Temporary Staffing - A cost-effective strategy to recruit the right fit

Posted by Valencia Tan on November 24th, 2020

A temporary staffing agency, as the name suggests, provides potential hires for organisations of all sizes for a contracted period of time. These agencies provide people who are looking to work part-time or for a few months, allocating them to the different roles available based on their client’s requirements and candidates profiles. Such temporary workers can either work on a part-time or full-time schedule, dependent on the requirements needed.

Most operations managers or human resource managers hire through temporary staffing agencies or recruitment agencies to mainly cater for a sudden influx or predicted influx of headcount needed during the more busy periods. Such an example would be when companies need to Hire Warehouse Assistants In Singapore, especially during the peaks periods such as the 9.9, 10.10, 11.11 or 12.12 sales, festive periods like Christmas, and the New Years.

Other companies hire part-time manpower in Singaporethrough recruitment agencies to cater for other roles such as event staffing, models, talents, activation crew, promoters, temperature screeners and more. We also see many Event Management Companies In Singapore outsourcing their event crew headcount to cater for roles such as event coordinators, registration assistants, ushers, scanners, room assistants, badge checkers, surveyors, hostesses, sponsorship and VIP crew, flyer distributors, packers, set-up and tear-down crew, entertainment managers, floor managers, mascots, brand ambassadors and supervisors.

There are numerous staffing firms that provide part-timers and people looking for temporary roles with such work opportunities but only a handful are reliable and efficient at recruiting the right people with the right fit. It is important to know that the recruitment agency that you are working with screens the different applicants before engaging them, and that they themselves are experienced in the field that they are hiring for. Once you have established that you are working with the right part-time manpower agency, things will get easier and more cost-effective moving forward.

With the right part-time or temporary manpower agency, the agency will take care of the full spectrum of recruitment activities, from the sourcing to payroll functions. These headcounts would also be parked under the agency, with the agency being liable to comply with the respective manpower rulings in that country. Employers save a lot of valuable time having this off their plates, along with additional costs such as insurance, bonuses and benefits that are offered to their full-timers. As such, many find this method of recruiting temporary staffing comparatively cheaper and more advantageous than hiring a full-time permanent employee.

The outsourcing landscape and market has seen massive growth over the years, especially as companies look for ways to cut cost to better manage their budgets. As such, outsourcing companies are slowly being viewed as an essential service to many, with many organisations searching for the right manpower agencies to partner with.