Many times a company needs help to make a deadline. Temporary job agencies can be a solution but only if you know what you are doing. Actually, there are a great number of circumstances where your company would benefit from having a relationship with someone who could provide you temporary staffing on a short term basis. Here are a few examples;
Short term deadlines
Seasonal Work
Outside expertise
Leave or vacation fill in
Short term increase in workload
In each of these cases, there is a reason for increasing the workforce for a short period of time. This is the purpose of temp agency...to provide such help.
When Not to Use Temporary Job Agencies
Before we get into how to find the right solution for your company, here are a few examples of when not to use a temp service;
To cover payroll
Add long term staff
Add key employees or skills sets
Circumvent overtime laws
In each of these cases there it would not benefit a company to have a temp fill that position.
Other Types of Temps
There are of course other types of staffing services provided by agencies like
temp to hire
, a kind of try before you buy service or
contract services
where you outsource an entire function on a contract basis. For now we are just concentrating on using temporary job agencies to fill a short term need.
Finding the Best
There are 3 steps to the search process for finding the right solutions for your company.
Step 1 - Know you reason for hiring temps. There are some examples above of when and when not to use a temp service. You need to know your business reason.
Step 2 - Define your
job requirements
for the position. This will help you understand what your real need is and help you narrow the field of solutions to your temp problem.
Step 3 - Begin your search for your best fit partner. Here are some easy strategies to find the
best temp agencies
in your area along with some ideas of what kinds of questions to ask. The key is knowing what you need and how much it
costs to hire a temp
for the job you need done or if it even a smart move from a
cost of labor
standpoint.
Final Thoughts
If you don't have experience working with temporary agencies, find a local trade association for recruiting and staffing. The companies involved in those associations tend to be more active in their fields.