Hiring new part-time, full-time, temporary, and permanent employees on your own can be extremely costly and time-consuming for your business. Creating enticing job postings, sifting through resumes and cover letters, interviewing candidates, and then training new hires is a lot to take on, especially for smaller organizations.
Working with a qualified recruitment agency in Toronto and the GTA takes all of the grunt and guesswork out of recruiting temporary employees for your business.
Why You Should Use a Recruiting Agency for Temp Hires
Whether you’re looking for seasonal employees, need a little extra help with administrative tasks around the office, or are interested in establishing a temp-to-hire relationship, you need help from a renowned recruitment agency in your area.
Here are a few good reasons why you should use a recruiting agency for temp hires.
Lower Acquisition Costs
Recruitment agencies will do most of the heavy lifting in the process of finding the right temps to work for your business. They’ll take the time to understand the requirements of the position you’re looking to fill and write detailed, yet concise job postings that are likely to attract highly qualified candidates. Additionally, professional recruitment agencies also have access to wide databases of qualified candidates that are eagerly waiting for job placements.
From assessing candidate qualifications to conducting interviews, checking references, and performing background checks right down to processing payroll, recruitment agencies make the temp hiring process easier and more cost-efficient for your business.
Make Use of Experienced Recruiters
By its very definition, a recruiter’s job is to help businesses find the ideal candidates that match all or the majority of their criteria. As simple as this may sound, recruiting even temporary employees for any position can be time-consuming and cost-prohibitive for a lot of small- and medium-sized businesses that simply don’t have the resources or funds to allocate to it full time.
Experienced recruiters can help you figure out what type of qualifications you should be looking for and they can also compose effective and informative job postings that are guaranteed to help your business rank high on job search platforms and websites.
Recruiters also have access to a widespread candidate databases across a number of different sectors. They can also help you network and get in contact with top talents in your industry.
Less Time-Consuming Than Doing the Hiring Yourself
As an entrepreneur and the owner of a small- or medium-sized business, you probably already have a lot on your plate. While hiring experienced and qualified candidates to work for your business should always be a top priority to help reduce your turnaround rate, you need all of the help you can get. Hiring a recruitment agency to hire temporary employees on your behalf is extremely time-consuming and it allows you to focus on other important aspects of running your business.
All you have to do is specify what it is you’re looking for in a temporary employee (i.e. responsibilities, hours of availability, job-related tasks, level of experience, etc.) and the recruitment agency will take care of the rest for you.
Access to High-Quality Candidates
As mentioned, hiring a renowned recruitment agency in Toronto and the GTA gives you access to a wide database of employable and highly qualified candidates that would be an ideal fit for your business. Recruiters are able to network with these candidates and basically give you an easy in that you might have otherwise missed out on if you simply relied on online job platforms and websites.
While active candidates can certainly find your job postings and company through their own job search if they know where to look, recruiters already have established relationships with these candidates, and they have a means to directly contact them.
Recruiters also make it a point to contact passive candidates who might not necessarily be looking for work at the moment, but who might be enticed to work for your company given the right opportunity. This is a great way to ensure that you’re getting a candidate who is truly interested in working for you and potentially even growing with your business should you decide that you want to keep them on the payroll permanently.
Greater Flexibility
Another worthwhile advantage of using a professional recruitment agency for hiring temp workers is that it offers you unparalleled flexibility in the hiring process. You can easily manage your level of involvement and how much responsibility you want to give to the recruiter. Plus, you’ll be presented with opportunities to review applications and even meet the top candidates along the way if you prefer.
And the best part is that you’re under no obligation to continue employing candidates that aren’t meeting your expectations. If, for any reason, you find that the candidate isn’t working out, you can simply let the contract run its course and find a new candidate that better suits your needs and fits within the structure of your organization.
How to Hire Temporary Employees
The process of hiring temporary employees is pretty much the same as hiring permanent employees. First you need to decide whether or not it even makes sense for your business to hire temporary employees or if you would benefit more from permanent employees. The size and structure of your business will be a significant deciding factor in this regard.
The process is simple:
- Identify the requirements of your business and what roles need to be filled
- Determine whether certain tasks can be performed within a limited contractual timeframe
- Figure out how many temps you’re going to need
- Create a job posting
- Reach out to applicants and potential candidates
- Review applications
- Conduct interviews
- Contact the most desirable candidates
- Offer the job to the best candidate(s)
For over 20 years, Resolve Recruit Inc. has been one of the most trusted and sought-after recruitment agencies in Ontario by both employers and job seekers. Located in Mississauga, ON, we’ve helped connect thousands of qualified temporary workers to the right jobs based on their unique skill sets and level of experience in their field.
Contact us today to learn more about our temporary or temp-to-hire recruitment strategies and process.
