Need additional help, but are unsure if that need will be long-term?
Want to try out a new employee before making a commitment to hire him or her?
If so, temp-to-hire services may be right for your business. In simple terms, temp-to-hire (also known as try-before-hire or temp-to-perm) lets you try out a candidate on-the-job before extending an offer for direct employment.
Instead of being hired as your full-time employee right away, the employee is hired by your staffing service, then assigned to work at your company as a temporary. During a probationary period usually lasting around 10 weeks, you get to evaluate the temporary employee’s job performance and decide whether he or she should be hired full-time or let go.
Benefits of Temp-to-Hire
- Working interview. Temp-to-hire allows you to evaluate characteristics that can’t easily be observed through a traditional interview, such as: ability to follow directions; culture fit; quality of work; work ethic; ability to multi-task or work under pressure.
- Reduced hiring time. Temp-to-hire candidates have been pre-screened by your staffing partner and qualified to match the needs of your opening. This reduces your recruiting and interviewing time, so you can focus on your other priorities.
- No obligation to hire. When you use temp-to-hire services, you are not required to hire a candidate the staffing service sends you, even after you interview that candidate.
- Evaluate long-term hiring need. If you’re hiring to address recent growth or a newly created position, temp-to-hire gives you the time to verify that the position is absolutely necessary – before adding to your permanent headcount.
- Decreased legal exposure. If a temp-to-hire candidate isn’t working out, you can end the assignment at any time. Because the candidate remains an employee of your staffing service, your legal exposure is minimized.
- No advertising restrictions. Using temp-to-hire services does not preclude you from advertising the position elsewhere.
Increase Flexibility and Security with Wood Personnel
Our try-before-hire services provide your organization the flexibility to address market fluctuation. They also provide the security of testing a worker in the field before making a full-time commitment. Contact us today to learn more about this staffing service for Middle Tennessee employers.
