| Due to the recent layoffs across the country, the job | | | | that he could not afford to get to the office to fill out |
| market is flooded with applicants. Unfortunately, most | | | | the tax paperwork. |
| of them are not qualified. Human resource | | | | Do you have time to deal with these candidates |
| professionals are spending hours just reading resumes | | | | before finding the right fit for your job? You need to |
| hoping to find the right candidate. | | | | run your business, not spend hours pouring through |
| Staffing services screen the candidates before they | | | | resumes and checking references. The business of a |
| are sent to the potential employer for an interview. If | | | | staffing service is finding the perfect employee for |
| you don’t think a staffing service can benefit you, | | | | you. The employees of the service will interview, test |
| read the following notes from interviews at an Arizona | | | | and check references BEFORE they come to you. |
| staffing service. | | | | How does this save you time and money? |
| - We recently posted an opening for an order selector | | | | - If you are a small business owner, you are likely a |
| that had stated in the ad: If you have the listed | | | | “jack of all trades.” When you use a staffing |
| qualifications, do not send a resume, just come to the | | | | service, you have a professional human resources |
| office. We received over 500 resumes! | | | | professional on call to help you. You can spend time |
| - We put a cup holder with pencils in our application | | | | marketing your business to increase sales. |
| room last week and told everyone to use only pen. (3 | | | | - Human resource professionals at large companies |
| cups full of pens) 25% used the pencils. | | | | have many responsibilities. Using a staffing service |
| - Some applicants think that a stable job history is | | | | allows you to spend your time on other projects |
| staying for at least 3 months at each employer | | | | instead of reading messy resumes from unqualified |
| - Number one reason for changing jobs was: better | | | | candidates. |
| opportunity. We guess unemployment was that | | | | - Checking references is also time consuming. A |
| opportunity. | | | | staffing service can do this before you interview the |
| - We have had the same unemployed person call us | | | | candidate. |
| once a week for 2 years asking us: do you have | | | | If you have never used a staffing service, most offer |
| anything? By the way, he turned us down when we | | | | the first consultation for free. Meet with them and you |
| offered him work the first time he called. | | | | may be surprised at how easy the next search for an |
| - An applicant turned down a job because he stated | | | | employee will be. |