The biggest question most employers ask is, “Why should I pay someone else to staff my team?” The biggest advantage is allowing a company owner or manager the ability to drive the operations and sales versus spending time and energy away from the business to search for employees. Outsourcing the recruitment of talent not only streamlines the process, but can give the employer added guarantees and services. Professional staffing agencies have the advantage of experienced fulltime recruiters, the ability to headhunt candidates from competitors or like industries, hard and soft skill testing capabilities, background and drug screen services and unlimited nationwide databases to source top talent. They also have the benefit of offering up to a “Secure 7” year guarantee for the employees placed in an organization; which means for any reason the position reopens, the staffing service will refill the position for the employer at a deep discount. The value to an employer is the ability to ramp up quickly to drive increased revenue and significantly reduce the cost of vacancy.

The background and drug screening of candidates before they are presented to an employer are also an advantage to consider. Most employers understand the importance of running background and drug screens and now the newest technology allows not only a quick turn around on background checks, but instant drug test results with a saliva based test. This makes getting an immediate staffing need filled the same day and reduces the “ick” factor with the standard urinalysis test.

With the upward swing in the economy there is a renewed energy to plan for the future of small to medium sized businesses. Historically employers who have utilized an outsourced service for their recruiting and background check processes have found it not only saves them time and money, but more importantly allows them the advantage to ramp up quickly and out sell their competitors.