Employers use staffing agencies to recruit candidates on behalf of their company to fill job openings on their teams and help candidates find career opportunities in their chosen field.
2. Employers use staffing
agencies to recruit
candidates on behalf of
their company to fill job
openings on their teams and
help candidates find career
opportunities in their
chosen field.
3. WHAT DO
STAFFING
AGENCIES DO?
Staffing agencies check references,
screen resumes, shortlists
candidates, schedule interviews, and
place candidates who work on-site at
the employer’s behalf. The
candidate is an employee of the
staffing agency working under the
direction of the employer.
4. 1. REDUCE OVERHEAD COSTS
Permanent employees cost more than just the salary they are being paid. Health care,
401k retirement plans, sick days, vacation pay, and employer taxes are just a few of the
costs included with permanent staff.
With a temporary staffing
agency, an employer
doesn’t pay any of that,
they simply pay them for
the work they have done,
with no additional
overhead costs.
5. 2. REDUCE
OVERTIME PAY
Rather than putting additional demands on
current permanent staff, an employer can use an
engineering staffing agency and bring in
temporary workers to help split up the amount
of work during busy times.
This saves them from burning out full-time
employees and overtime costs for employees if
they work on an hourly basis which is a big
benefit of staffing agencies.
6. 3. THE NEED FOR SHORT TERM STAFF
An employer may need a temp employee due to permanent staff being sick, on
maternity leave, having a family emergency, or taking a leave of absence.
Hiring through a
temporary staffing
agency gives an
employer the flexibility
to schedule someone
for a short period to
handle these situations.
7. 4. SAVE ON TRAINING,
TIME, AND REDUCE
HIRING RISKS
Training new employees require a significant
investment of both time and costs.
When searching for someone to cover a few
months’ worth of work, it doesn’t make sense to
spend money to train them. By using a
temporary staffing agency and employer is
provided with someone ready to do the work
they need.
8. When the contractor’s job is
completed, the work is over, there is
no need to worry about severance pay,
unemployment insurance, or finding a
replacement. Not to mention the
parting of ways is streamlined and
smooth which is another staffing
agency benefit.
9. 5. A STAFFING SPECIALIST SAVES TIME AND
INCREASES ROI
Sometimes employers looking for resumes may have projects that require a
specialist, or someone with certain expertise.
If it’s a temporary
project that will only
take a certain amount of
time to complete, it
doesn’t make sense to
hire them on a
permanent basis.
10. A temp agency can set an employer
up with a skilled staffing expert and
save them time by weeding through
hundreds of resumes, checking
references, and taking calls from
candidates who may or may not be
qualified.
11. 6. HANDLES
ONBOARDING AND
PAYROLL
A big benefit of using staffing agencies is that
the staffing agency takes care of the temporary
employees onboarding paperwork, payroll
taxes, workers’ compensation, and
unemployment benefits.
12. 7. ACCESS TO TALENT NETWORKS
A good staffing agency spends years building up their talent network through referrals,
networking, and speaking with candidates daily. An employer usually doesn’t have the
resources to constantly engage talent.
When an employer says “I
need a staffing agency to
search for IT resumes” a
top IT staffing agency
should be able to deliver
qualified candidates in 24
to 48 hours.
13. 8. THE ABILITY TO
HIRE QUICKLY
An employer may have an employee quit
and need an immediate replacement. A
temp staffing agency can deliver qualified
talent many times in less than 24 hours due
to its extensive network of candidates.
14. 9. INDUSTRY MARKET
KNOWLEDGE
Another benefit of using a
staffing agency is that an
employer gains access to
the recruiter’s insider
knowledge of skilled
available candidates both
active and passive, salary
ranges, and local market
trends.
15. 10. THE ABILITY TO TRY
OUT AN EMPLOYEE
BEFORE EXTENDING A
FULL-TIME OFFER
It can be hard to determine if an
employee will be a fit strictly through an
interview. By starting an employee on a
contract, the employee and employer can
see if everything is a good match for both
parties and if it is not, both can part ways
easier.