and prevent risk.
1. STAY LEAN.
Lean operating costs are the name of the game in today’s economy. So take care of that crucial bottom line with a recruitment strategy that’s both proactive and prudent.
- Keep your labor pool filled at all times (i.e., proactive recruitment).
- Hire only when you need to ramp up your resources (i.e., prudent recruitment).
2. SAVE BIG.
A professional staffing firm takes much of the responsibility of financially (and emotionally) draining workforce management off your HR team. HR outsourcingpresents you with a suite of HR functions – from recruitment, background checks, orientation, training and onboarding to paperwork and project administration, payroll management, consultative programs, employee benefits administration and insurance services.
- The costs (and time commitment) of advertising your openings with strategic job postings snowballs pretty quickly if you don’t have a professional staffing partner on your side.
- Employee safety training helps provide well-informed employees that contribute to a safer working environment and therefore helps reduce workers’ comp claims and overall insurance costs.
- For a temporary employee, the company wouldn’t bear the burden of the benefits package that would be provided to its full-time employees.
3. PREVENT RISK
The temporary employees you get from a staffing agency are the staffing agency’s employees. Therefore, your risks are substantially mitigated.
- Workers’ comp insurance as well as the administration of claims of the temporary employees are borne by the agency, not you.
- But, as stated above, a great staffing partner works with you to ensure a safe work environment and preventative educational programs. This minimizes your exposure to workers’ comp claims in the first place.
- Your unemployment risk is eliminated because the cost of unemployment is carried by the agency, not you.
Remember, a staffing firm does more than just fill open positions.
A staffing partner is an extension of your HR team and an collaborator in workforce management:
- Keeping an active supply of ready-to-go employees on tap who respond to immediate needs and start/stop work on an as-needed basis
- Pumping that labor pool with high-performance talent whom they have pre-screened and pre-identified as being agile, proficient and committed enough to handle a diverse set of responsibilities
- Managing your workforce with seamless and cost-effective grace all the way through each engagement – from training and ramp-up to the conclusion of an employee’s contract, no matter the reason for termination
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