Try to think of the last time you needed to make a hire but could afford to wait a month, six months, or a year. The simple fact is that recruiting addresses urgent needs, and when you have a hole in your staff, your whole enterprise is compromised. If your hiring process has been taking too long, costing too much, and producing underwhelming candidates, the smart solution is to take on a staffing partner:

Start the Search Immediately

Currently, before you go searching for candidates you have to craft a job description, post it all over the Internet, and gear up your HR machine. That can set your recruitment start date back by a week or more. With a staffing partner, you describe the candidate you’re looking for and the search starts immediately.

Find Candidates Faster

Since your search partner has already amassed a pool of talent, they simply pick out the professionals that are best suited for your position and present them to you ASAP. That streamlines your process in two ways. First, you don’t have to wait for an adequate number of qualified candidates to find your job posting and elect to apply. Second, you don’t have to wade through mountains of resumes vetting candidates. As quickly as possible, you’re presented with a manageable list of top contenders.

Accelerate Training and Onboarding

In practice, staffing partners have a far better success rate at finding candidates who have the skills, experience, character, and culture fit to make an immediate impact. That means when they start on day one, they require a minimum amount of training and onboarding. You get more from your recruits faster, which adds to their value tremendously.

Pursue Strategic Staffing

Staffing partners can do more than just fill your immediate needs for talent. They can also help you devise plans to predict and plan for those needs over the long term. This is called strategic staffing, and it enables you to make a hire (or plan the process) long before the new person is essential to your operation. That effectively eliminates the burden that staffing places on your organization and opens up exciting opportunities for seizing competitive advantages.

Keep in mind that staffing partners are paid based on success. If they don’t effectively streamline your hiring process, it costs you little to nothing. If you would like to learn more about this core business solution, contact the experienced agriculture industry staffing professionals at Morris Bixby today.