Temporary Staffing Solutions: 4 Signs It's Time to Look at Temp Agencies
You've got staffing problems, and your company's HR department just can't hire people fast enough....
If you’re spending more time juggling timesheets and invoices than fulfilling your customers' needs it may be time for an onsite recruitment company. Onsite recruitment can lower your financial output, increase employee retention, leverage your staffing spend, and allow for centralized decision-making and communication.
Wondering if it’s more beneficial to move from several off-site staffing agencies to one dedicated onsite recruitment manager? Let’s look at a few signs that It’s time to make the switch.
1. You're Spending Too Much
If you have several staffing companies handling your recruitment, chances are your return on investment is not as high as it could be. By spreading out your spend, you are risking miscommunication, increasing potential mismanagement, and are not yielding the fruits of your financial labors.
Instead of having three staffing agencies off site handling your recruitment needs, consider instead having one company onsite to handle all recruitment, paperwork, onboarding, and continued management. This allows for open communication and transparency while one staffing company handles all administrative aspects of hiring, effectively saving you both time and money. Having your recruitment company onsite is an enormous value add to your company.
2. You Need a Facility-Focused Approach
While all staffing agencies promote that they focus on you and your workforce, not everyone does. Having someone onsite allows you to have open communication to ensure that the recruitment company is following your protocols and living up to your expectations. Not only that, but they are knowledgeable about your business and can handle issues before they become headaches.
By having someone onsite, your onboarding and employee management will improve, helping both increase retention and improve ROI of both the recruitment agency and the employees they hire.
3. You’re Looking to Open a New Facility with High Volume Needs
How does a company based in Florida hire an entire staff in Indiana? If you have locations around the country and are looking to open another one, i.e., a distribution warehouse, you want to work with someone who understands the needs of your business. Hiring an onsite company to handle all recruitment means that we recruit people that are specifically qualified for the roles you have available.
If you have high volume needs, you need a dedicated recruiter that is working both with and for you to get the best results possible. Ensure that you have someone onsite to produce positive returns.
4. Your Current Staffing Company Isn’t Producing Results
Nearly all manufacturing executives believe the labor shortage is the top threat to the future of their industry. What this tells us is that the recruitment companies being used by these employers are either not doing their jobs effectively or have not been doing them long enough.
When there is a shift in hiring and recruitment, we must work with that current, rather than trying to swim against it. Shifting the ways you work can open up new opportunities to bring in workers and improve your company's financial performance. Having an onsite recruiter allows them to see how your current staffing model works and how it needs to change.
5. The Old Way Just Isn’t Working
It seems as though staffing hasn’t changed much in the last 20 years. A potential employee finds a staffing agency, goes to their office, fills out paperwork, and waits for a call. That model may work well for some, but it isn’t working as well as it once did.
We must adapt to the ever-changing needs of the workforce and employment sectors. Gone are the days of having a pool of local workers who can be hired out to your company on a need-to-need basis. This can encourage recycling of old, bad temps who do not have good track records. Doing the same thing and expecting different results is not only foolish, but also expensive.
It’s Time for an Onsite Recruitment Company
To get away from this, you need a facility-focused approach to your staffing needs. By using onsite staffing, virtual staffing, and other facility-focused approaches with YOUR needs in mind, Bear Staffing places the people that you want where you want them and doesn’t recruit from a pool of ineffective temps.
The benefits don’t end once the employee is hired. An onsite recruitment company will manage recruitment, yes, but also onboarding, training, and continued administration of your workforce in terms of ongoing training, compliance, and more.
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