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Why use an agency?

• Using an agency reduces the real cost of recruitment – If you think agency workers are expensive, consider the hidden costs of direct employment over and above salaries:
  • Employee benefits such as company car, health insurance, pension, performance bonus, etc.
  • Office accommodation and equipment.
  • Statutory employee rights such as paid leave, sick pay, payment in lieu of notice, and redundancy.
  • Management overhead such as payroll and tax administration, career development and training programmes, key man insurance, etc.
  • Permanent employees still have to be paid, even when they’re not busy. With agency staff, you pay only for the hours worked.
• Using an agency is a faster way to plug vital skills gaps – If you need staff and you need them now, calling an agency will get you the right people for the job more quickly than any other method.
• Using an agency saves you time and effort – A recruitment agency will sift through thousands of candidate CVs and conduct screening interviews before you have to do anything.
• Using an agency transfers risk – Make a mistake with a key appointment and you run the risk of additional costs such as an expensive severance agreement or employment tribunal; duplicated effort as you attempt to make up for work done badly; staff disaffected by the presence of a weak link in the chain; and so on. You can use agency candidates to establish whether they meet your requirements before you take them on permanently.
• Using an agency delivers specialist recruitment expertise and resources when you need them – Even Human Resources professionals prefer to leave the recruitment of temporary staff to a recognised recruitment agency because most don’t have the technical expertise in-house.