It has historically been referred to as “time and a half” for a reason.
That’s about what you need to pay members of your full-time team to fill in and work extra during peak times of seasonal or other unplanned production demands. When you factor overtime in across numerous employees or for extended periods of time, it can quickly add up to serious budget overload.
Temporary staffing in light industrial and administrative roles can be the solution you need to keep your budget and your business operations on track, regardless of any unexpected circumstances. It helps by:
Offering Staffing Scalability
Whether it’s on a one-time or recurring basis, temporary staffing helps you ensure you have just the right number of employees when you need them. For instance, current demands may require that you bring a limited number of extra staff members on board to complete a special project or cover for permanent team members who are on vacation or a leave of absence. You can readily scale your workforce up or down to manage this demand, without making a permanent hiring move.
Providing Specialized Skills on Demand
Speaking of special projects, you may encounter one that calls for specialized skills beyond those already available on your team. In these cases, hiring a temp can prove more cost-effective than training an existing team member or paying overtime for tasks that fall outside their core realm of responsibilities. As an added bonus, your temp may be able to teach existing employees just by working with them, so they build their professional skillsets.
Reducing Errors, Burnout, and Turnover
Overtime pay can be good for employees, within reason. But too much of a good thing is just … too much. It can become draining, throw work/life balance seriously off course, and ultimately lead to jog dissatisfaction, burnout, and in worst cases, turnover. Avoid this stress and related collateral damage by bringing on temporary workers to ease the burden.
Giving You the Opportunity to Try Before You Buy
If you’re looking to fill important permanent roles or want to build your bench strength for the future, you can assess and evaluate temporary employees as they work within your own business culture and environment. If both their skills and personalities are a fit, then voila! You’ve easily found a candidate who’s already familiar with your business and team.
Lowering Training Costs
When you work with the right staffing firm, you can turn to them to request candidates who require less training due to their skillsets, experience, and expertise. And once temps have spent time working under your roof, should you decide to hire them permanently, they will assimilate more easily and require less training and onboarding as permanent new hires.
In the Fresno region, PrideStaff is just the staffing partner you need to meet all your ongoing temporary/contract, as well as temp-to-hire and direct hire demands in rounding out your light industrial or admin teams. Contact us today to learn more.
