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Different Types of Employment Agencies

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 08:11:38 +0000

Employment agencies as we know help candidates find the right job for them. On the other side, it helps companies to get the right candidate for a job opening in their company.

It basically connects the right company with appropriate candidates.

We know these employment agencies by names like placement agencies, recruitment firms, staffing agencies, etc.

But are you aware of the different segments these companies have or what solutions these segments can provide you?

Let’s find out!

Below is a list of different type of recruitment agencies and what they do:

1) Blended Firms

Staffing and recruiting firms that place candidates in full-time, temporary, and contract jobs. So whether a client wants to hire somebody on a full-time basis, a temporary employee, or a high-level contractor, they can go to one such firm.

2) Direct Contingency Firms

In this segment, the agency is only paid once the candidate is actually hired for a full-time role at the client’s firm. The power, in this case, is totally in the hands of the Employer as multiple agencies must be competing to fill the same position, if the company chooses your candidate then only your agency will get paid.

3) Employee Leasing

A company that handles the administrative functions of employment. The company basically takes the client’s core employees and transfers them to the employment of the leasing company which further handles their payroll, benefits, etc. They handle all the risk administration & the HR functions for the client. In addition, they sometimes also do some management consulting for the company itself w.r.t their resource requirements.

4) Retained Search Firm

A staffing company that handles recruiting for executive and high compensation positions. Retained searches are very high-level positions or hard to fill positions. Common positions that are put out on retained search would be the C-suite: CEO, CFO, CIO; and this is where they pay the firm upfront. The client pays them a third of the fee up front when they accept the retainer, and then pays another one-third of the fee after a particular number of candidates have been submitted to the client, and then the last one-third of the fee is paid if the client fills the retainer. The agency will be paid two-thirds whether the client fills the job or not.

5) Recruitment Process Outsourcing/ Business Process Outsourcing (RPO/ BPO)

RPO is when the company transfers all or part of a company’s recruitment process to an external service provider. In this, the company can depend on the agency for the whole recruitment process, or the agency can assign a resource to the client’s site to handle all the hr activities.

6) Vendor Management System

The agency provides the software or processes that a client uses for recruiting and onboarding. This is a company that works between the client and the staffing and recruiting firm. They basically do everything. They profile the staffing and recruiting firms, distribute and create orders. They submit candidates and walk them through the hiring process. Once a candidate is hired, they handle the onboarding. They also provide time and expense tracking and reporting to their client company.

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08 Ways To Boost Work Productivity When Working From Home

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 06:51:56 +0000

During the COVID-19 outbreak, companies are employees work from home. Working from home has its advantages, but it can turn out to have more disadvantages than advantages if you don’t have a plan ready for it. One can easily get distracted when office colleagues are not around and can also feel lonely especially in this time of COVID-19. Those who don’t plan their day properly or who are not used to work from home will end up hampering their work productivity.

Here are 08 tips you can follow to get the best out of your time, stay motivated, and productive throughout the day:

1. Have a Workspace

Set up a room or space in your house just for work purposes that is away from all the happening in the house. This will help you concentrate more on the work and increase productivity.

If you have a small house and cant have a separate room cause other people might also be there working from home make sure to choose a place away from them with the least interference.

2. Get early and Dress-up

Get up early and fall into your daily routine, freshen up, meditate, drink coffee, and get dressed.

When you get up early you can do 50% of your work in your early hours of the day. Try it! You will find out yourself.

People, as they work from home, get up in the morning and directly start working in their shorts or night suits, this must be the way we all do it but this is not the right way. How we dress actually affects our mood, so wear nice clothes not the ones that you would wear to the office and also not oversized tees, PJs or sweatpants but that is something that will make you feel like working.

3. List down your tasks and set goals

Plan your day, make a list of every activity you are supposed to do that day, and prioritize it by marking P0, P1, P3. If you do this believe me you will never miss out on anything and you will give a structure to your day. Check your list at the end of the day if you have completed all of your tasks.

4. Take breaks

Take short breaks and do little stretching or make yourself a nice cup of coffee in between your long tasks and virtual meetings. This will boost your energy, keep your body and mind healthy, and will keep you going.

5. Avoid Social Media

Social media can be your biggest distraction from work, you can keep on scrolling over Facebook, Instagram, and end up wasting a lot of time. So make sure you avoid checking your social media accounts and close all the accounts logged in on your work laptop.

6. Stay connected with your team

Be in touch with your teammates via phone or video calls while working from home. This will not only help you solve issues & reach goals immediately but also help you stay motivated and happy.

7. Help kids create a routine and add structure to their day.

If you have kids at home they may be overwhelmed by the fact that you are there at home busy with your work and stuff and not giving proper attention to them.

Help your kids understand, create a routine and spend some time with the kids during the day

Adding a structure to their day will not only help you spend time together but will also help you manage your personal and professional life very easily.

8. Set target time to complete a task

Set firm boundaries on the timelines of task completion. Working from home can cause a lot of distractions your way, you might start one task and get digressed from that in a minute due to more things coming your way from work or your environment at home. You can completely lose track of the urgency and importance of doing that task.

So, list down your activities for the day and set firm deadlines for that task and don’t move to the next task or take a break until it’s done.

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5 Benefits of Using a Staffing Agency

admin — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:13:13 +0000

Some businesses particularly small and medium businesses in India refuse to work with a staffing agency because they think it is an unnecessary expenditure and they don’t need it.

But what if you get a big project and need extra hands immediately or you want to expand the business and need manpower for that? Would you spend your time making strategies & do planning for the new project or you will spend all your time in finding good people for your team?

Here ‘s when these staffing agencies could be of great help. Let’s look at a few advantages of hiring a staffing agency:

1. Saves Cost

Companies might think that hiring a recruitment agency will cost them extra. But in fact, it costs even less from what you would spend on doing it on your own.

When starting a new project staffing agency can save the cost of a new HR that the company will hire to manage the new team. They even give you prescreened CVs which will reduce your cost of posting your job on various job boards.

2. Increased hiring speed

Closing any position quickly is not possible; some profiles may take time up to 1 or 2 months. But, a recruitment agency has a bulk database, specialized team, and strong software that will shorten the recruitment process and they can provide relevant profiles quickly.

3. Screened and qualified profiles

Hiring a recruitment agency will make the recruitment process easier and faster.

They will do all the hard work for you, they will pre-screen the candidates and give the profiles that are the right fit for your needs.

4. Freedom from compliance hassle

Agencies take care of all the employee benefits, payrolls, taxes, insurance and they are always up to date with the changing employment laws, so that there are no legal complications for the companies.

5. Flexible workforce

A lot of time companies need a workforce for seasonal requirements or for a one time project. It is difficult to find contractual employees or temporary workers. A staffing agency will solve your problem, it will give you the flexibility to you and save you from long term commitments.

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