It could be argued that the single most resource for any modern American company is not the size of its office building, the amount of paper inside, or even its stocks, but the employees, the people who work there. Any manager or CEO will invest deeply in the employees who work for them, and a qualified, motivated, and generally happy employee will be a real benefit to the company and help it advance, while an unqualified, frustrated, or harassed employee is much more likely to quit. If a company has trouble hiring the right people for the job and providing a good work environment for them, the managers may have issues with employee retention, such as facing high turnover rates. This is never good; some 57% of organizations say that employee retention is a problem that they recognize, and some 46% of human resources (HR) professionals say that retention is their single biggest concern, following by employee engagement, at 36%. But there are ways for job seekers and employers alike to find the right people for the job. Companies can become th4e client of an employment agency that will help them find new candidates for job openings, and job placement agencies can work for low, middle, or high level positions, even executive manager positions (often called “headhunter” job placement agencies). A candidate who needs help finding work will submit his or her personal information, such as a resume, to a job agency and hope for a good match.
What an Employment Agency Does
A job candidate may need help finding work sometimes, and if this is so, he or she may make use of a job placement agency, whether they are looking for temp work or something more committed. Job seekers who need help finding work will have their profiles sorted in to the agency’s database, and the workers there will match the profiles of those who need help finding work with open positions for which they are qualified. A number of criteria may be used for matching those who need help finding work with appropriate job positions, such as education, previous work experience (if any), career and personal goals, and even personal history. Today, social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and more are vigorous platforms for anyone to share information about themselves, and nearly 93% of job placement agencies will factor this in, too. A job seeker who criticizes or insults a previous employer or co-workers may make a bad impression on new employers, and a person who posts obscene, offensive, or incriminating material on their social media accounts may also have trouble getting accepted by employers. Those who need help finding work are advised to be mindful of what they put online, since employers are savvy enough to look there.
Why Matching Matters
Not just anyone should be hired for an open position at a company, especially not someone who is not qualified. A company may not have the in-house talent to fill all job openings fully, so this labor is often outsourced to the workers at a staffing agency. A temp position may be filled, for example, by a temp agency, and a temp worker can get paid and more importantly gain work experience and make connections while at the workplace, and upper levels of job positions may be filled with other staffing agencies, too. Headhunters, for example, will look for candidates for executive manager positions, where the right candidate may make or break a company in that high level of power (and thus responsibility).
A staffing agency is likely to find the best possible candidate for a job, more than in-house recruiters could do at a client company. The right worker will not only have the right educational background and professional skills for their new position, but that employee will also find a place where his or her career and personal goals can be nurtured. A workplace is not just a source of a paycheck; a person wants to develop their professional skills, connections, and more, and a good workplace will help them build these and provide stepping stones to future opportunities. Thus, managers can regularly interview their workers to see if they feel that their goals are being nurtured.