How Recruitment and Labour Hire Agencies Save You Money

Why do New Zealand recruitment agencies exist? Because hiring the right people is a full-time job! The process from job advertisement to shaking hands on a job offer involves many moving parts – and time that managers don’t often have.

When you have new project on the horizon or have lost a team member or two to resignations, using a labour hire or recruitment agency can save you a great deal of hassle.

By partnering with the right agency, you’ll not only gain access to a wider pool of talent, but it can work out to be more cost-effective than going it alone.

Here is how a labour hire or recruitment agency could save you money and time in your hunt for that ideal candidate.

Access to a Greater Talent Pool

Time is money, so it’s natural you want to fill your open role as soon as possible. Construction recruitment agencies (the good ones) work hard to build their candidate network. This gives them access to a wider section of skilled candidates in construction, industrial, manufacturing or any other area they specialise in. While this offers you more choice, it also exponentially cuts down the time it takes to locate your ideal candidate.

It’s important to note that this candidate pool consists of both active job seekers and people who aren’t actively looking for work but are open to opportunities. Otherwise known as passive candidates, people in this category are often in demand for their skills.

Faster Hiring

Thanks to their candidate networks, recruitment and labour hire agencies will naturally help you find people faster. It’s our job to provide employers with a shortlist of people they can interview quickly to get the ball rolling.

Consider activities like writing the job advertisement, screening all the job applications that come in, and phone screening the best applicants – all that work adds up quickly. When you’re a manager with multiple responsibilities, there simply isn’t enough time to handle hundreds of applications for a role.

When you consider the average time to hire for a permanent role sits at around 50 days for most industries in New Zealand), partnering with a recruitment agency saves you significant time, thus money.

For project-based work, particularly in construction, industrial and manufacturing sectors, managing a pool of on-hire workers is a lot of administrative work that most companies simply avoid. Using labour hire agencies is a no-brainer!

Higher Quality Hires

A great hire boosts your team’s productivity and morale, while a bad hire can do just the opposite. In the worst case, you could lose clients and valued staff – two problems that are costly to rectify.

Using a recruitment agency can greatly reduce the chances of hiring the wrong candidate. Recruitment agencies are efficient because they stick to their ‘zone of genius’ – recruitment. Candidates are thoroughly pre-screened and often undergo extensive skills testing to ensure they’re the right fit for potential clients.

Gives Back Time

By hiring in-house, the recruitment process can only move as quickly as your schedule allows. When you consider how time-intensive it can be – writing job descriptions, answering candidate questions, reading and assessing CVs, interviewing, preparing a job offer and negotiating terms, onboarding, – that’s a lot of schedules that are impacted!

Using a recruitment agency frees up a considerable amount of time, so you can focus on the main priorities of your role.

Allows You to Scale Quickly

Many companies experience peaks and troughs in demand. It might be seasonal, like the Christmas sales rush or tax time, or it might be unexpected, such as a new client with a major project in the pipeline.

Relying on already overstretched workers to take up the slack isn’t always a sustainable option. This is where using a recruitment agency to tap into a temporary workforce can be highly beneficial.

A construction recruitment specialist has an up-to-date list of reliable temporary workers skilled in your domain, ready to begin at a moment’s notice. With an intimate understanding of what’s involved in hiring casual and temporary workers (we do it all day), an agency can also handle the most time-consuming administrative tasks, such as pre-employment checks and payroll.

Get Support from One of New Zealand’s Leading Labour Hire Agencies

Here at OneStaff, we specialise in helping businesses find workers with the flexibility they need to manage projects and without breaking the bank. With branches across New Zealand, we can help you manage all the admin of the recruitment and labour hire process and find the most suitable candidates for your business. Contact us today to find someone great for your team.