You’ve got big things planned for your company over the next 12 months. Those plans probably includes growth, which means you’ll need to do some hiring to support your endeavours.
If this describes your business, you might wonder about the best way to approach the hiring process. One of the smartest things you can do this year is join forces with a staffing agency to make hiring in 2018 all the easier.
1. Find the Right People
The first reason any business owner should consider a staffing agency partnership is because they want to find the right people for their open roles. Hiring is intensive, especially for small business owners who may not go through the process very often.
Hiring requires many resources: time, money, people, and effort. You’ve got to devote all four if you want to find and hire the best possible people for your business.
Working with a staffing agency is a smart way to invest your resources. The agency can save you time and money. It will also provide some of the most talented people to locate the right candidates for you.
2. Reach Wider Audiences
You already have a hiring process in place. You write your job description and you post it to a few sites. Then you wait for the applications to come in.
In the era of social media, finding more people may not truly be a problem. After all, many job postings receive dozens of applications. In some cases, however, you may not be finding the right candidates.
Expanding your reach and widening your net will help you catch more fish in the job candidate sea. A staffing agency can help you broadcast your message across different channels to get your job posting in front of the right candidates.
3. Access Passive Candidates
Not everyone is actively seeking work. Even if you put your call for applications out there, the right person may not apply. These passive candidates may not apply because they don’t see the posting. They’re not actively searching for new work.
A staffing agency can help you find these people. They have a database of contacts they can reach out to. If the perfect role comes along for a candidate, the staffing agency has a better chance of reaching out and getting a response due to the long-term relationships its recruiters have already built.
4. Get Help Sorting through Applications
One issue you may be having in the age of social media is managing the flood of applications from unqualified candidates. No matter what software you’re using and how efficiently you can sort applications, you still have to sift through a pile of unqualified candidates to find the few who meet your needs.
A staffing agency can help you here too. Not only do recruiters make it easier and more efficient to sort through those applications, they can also make it more likely the right people will apply in the first place. It’s a lot more rewarding to sift through a smaller pile of more qualified applications than it is to turn through application after application of people who just don’t fit.
5. Get Help with Screening
As mentioned, hiring can be a time-intensive process. This is thanks to the sheer number of applications you can receive. Sorting through all of those candidates is no small task.
Luckily, a staffing agency can help you here too. Recruiters can begin screening candidates to separate the best from the rest. You’ll spend your time reviewing only the best and most qualified candidates for the position. It’s a win-win proposition.
These are only a few of the ways a staffing agency partnership can help your business. If you need to do any hiring in 2018, contact Liberty Staffing now.
