Kamis, 17 Desember 2015

Job Seekers Today Should Try A Staffing Company

By Lucy Munroe


The day of going to open interviews with a paper copy of your resume in hand are long gone. In this computer age the majority of applications are sent as an attachment to an email. This makes it virtually impossible to get an interview. If you cannot get an interview you cannot get the job. One job posting on an employment search engine may garner fifty to one hundred responses with resumes, cover letters and references. How do you get your resume seen by the employer, and if seen how do you make a personal connection without an interview? To actually be seen by a prospective employer you need a staffing company.

Hiring new employees has become an onerous task for employers. One way they have found to lighten the hiring load is to shift a good portion of the process to staffing agencies.

Staffing agencies act as a liaison between job seeker and employer. When the desk of the employer is flooded with resumes, they will respond well to the call from the employment agency saying they have the perfect candidate for the job. Further that candidate has undergone a background check and his or her skills have been verified. This candidate will be much more attractive to the employer than the many resumes sitting in the email in box.

Staffing agencies work with employers who have vacant positions to fill. If the staffing agency has an appropriate client for the job it will set up an interview with the prospective employer. When agencies do not have an appropriate client they post the job on an online search engine.

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 different ways to get hired through an employment agency. One, you are hired as a temporary worker for a short period of time. Two, you are hired as a temporary to permanent, also called temp to hire. In this situation the employer will consider your work performance during the temporary period, and if pleased with your performance the employer will offer you a permanent position. The employment agency calls these assignments. You are actually working for the staffing agency, and your paycheck comes from the agency.

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.

Employment agencies are in the business of finding people to fill vacancies for entry level to mid level hourly paid positions. Employment search engines merely post jobs and have no working relationship with employers. Job seekers simply have a better chance of getting hired when they work with an agency.




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