When an organization needs to hire full-time employees, they have many ways to obtain this talent.
• Use their internal HR department to source for the roles
• Use their internal Talent Acquisition team to source for the roles
• Use a contract house to “try out” an employee on a temporary or contract basis for a duration, before committing directly to them with full-time employment offer.
• Or use a staffing firm to help fulfill the vacancies.
Employers may choose to hire direct, contract, full time, part time, or temporary workers based on their needs and budgetary constraints. To further complicate the hiring process, in today’s job market, technical talent is extremely constrained. Most viable candidates are currently employed, earning top dollar and lucrative benefits.
All of these challenges can become daunting for employers to overcome. So, when it is the best time to use a staffing firm? There are many situations when using a staffing firm is a good viable option to hire Top Talent in the market place. Typical situations are:
• Fulfillment of Higher Level Roles / Management Positions / Executives
• Requirements for Highly Technical positions
• Requirements for a very specific skill set
• When the job market is extremely constrained finding that specific talent
• When you need long term commitments and not “just anyone” to fill the role.
• When Temporary / Contract / Contract to Direct options just are not attracting that level of talent you desire.
• If your internal team has not been able to fill the role successfully with their database of prospective candidates.
• When you have so many vacant roles that need to be filled and your internal Talent Acquisition team is at its capacity.
• If you have had a consistent turnover in a role and refilling this role over and over again with your own internal support is costing you more time, more money, driving up your turnover costs and turnover percentages.
What are the benefits of using a Staffing firm?
• Large database of active candidates
• Large database of passive candidates
• Variety of “recruitment tools” beyond what any organization currently uses
• Takes some burden off your internal team by taking on the responsibility of posting the jobs, thorough screening of candidates and presenting only the most viable candidates to your management for review.
• Less risk to your organization – Most reputable staffing firms will offer:
– Competitive fees, only if a hire occurs
– No retainer fees
– Discounted fees based on volume
– Candidate guarantees for a minimum of 90 days
If you have not used a staffing firm in the past, please consider using DIRECT Staffing Solutions to help you with your staffing needs. If you would like to speak to one of our expert recruitment specialists, please fill out the CONTACT US form on this website. We will make it a priority to help you!