Labour hire has become a popular labour solution for businesses in all types of industries including construction, manufacturing, mining, warehousing, hospitality and so on. Over the past decade or so, businesses have steadily shifted away from the more traditional models of employment, such as full-time employment and long-term contracts, and are now moving towards forms of employment that are more flexible and dynamic, such as temporary and casual employment.
Businesses are now combining the traditional form of employment (full-time employment) with temporary employment to create a hybrid workforce that is more responsive to the ever changing business environment. In this post, we shall be looking at some of the situations where you can use labour hire (more specifically, labour hire temps) to bolster your labour force for better performance in your business.
To cover labour gaps. Unexpected absences, employee illness or injury, and leaves could create labour gaps in your company that could hamper its day-to-day operations. Going through the recruitment process during these desperate times is quite slow and impractical because the person you will go through all that trouble to hire will only be required for a few days. Labour hire services can provide you with last-minute recruitment enabling you to acquire employees who possess the exact skills and experience you require to keep the cogs turning as you await the return of your permanent employee.
To meet increased demand. Usually, businesses will experience fluctuations in the demand for their products, which can sometimes catch you off-guard. These periods of high demand can be extremely challenging as you might lack the labour capacity to handle the increased workload. Labour hire helps you acquire reinforcements for your workforce to ensure your business rises to the occasion with no hiccups whatsoever.
In addition to providing you with quick hires when you need them, labour hire services are commitment free which means that you’re under no obligation to keep on the workers after the peak period is over. This makes the labour solution cost-effective and allows your business to be highly adaptable.
When you need special skills. Sometimes your business might need specific skill sets for a project that are not available in your current workforce. Labour hire gives you access to a huge database of workers possessing a myriad of skills that you can tap in to whenever you need to. A labour hire company will provide you with a worker matching your skill and experience requirements saving you the hassle of having to recruit them yourself. What’s more is that you won’t have to commit to hiring or contracting them for a long time, they can leave once the project is done.
To streamline your business operations. When you use labour hire services, you’re effectively outsourcing the entire recruitment process which is often costly and time-consuming. Outsourcing the recruitment function of your business to a labour hire firm enables you to focus the energy and resources that would have been used for recruitment to other important aspects of the business.
Trying before hiring. Even when you’re using labour hire services extensively, you will still need to have a core team of permanent employees to hold together the structure of your business. Labour hire enables you to try workers on-the-job with no commitments before you make the final decision to hire. For new positions that you aren’t sure yet whether they’ll last, labour hire allows you to test them out before committing to hiring a full-time staffer.
Labour hire services provide your business with a labour solution that gives it versatility and flexibility while keeping the recruitment process quick, easy and cost effective. So next time you think of hiring, give labour hire a consideration.
Ashley Bryan
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