Monday, November 23, 2015

Job Hunters Today Need A Staffing Company

By Paul Pearce


Most job applications today are submitted online. In some ways this makes the process easier and in other ways it makes the process more difficult. Electronic resumes and cover letters are easier to trash than they are to read. Unless there is something about your resume that really makes it stands apart from the others, your chances of getting hired based on an online application are not good. To get noticed by employers today, you need a staffing company.

The staffing agency has its benefits for employers also. The process of hiring employees has become more than the human resources department can handle. Job applicants referred by a staffing agency have already had their skills verified, undergone a background check and been apprised of all the labor laws and rights.

Staffing agencies provide job seekers with a connection to employers. Submitting fifty resumes online may not merit even one interview. You cannot get hired without an interview, so all that time spent sending resumes was basically wasted time. Getting signed with a staffing agency will change all that.

Employment agencies and employers work together to fill staff vacancies. When the agency has a good candidate for the open position, it will arrange an interview, which gives the job seeker the golden opportunity to be interviewed. Without an appropriate candidate the agency will post the position on one or more of the many online search engines.

Job seekers who are already registered with an agency have the advantage over those who simply respond to a job posting on a search engine. They have the advantage because the agency has already screened them and is prepared to send them on interviews. Agencies have the connection to employers to arrange an interview. All else being equal, the job seeker registered with an agency will get the interview, and maybe the job. The unrepresented job seeker will do well to receive an email acknowledging that their application has been received.

There are three types of jobs you can get from an agency. You can be hired as a temporary employee, meaning you are hired for a short period of time. You can be hired as a temporary to permanent also known as a temp to hire. In this case you work as a temp for an agreed upon length of time, and if the employer is happy with your work, you may be hired as a permanent employee. In both of theses situations, you are working for the agency. The term agencies use for these types of positions is assignments. When an assignment is complete you are eligible for a new assignment.

The third type of hire is called a direct hire or permanent hire. In this situation the agency has functioned as a recruiter and you are hired by the employer. You submit your time cards to the employer, and the employer writes your paycheck.

If you were going to draw a diagram, you would be in the middle, the employment agency would be to your left and the employer would be to your right. You could draw a line from the agency to yourself then to the employer. Now you can see the connections. Take the agency out of the picture and it is just you and the employer floating around without any connection. This is why you need a staffing agency.




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