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Candidates and Clients Using an Agency for the Win – Win

Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Today we’re talking about staffing agencies, what they are, why they exist, and the benefits they bring from both a client’s perspective and the applicant’s perspective. In our light industrial environment, warehousing, distribution, production, and manufacturing, staffing agencies play a massive role. They help keep product flowing, equipment running, freight moving, and departments staffed. But they also help workers build careers, explore opportunities, and prove themselves in real-world environments before committing long-term. So today, let’s talk about the advantages that staffing agencies bring to both sides of the employment coin, and why the try-before-you-buy approach is not only smart, but strategic for both parties. Now why do staffing agencies exist, you may ask. If you’re newer to this industry, you might wonder why wouldn’t a company just hire people directly? And that’s a very good question. The answer is tied to cost, responsibility, speed, and risk. Companies can face fluctuating labor demands, seasonal spikes, turnover challenges, hiring backlogs, training expenses, and safety responsibilities. Meanwhile, agencies specialize in finding, screening, onboarding, payroll, insurance, and coaching. They’re built to do it, efficiently and consistently. Think of it like this, you wouldn’t hire a plumber full-time just in case a pipe leaks once a month. You use the right tool when the situation demands it. I read that somewhere, kind of corny but it does make the point. If you’re a business, partnering with an agency provides several major benefits: The first one, and maybe the biggest one is the Try-It-Before-You-Buy-It hiring In a direct hire situation, once that associate is on your payroll, you’ve taken on unemployment liability, workers’ comp exposure, benefits administration, HR documentation, corrective action processes. And if that hire doesn’t work out? Now you’re dealing with attendance issues, disengagement, a poor fit, or even safety concerns. With a staffing partner, you get to evaluate attendance habits, cultural fit, productivity levels, work ethic, and their safety mindset. If the fit isn’t right, you simply request a replacement. No conflict. No termination paperwork. No damage to morale. Just the right person for the right task. Secondly the agency carries the responsibility for loss. During the contracted period, the agency is the employer. That means the agency is responsible for workers’ compensation claims, unemployment claims, payroll taxes, reporting injuries, policy enforcement, training documentation and maybe a host of other responsibilities. That protection alone can save companies thousands, in risk exposure. And then lower administrative cost. Recruiting and hiring is expensive. Before a single associate clocks in, companies can spend hours screening resumes, hours interviewing candidates, money advertising positions, labor and cost performing background checks, time onboarding, time entering payroll data. An agency handles all of that. Companies stay focused on production and productivity, instead of paperwork. Let’s see, what’s next, oh, a quick response to labor fluctuations. Warehousing and manufacturing don’t operate at the same speed year-round. Anyone who has survived produce season or holiday time knows what I’m talking about! One week you’re short-handed. Next week you’re over-staffed. A staffing partner can scale it daily, weekly, seasonally, even shift-to-shift. That’s flexibility you simply cannot replicate with a direct hiring model. And another benefit is access to candidates you might not reach. Agencies recruit from online job boards, local networks, trade schools, neighborhoods where your company may not be visible, referrals, job fairs, social media. They cast a wider net. They fish deeper in the same pond and often find talent companies never see. And a good business development person will tell you you’ll experience a better hiring outcome. A good agency screens for reliability, attitude, past performance, safety awareness, shift availability, even equipment experience. That means better alignment once boots hit the ground. Now Let’s Look at the Applicant’s Perspective A lot of people miss this one, agencies aren’t just for companies. They offer tremendous value to us workers too. First up would be career exploration with zero risk. Some people think they want to be a pallet runner and operate an electric pallet jack,  until they try it. The pace and responsibility can be a bit more than expected. Others discover they love inventory control. Some didn’t know they’d enjoy production work until they tried it. Through an agency, you can explore you may be able to explore things like inbound receiving, order picking, packing, labeling, kitting, machine tending, eventually forklift operation, and about a h...