The Advantages of Temp Workers
As businesses struggle in the current climate, many are forced into making tough decisions concerning one of their biggest expenses and greatest assets – their work force. Those who are beginning to use temporary workers however are seeing the benefits they can bring. So how can hiring temporary staff help your company?
Cost Reduction
- Temp workers can help when you are working on large projects or during a very busy period without increasing fixed payroll costs.
- Temp workers can work the extra hours to save a permanent employees overtime costs.
Increase Flexibility
- If you are in the middle of a recruitment freeze, using temporary workers can help increase productivity without increasing the headcount.
- Allowing temporary workers to handle non-core business functions such as administration can allow your permanent staff to concentrate on their core work.
Risk Reduction
- Hiring temporary workers to work during busy periods can help to reduce the workload and stress levels of your permanent staff.
- If the temp you take doesn’t quite match what you are looking for you can go back to the agency and ask for a replacement.
As the financial crisis starts to improve many companies will find themselves in a position where they are able to consider hiring on a permanent basis again. Until then, many are taking a step in the right direction by taking advantage of the large number of experienced temporary workers on the market at the moment.
How using a Recruitment Agency can help
Although it is possible to hire temporary workers yourself, many companies chose to use a recruitment agency such as Yellow Cat Recruitment in London. They can help save you a lot of time and effort for the following reasons:
- Yellow Cat Recruitment carries out all of the advertising, candidate screening, interviewing, testing and reference checking needed to source and identify potential employees. All you need to do is select which ones you would like to use!
- Less training is necessary before the temp can start work as each candidate will have the relevant skills and experience and will have been interviewed and tested by Yellow Cat before being put forward to you.
- All payroll processing and administration will be carried out by Yellow Cat.
If you would like to discuss how Yellow Cat could help, get in touch!
by Adam Richardson of Yellow Cat Recruitment.
(featured in Recruitment Today)