Prevent Unemployment Claims
Unlike short-term direct employees, temporary staff work for your staffing
partner—not you. Consequently, their unemployment claims don’t affect your
rating or your bottom line.
Reduce the Risk of Hiring Mistakes
A bad hire can cost you between two and seven times the employee’s annual
salary. Staffing firms follow rigorous screening procedures for both temporary
personnel and direct hires, which increases your chances of getting the right
person. They will most often provide candidates who not only possess the skills
and experience you require, but who also have the personality traits needed
to thrive in your work environment. To further reduce your hiring risk, you can
also take advantage of your staffing partner’s temp-to-hire services and direct
placement guarantees.
Take Advantage of a Staffing Firm’s HR Capabilities
If hiring duties are sidetracking your key employees, use your staffing partner
to handle screening, testing, interviewing, and reference checking. Their
expertise can free your personnel to concentrate on critical activities and can
reduce your time to hire.
Cut Costs by Hiring
Capacity constraints are a significant source of cost. Constraints may affect
the impact of your mission or the productivity of an executive. To eliminate
the bottlenecks, consider adding temporary or full-time staff. Bringing in
administrative support frees key employees to focus on core job duties (not
only do you get a more productive employee, but the administrative work gets
done for significantly less cost). Add labor to relieve process constraints and
improve productivity. Use technical and professional temps to add expertise to
your team and keep projects on track. By adding the right people, work will get
done more efficiently, with less administrative headache, and for less cost.
Avert Costs Associated with Burnout
Many organizations may take the concept of “lean thinking” too far. They push
direct staff to produce more with fewer resources. And as the stress increases,
so do problems with quality, productivity, absenteeism, and turnover. Take the
pressure off by using temporary employees. The additional personnel will help
your staff avoid burnout, reduce the cost of defects, avoid productivity losses,
and limit turnover expense.
