What are the benefits of hiring temporary staff?

Amid the peaks and troughs of running a business, you’re sure to experience staffing issues. From sickness, maternity leave and holidays to an increased demand for short-term projects or changes in the market, productivity levels can be significantly hindered if left unaddressed.

Recruiting temporary staff can offer cost-effective, flexible solutions alongside a whole host of improvements for your business, including promoting growth, enhancing innovation and boosting creativity. Read on for more business benefits of hiring temporary staff.

Flexibility

Recruiting temporary staff allows businesses to adapt rapidly to change, ensure optimal staffing levels during peak seasons like Christmas and cover sick, maternity and holiday leave. Plus, temp workers with specialised skills can be utilised to complete short-term projects when you face a skills gap.

The flexibility of temporary staff means you can let them go based on your needs, so you’ll never be over or understaffed, which is key for your organisation’s productivity levels.

Cost-effective

Only paying temporary employees for the time they’re required and being able to terminate employment quickly if things change are both great benefits for your business’s budget.

Permanent staff come with long-term financial commitments, from salaries and bonuses to healthcare benefits and pensions, which temporary staff typically don’t require. The industry fee for hiring temporarily is generally less than for employing permanently, so that’s another win for your overhead costs.

Fresh perspectives

Businesses often require niche skill sets to complete short-term projects or supplement a team lacking certain abilities. Specialised temporary staff can fill these requirements, bringing fresh perspectives, innovation and creativity. They can also boost overall productivity by reshaping work cultures that have become stale, repetitive and uninventive.

In fact, a study found that hiring temporary staff maximises output as it reminds permanent staff that their roles are replaceable, encouraging them to work harder (von Hippel et al., 1997)!

Trials

Trialling temporary workers before permanently employing them is great for risk mitigation. It allows organisations to try before you buy and assess the employee’s work ethic, culture fit and skills. With the flexibility of temporary recruitment, if they’re not right, they can easily be let go.

Fast onboarding process

Need someone next week? No problem. Temps are immediately available to join your team and get started, ensuring productivity levels aren’t affected when staff absences occur, the market suddenly changes, or last-minute projects crop up.

Reduced burden

Recruiting temporary staff can be a time-efficient way to bolster the output capabilities of your organisation. Generally, your temp agency will handle compliance, HR, payroll, holiday pay and taxes, reducing the administrative burden that organisations face with permanent staff.

B2B relationship building

Last but not least, recruiting temporary staff allows for excellent B2B relationship building. At Vanilla, we pride ourselves on sourcing highly skilled temporary workers, ensuring smooth onboarding processes and excellent cultural fits. We work closely with our clients to understand their specific requirements and continue to offer support to organisations and temporary workers after initial hiring periods.

 

We’re representing some excellent, local temporary candidates who are immediately available across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. Get in touch with Jodie Clements, Head of the Temporary Division, to discuss your temporary recruitment needs and how we can help.

E – [email protected]

M – 07772 095366

 

Bibliography

von Hippel, C., Mangum, S.L., Greenberger, D.B., Heneman, R.L. and Skoglind, J.D. (1997). Temporary Employment: Can Organizations and Employees Both Win? Academy of Management Perspectives, 11(1), pp.93–104.

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