You may have been reading about the upswing in freelance and
project workers in the last few years. Many formerly traditional workers are
switching gears and starting their own businesses or working short term
projects instead of aiming for a job in the workplace. There is a huge rise in
on-demand staffing. Websites such as eLance or oDesk offer services to connect
workers to short term projects.
What if you could tap
into that market without any additional work?
When working with a client who has a specific staffing need,
a recruiter may source dozens of candidates. The next step is to review the
resumes and determine which of these candidates best match the job
requirements. Then three to five resumes are submitted to the client for consideration.
The client only has one open position. What started as twenty or thirty, or
more, candidates becomes just one hire. What happens to the remainder of the
qualified and pre-screened candidates?
There is already a stigma among job seekers that staffing
agencies only collect applications or post fake jobs to lure candidates in to
reach some sort of quota. This is patently false, but from the job seekers
perspective they feel like they are wasting their time with the application process
when they aren't placed.
Could the percentage
of placed employees increase significantly if we just began to rethink the way
staffing works?
The on-demand workforce is happening with or without the
help of temporary staffing so why not tap into it with your already pre-screened
base of candidates.
Your applicants are tapping into multiple resources to help them find temporary, contract, and permanent positions. Rather than allowing your competition and the freelance marketplace to have control, offer online staffing resources as an option for businesses in your area and nationwide. Your employees will be satisfied and grateful that you are helping them find employment in every way possible.
Recruiters are generally seeking candidates with specific
skills in order to submit them to a specific job. Each of these candidates is a
complete person with a number of skills, abilities, and interests. Maybe
someone who is looking for a permanent accounts payable position is also has an experience as a teacher and would consider working at schools to make extra money on
the side. Maybe a graphic designer would take on short term projects to design
logos for small businesses.
NextCrew can design a solution that can integrate with your
current systems to facilitate connections with employers looking for short term
or contract workers with the skilled and pre-screened pool of candidates you
already have. This can open entirely new lines of revenue and satisfy both
customers and employees.
Contact us to discuss ways to market your talent and which online staffing business model might work for your business.
Contact us to discuss ways to market your talent and which online staffing business model might work for your business.
