Are you looking for a job but don't know where to start? An employment agency can be a great resource for job seekers. They are experts in the field of recruitment and can help you find the perfect job. But what does it mean to be hired through an agency?An employment agency is a company that specializes in finding and placing qualified candidates in positions that match their skills and experience. They have contacts with companies in the specific sector in which you want to work and are trained to evaluate your skills and education, so that they can guide you to the best potential employer.
A good agency will take the time to interview you, exchange feedback and advise you during the hiring process.Many companies use an employment agency to reduce bureaucracy in the hiring process. Employment agencies find people to cover all types of jobs, from temporary to full-time, in various professional fields. Whether a company needs a nurse, administrative assistant, manager or carpenter, an employment agency can find the right employee. With a list of potential candidates, the agency will select these individuals and schedule interviews.
On average, only 2% of applicants make it to interviews. After using these interviews to further reduce the number of candidates, your company will receive information about each candidate and the agency will help you organize the final interviews. Once an offer has been accepted, the agency can help your company bring employees into an area where only 12% of employees are satisfied with the efforts of their employers. Recruiting agencies aren't afraid to look for the best candidates either. It's not uncommon for them to successfully attract the best passive talent from other companies. Many of these candidates don't appear in the average search, as only 30% of the global workforce is actively looking for employment. Worse, you could end up hiring a dishonest candidate without knowing it.
In a CareerBuilder survey, employers reported that 33% of bad hires were due to candidates lying about their qualifications. First of all, there is the time spent searching for and vetting candidates. A single vacancy attracts 250 resumes on average. As a business owner or executive, you'll likely have to juggle your most pressing daily responsibilities and spending your time better elsewhere. Not to mention that billing is also expensive.
Data shows that losing a senior or executive level employee costs approximately 21.3% of that person's salary. Although the staffing agency is responsible for direct hiring tasks, the new employee goes directly to the customer's payroll and becomes an employee of that company once an offer is made and accepted. A direct staff search typically means that the company is committed to a long-term relationship with its staffing partner. Under this partnership, recruiters can do extensive work to find and interview the best candidates for the position. Working with a direct hiring company allows you to fill permanent, full-time positions more quickly than you could on your own, keeping productivity high and downtime to a minimum. However, it's best not to use the hiring contract to cover a staffing need that you know will be temporary, such as a seasonal position or based solely on projects. When you identify the candidate you would like to hire, the hiring agency can work with you to manage offer and compensation negotiations with the candidate.
If your last hire doesn't work during the established period, the agency will return to the drawing board and continue searching for your next hire. Even when you delegate hiring tasks to another employee, you're now paying that employee a lot of money to find your next employee. While direct hiring immediately converts the new employee into the customer's end-user employee, the hiring-to-hire process offers more flexibility by offering the option of hiring the contractor directly after the end of the contract period or deciding not to go ahead. Using a staffing agency can help speed up your hiring process, reduce the workload of your current employees, provide flexibility with regard to the type of hiring, and mitigate legal risks. Since outsourced workers remain on the staffing agency payroll until such time as you decide to hire them, there is no need to add employees who are still in the evaluation period to your benefits program. It's the agency's responsibility to find your next great employee, whatever their area of expertise, and that's why you count on them to hire your next best employee. Candidates who accept a hiring contract expect an opportunity to become direct employees if they perform well, so it's best to use temporary staff to cover short-term staffing needs. Once the right candidate is found, that person is hired as an employee of the agency (except in the case of direct hire positions).
When comparing direct procurement processes with contract procurement processes, it is important to carefully weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each before deciding on a solution.
