6 Reasons Why You Should Use a Staffing Agency for Your Temporary and Permanent Hiring

When you run a busy warehouse or factory, staffing can be a constant challenge. To avoid logjams and keep up with the pace of demand, it’s vital to have the right number of people on the floor at all times. However, it can be difficult to keep up with the hiring of permanent and temporary employees, and ensure they have the right skills and availability for your organization. This is where using a staffing agency can alleviate the burden so you can focus on other important matters.

What is a staffing agency?

Staffing agencies are specialists in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring employees for specific roles within an organization. Many also specialize in specific industries, so they have a wide range of contacts to reach out to when looking for suitable candidates. Noble Human Resources Solutions, for example, specializes in finding contract, temp, and permanent workers for warehouses, factories, and general labor roles in the Mississauga, Brampton, Peel, and GTA areas.

6 reasons to work with a staffing and recruitment agency

Fast turnaround times and expedient hiring

When hiring directly, you need to have at least a few weeks – often more than a month – of turnaround time. That’s how long it takes to recruit, interview, hire, and onboard a new employee. However, when you work with a staffing agency, you can have a new temporary or permanent employee ready to go by the next day.

This kind of fast turnaround is only possible with staffing and recruitment agencies because they have a database of qualified and available candidates that are ready to work. You can take advantage of this benefit instead of having to wait months to hire directly. This way, you no longer need to worry about a sudden increase in demand because you can staff accordingly without breaking a sweat.

Well-qualified candidates

Staffing and recruitment agencies are experts at interviewing candidates and getting to know them really well within a few minutes. This is what they do all day, every day. They know how to ask the right questions to learn specific details that make them the right choice for a temporary or permanent position.

When hiring directly, it can be difficult to properly focus on vetting a candidate because that is not the only thing on your plate. Human resources departments are dealing with many other tasks such as payroll, scheduling, benefits, training, and more.

Industry expertise

Many staffing and recruiting agencies focus on a particular industry or area of business, which helps them become specialists in that area. As a result, they know the type of skills required for certain roles, understand the type of past work experiences to look for, and can see red flags a mile away.

This benefits employers greatly because they get to work with a partner that is on their level. Employers don’t need to explain the particulars of their industry or specify job requirements each time because the staffing agency is already aware of what is needed in a successful candidate.

Client focus

When you work with a staffing and recruitment agency, you are their client. This means that the agency is dedicated to making you happy and serving your needs. Meeting fast turnaround times, filling specialty roles, offering safety training – all of this is possible when working with an agency.

Employers can rest easy knowing their hiring needs are in capable hands because the staffing agency is there to ensure full satisfaction. For example, if the employer runs into an issue and needs to fill temp positions within a few hours, the staffing agency can pivot to accommodate those demands. That would not be possible with hiring directly.

Reduced costs and time

If you add up the amount of time your organization spends on recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding within the last year, it’s likely that is a large number. Imagine the time and money that can be saved by outsourcing all of these tasks to experts who are skilled in your industry and can get the results you’re looking for – fast.

With the time and money saved, your organization can focus on other important areas of the business, such as building a strategy to enter new markets, launching a new product line, and working on your customer service processes.

The ability to pivot

If you hire a temporary or permanent worker directly, and for whatever reason they aren’t what you expected, what do you do? Letting someone go, with the proper legal procedures and paperwork, is a complex process and requires time to get right. Plus, when you have to let someone go, you still need to fill their position with another staff member.

When working with a staffing or recruiting agency, if the employee doesn’t turn out to be the right fit, the agency can course correct on your behalf. They can find another position for the worker while offering you a better-suited candidate. This saves employers a lot of headache.

Reap the benefits of a staffing agency for yourself

There is no downside when working with a staffing agency – only a number of advantages. If your organization is constantly struggling to recruit and hire temporary and permanent workers, let us take the burden off your shoulders and do the task for you. We pre-screen all candidates and ensure they have the skills and availability you require, and we provide them with safety training so they are ready to go when they arrive at work on their first day. No more rushing to fill shifts or juggling interviews with all your other tasks.

Just fill out the form to tell us what kind of employees you’re looking for and we’ll be in touch right away.