Discover 4 tips for choosing the temp agency that fits your company’s needs. Generalist agency, contract, criteria… Here is what you need to know.
Need a replacement, a seasonal recruit or an additional person on your team for a few months, but no time for research? Why not trust a temp agency?
How to choose the right temp agency?
An interim agency is a company that deals with the recruitment of specific profiles to help companies that need temporary workers.
The role of a temp agency is to make the link between companies looking for temporary employees and workers looking for temporary assignments. It is a tripartite mission contract, that is to say that the worker signs a contract with the temporary agency which pays him and the temporary agency signs a contract with the company.
Small businesses or large corporations, everyone may need to hire a temp agency for several reasons. For example :
An increase in activity
Not enough resources to hire a full-time person
Seasonal mission
Need a new recruit who fits a mission quickly
No time to worry about finding a new recruit
No time or desire to manage the administrative side of hiring
There are therefore many reasons to turn to a temp agency, but how to choose the one that best suits the needs of the company? Here are a few points to help you in your search:
General temp agency or specialized agency?
There are temp agencies specializing in a specific sector, such as medical, architecture, web, etc. Or more general agencies.
To make this choice, everything depends on your situation. If your research is oriented towards a specific sector, with specific qualifications, a specialized temp agency is a good option.
On the other hand, if you are looking to recruit temporary workers for varied missions or with few skills required, a generalist agency is more suited to your needs.
Physical or digital temp agency?
The recruitment sector is also experiencing digitalisation. From now on, there is the choice between a physical temporary agency, with storefront or a 100% online agency.
Each of these options has its advantages. A physical agency allows human contact, a dialogue adapted to a particular situation and a personalized follow-up. A digital temp agency often offers the possibility of savings and greater flexibility.
Delegation contract or management contract?
Depending on the reason for which you have used a temporary agency, you will need to sign a delegation contract or a management contract.
A delegation contract is when the company needs the temp agency to take care of the entire recruitment process. The agency is then responsible for finding the candidate who best corresponds to the qualities and skills required for the advertisement, the hiring formalities and then the administrative management.
A management contract is when the company has already found the person for the temporary job, but needs to delegate all the administrative and accounting part related to recruitment. In this case, the temporary agency takes care of the administrative file for the company.
Additional criteria for choosing a temp agency
To find a temp agency that fits your business, you have to find a serious agency. To do this, you must ensure that it actually saves you time by proposing quality candidates with the expected skills.
In order to facilitate the adaptation and the missions of the temporary worker, it is also important that the temporary work agency takes care of the well-being of its temporary workers.
Also make sure that the temporary agency regularly updates the profiles of its temporary workers, with the aim of always offering the best candidates according to the temporary work to be filled.
Finally, choose a temp agency that takes care of quickly finding a replacement in the event of the temporary worker’s absence.
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