Managing Unpredictable Shortages in Organizations with High Volume Staffing Needs
You probably wouldn’t trade being part of your company for anything.
Gary Johnson, COO
Apr 1, 2021 4:34:02 PM
High volume staffing can be a tricky tightrope to walk.
You need to move fast to fill gaps in your workplace, but you can’t sacrifice quality. Every hire must be the kind of person that fits your vision and helps bolster your business.
Bringing on such a significant number of reliable talent with a steadfast work ethic requires some doing. Since you’re focused on all other aspects of your organization, giving the hiring process all the attention it deserves creates a pressure cooker situation. After all, you need all new employees to add value and be productive--even with the turnover associated with your type of industry. Otherwise, every recruit becomes a financial sinkhole, and you can’t flourish - or even survive - on that basis.
Fortunately, by streamlining your hiring process through a partnership with a high-volume staffing expert, the benefits are plentiful. This blog narrows it down to four specific advantages--read on to find out what they are:
Halting the Damage Done by Turnover
There are two-pronged benefits with high-volume staffing agencies concerning turnover. For one thing, you’ll hire people that do tend to stick around for as long as you need them. Because ideal candidates are recruited no matter the role. So, it’ll mitigate people up and leaving at the worst possible time and leaving you in the lurch.
On the other end of the spectrum, turnover comes part and parcel with running a company with lots of staff. People often take these roles with the short term in mind, such as in retail. And it’s hard to predict when talent will resign or move onto another opportunity. In which case, a high-volume staffing agency will help you fill unforeseen gaps quickly and efficiently. They’ll find top performers who will adapt and start producing quickly.
Leveraging Temporary Positions
In your industry, you need flexibility with the size of your workforce. It can shrink and grow, depending on the season.
There’s the potential for pitfalls with such a model. Namely, you’re cyclically going to find yourself on the hunt for ideal candidates, pulling your attention away from other facets of your business.
Plus, the roles you’re filling can change in specialization, given the continual disruptions occurring across all industries.
A high-volume staffing company can ensure you’re finding the most optimal temporary talent to reduce your labor costs and remain lean.
Not Letting Vacancies Linger
A job vacancy is a lot like real estate; the longer it remains on the market, the less appealing it is to candidates. Even worse, it’ll hamper your business’s overall productivity because you won’t have the ideal number of workers on your roster.
High-volume staffing agencies fill roles when you need them with the type of talent you’re looking for. From the moment you need new people, you’ll have someone working tirelessly to meet your hiring objectives, limiting any inefficiencies or blips on the radar. Moreover, Potential employees won’t be turned off by any lingering vacancies.
Matching the Skillset with the Job
No matter what you need, whether a skilled specialist or an unskilled laborer, high-volume staffing agencies find what you need. Remember, filling a position with someone overqualified can prove just as detrimental as an underqualified employee.
These agencies have honed and fine-tuned their approach to match the candidate precisely with the role. This way, whoever you bring on will offer the most optimal value based on your business’s needs.
Are you a business that employs a large staff and is looking to offset the associated headaches and roadblocks? Bear Staffing has honed and crafted a process dedicated to ensuring you make valuable hires, no matter your needs. Contact us today to find out more!