Hiring a new employee is often expensive and time consuming, especially during the pandemic. Hiring the wrong full-time employee can cost you big and that is the last stress you need during this challenging time.
But with COVID staffing, you can use a staffing company to get you the temporary workers you need. And if the worker is a good fit, you can transition them to full time.
Below are some great reasons to use a staffing company during the coronavirus.
First, a staffing company gives you hiring flexibility. Having flexibility is important when there is so much uncertainty in the economy.
Working with the staffing company lets you match your current payroll to revenues, so you do not have labor concerns during this unusual time.
If a temporary worker cannot do the work or is not a good culture fit, you can send them back to the agency and get someone else.
Also, a staffing company can help you deal with increases and decreases in demand. For instance, hospitals having unsteady demand from patients, depending on the season, flu, COVID, and more.
Using a staffing company allows you to increase your staff when demand peaks, and decrease it when patient levels go back to normal.
A staffing company also can help you deal with workers who are sick, on vacation or maternity leave.
Second, the staffing firm is less expensive than doing your hiring in-house. You don’t have to have full-time workers dedicating weeks of their time to hiring employees.
Also, you can lower your payroll, benefits and administrative costs by outsourcing this important work.
Note that the staffing company is responsible for the workers’ state and federal employment taxes and workers’ comp.
There is much to be said for having a blended staff of full-time workers and temporary workers so you can keep costs under control, which is vital during the COVID era.
Third, working with a staffing company lets you try out temporary workers for several weeks or months. If they do a great job and mesh with your company, you can hire them full time.
You are taking less risk when you hire workers this way, which is why hiring full-time workers from temporary staff is a growing trend in the US today.
Now that you understand the advantages of working with a staffing agency during COVID, be sure to give one a try.
