Hiring New Staff This Year??

Many organizations, whether public or private, have had a few rather difficult years and are very reluctant to bring on new staff even if they might be needed.


Many organizations participated in rather dramatic cost reductions which included the laying off of staff and decreasing fixed costs. Many organizations are becoming more active, but with all the negative doom and gloom promoted by the media, some are still not sure that the recovery has legs and that better economic conditions will be lasting.

For this reason, many organizations are bringing on temporary or contract staff to handle their needs! This can relate to medical and dental staff, office staff and any outside personnel they might employ. They just do not feel like making these positions permanent as there are rather significant costs associated with the hiring and lying off of full time staff! Sometimes their budgets just do not allow the addition of full time personnel.

Temporary or contract staff do not have the same costs associated and give companies the flexibility to vary their costs. People can be hired on a part-time basis either directly or through a company such as FlexCare. You only pay for the time spent on the job!!

Should activity indicate it has staying power, these individuals can then be hired on permanently should you feel they are appropriate candidates for your organization in the long term. The advantage with hiring this way is that you have seen them on the job. You know their attitude, their ability to get along with others, their willingness to take direction and basically their worth to your organization. What a great way to hire considering that hiring full time staff is such a gamble. Your organization is now their best reference and your employees and management can vouch for their ability. Consider their temporary time as their probationary time. If an individual is not working out, you can call and ask for a replacement without worrying about the severance implications. Let FlexCare worry about all that!

Give all of this consideration. Also consider that generally with a staffing agency, there is a “temp-to-perm” period after which you can take an individual on full time for no additional cost.

Many organizations have found this a great way to hire full time staff in or out of union environments and you have to know this is a fantastic time to hire coming out of such an economic downturn.

Give FlexCare a call to discuss all of your personnel needs whether temporary, contract or full time!! Many of you are clients already and we appreciate our association. Those of you who are not working with us, give us a call. Let FlexCare be your supplier of people.