By Quintus Sliep
Finding stable, permanent employment can be a challenging and stressful journey for job seekers, consuming valuable time, and resources.
Unfortunately, even after successfully landing a job, some employees discover that they do not quite fit the company's culture. This mismatch leads to resignations, resulting in wasted time and money for employers who have invested in recruitment and onboarding processes.
The impact of staff turnover can be minimised by a Temporary Employment Services (TES) provider, through the placement of highly skilled individuals who can be permanently absorbed into the organisation once they’ve proven to be a fit both from a skills and workplace culture perspective. Such an approach to talent acquisition is beneficial to both sides of the employment relationship as it increases the likelihood of a fruitful, long-lasting match between employer and employees.
This will save the business from unnecessary costs while assisting white-collar employees to find the right job at the right company.
Game-changing benefits for white-collar individuals
TES providers offer potential candidates the right job fit by providing access to a wide range of temporary positions that can correlate to specific time availability and preferences, such as university students on semester break, remote workers, and retirees. By matching candidates with tailored placements based on their skills, education, and experience, TES providers can ensure fair treatment and maximise career growth, longevity, and income opportunities. With the chance to fill diverse roles across different industries, candidates can broaden their work experience and face new challenges, ultimately leading to increased job satisfaction. This model of temporary employment serves as a unique platform for candidates fresh to the job market to discover flexible working options aligned with their interests, fostering meaningful connections, and preparing them for long-term career paths.
Outsourced employment management for businesses
For organisations seeking to use temporary resources, TES providers connect their clients with qualified and skilled temporary staff, ensuring an accelerated placement time. They handle compliance responsibilities on behalf of their clients, mitigating legal risks by staying current with changing labour laws and regulations. Organisations can benefit from a comprehensive range of employment management services, including expert consultation on labour law matters, full management of Human Resources (HR) and Industrial Relations (IR) processes, recruitment, payroll, and employee benefits. With industry-specific expertise, TES providers are geared to cater specifically to niche sectors like construction, engineering, and IT. The flexibility and scalability provided by an extensive pool of resources allow clients to adapt their workforce numbers according to operational needs without drastically increasing overhead costs.
The fatal disconnect
The employee-employer disconnect is a common issue faced by businesses. Despite rigorous recruitment and HR guidelines, traditional recruitment processes are flawed, often leading to an employer-employee disconnect that arises when false expectations are set during the interview process. After hiring, previously unnoticed cultural differences can have an impact on employee acclimatisation, and the situation is exacerbated by ineffective communication that fails to align expectations and responsibilities between employer and employee. Misinterpreted information, idealised notions of the company, and overlooked shortcomings create a discrepancy between employee expectations and reality, while differences in company culture and management styles can lead to difficulties in an adaptation that result in the disengagement of new employees.
Difficult disengagement
Hiring the right employee is crucial for businesses, but mistakes in the recruitment process can be costly in terms of time, resources, and money, especially in white-collar work. TES offers a solution to the challenges of conventional recruitment. The right TES provider can act as a bridge between employers and white-collar temporary resources, finding specialised talent to match specific preferences and requirements. The TES provider ensures that there is a match not only from a skills perspective but also from a soft skills and cultural perspective.
Revolutionising white-collar recruitment
By streamlining recruitment processes, the TES provider ensures precise and cost-effective hiring, saving time and adding value. This employment model also provides two-way flexibility for companies and job seekers seeking short-term or temporary work, allowing access to high-quality talent for niche markets and creating unique opportunities to save costs and reach project-specific goals. A reliable and reputable TES provider will optimise job matching processes between job seekers and companies, turning temporary employment services into an efficient and cost-effective method that is sure to revolutionise white-collar recruitment.
Quintus Sliep is the Managing Director at Worldwide Staffing
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