Hiring the Lowest Price Staffing Firm Often Means Lower Quality Temporary Employees
Posted April 26th, 2010
Sometimes the least expensive isn’t the best. We all know it, but sometimes we need to be reminded of it.
Of course we love to get a good deal. Hunting for bargains seems to be human nature. But when it comes to hiring a temporary staffing service, selecting the service with the lowest price often isn’t the best use of your company’s funds.
Instead, as you interview different staffing agencies, find out the value they offer. Ask questions – lots of questions – and you’ll discover that there’s so much more to their services than simply asking the first person who comes into their office to go on over to your company to work for you on a temporary basis.
A staffing firm that offers you workers at a rate below what other employment agencies in your area offer may have to cut corners to provide you workers at that low rate. Are you really willing to give these up?
For example, hiring a cut-rate staffing company could mean that the firm won’t have the resources to thoroughly source and screen temporary employees. At worst, this could result in employees who have sketchy work backgrounds. At the least, this could mean your staffing service may not be able to find the workers with the skills and background you need.
If the firm does hire a lower-skilled person to fill your open position, you may have to take the time to train the person on the job. One of your regular employees may have to do double duty “cleaning up” the mistakes an unqualified temporary makes on assignment. Naturally, you may request that the firm replace the low-performing person. You also may decide to seek another personnel service to fill the position. Both actions cost you added time and money, costs that could have been avoided had you hired a staffing agency that has the means to find employees who can come to your site and be productive immediately.
In addition, lower priced staffing firms generally pay their employees less than a firm that charges a higher fee to you. Word gets around an area as to which firm pays temporary workers more and the best employees naturally will seek those personnel staffing firms first, leaving the lower-priced firm you’ve hired to send you the least skilled and least reliable workers.
So is it worth saving a bit of money in the short term to possibly be saddled with the costly problems outlined above in the long term?
We believe in providing our client companies only the highest caliber of temporary employees. Won’t you call us today to discuss your staffing needs?
