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Today, good staffing agencies do much more than find warm bodies to fill positions on short notice. In fact, good staffing agencies use flexible staffing to help companies become, well….flexible, allowing them to take on new opportunities and build profitability.

So, what exactly is flexible staffing?

Flexible staffing simply means analyzing the fluctuating levels of a company’s workload and creating a flexible workforce to match it.

When you have a big new project or an increase in demand for your product or service, you can hire a flexible workforce to meet that need. On the flip side, when demand dips, temporary employees can be easily released and you only have to meet payroll for your core group of permanent employees.

How can flexible staffing help you?

There are a variety of benefits associated with flexible staffing, including the ability to:

• Eliminate overtime costs.
By using temporary employees, you can reduce or even completely eliminate the amount of overtime your permanent employees work.

• Limit benefit costs.
Temporary employees receive benefits from the temporary staffing agency—not from your company.

• Avoid losing customers due to backlogs.
When demand increases, it can be hard to keep up. But with flexible staffing, you’ll be able to match your workforce to your workload.

• Enjoy guaranteed performance.
If a temporary employee isn’t working out, simply let the staffing agency know and they will replace that individual.

• Convert fixed expenses to variable.
You can minimize the number of permanent workers you employ to the level necessary to sustain your core volume of work. Then hire temporary workers as needed.

• Access specialized skills, when you need them.
If you require a very specific skill set for a project, let your staffing agency know. They will be able to find the individual with the specialized skills you need.

• Reduce unemployment claims.
Temporary employees work for the staffing agency. So an unemployment claim from an individual working for you temporarily would not impact your company.

Don’t think of your staffing agency as simply someplace you call to fill a short-term vacancy. Think of it as a service provider who can help you reduce labor costs as well as increase your firm’s profitability through flexible staffing.

Interested in learning more about how flexible staffing can help your organization? Discover more about our flexible staffing solutions or Contact Adams & Garth today.