Month: September 2019

 

Key Trends Increasing Temporary Labour Hire

Youngbrook Recruitment is a registered labour hire provider in Queensland, with over 23 years of experience in the recruitment and selection of skilled temporary labour hire staff throughout Brisbane and wider Queensland. Using our extensive industry experience, Youngbrook Recruitment shares the current trends that are leading the labour force towards a more temporary approach.

 

  1. Skills Shortages

 

Skills shortages can have a direct negative impact on financial success for a business, through the loss of business to competitors, increased operating costs, outsourcing work, or a combination of all three. With an increased demand for specialised skills and experience, without the investment of recruitment, training and productivity performance management, temporary labour hire is more in-demand than ever. Temporary labour hire helps businesses meet workload fluctuations and project requirements in a cost effective way.

 

With a continuous pool of available talent to draw from, most of which are now exclusively engaged with Youngbrook Recruitment, you can have the confidence that your business will continue to deliver the results that keep you at the leading edge and help maintain your customer base.

  1. The ‘Gig Economy’

 

Favoured by Millennials, this increasing trend refers to workers leaving traditional 9 to 5 employment in favour of working on a task-by-task basis for various employers. Stemming from the increasing demand for a more flexible and diversified workforce, the ‘Gig Economy’ allows workers the opportunity to build portfolios and project-based resumes that demonstrate a breadth of knowledge and expertise to accelerate their careers.

 

With a strong network of employers to pitch you forward to and unrivalled experience in finding flexible opportunities Youngbrook Recruitment can help you excel in the ever-changing world of work. We can organise appointments outside of normal business hours, to ensure availability and fit in with your schedule.

  1. Outsourcing The Recruitment Process

 

The recruitment process is usually a long and costly process for businesses, as it involves attracting appropriate candidates, screening them, selecting the employee, and taking care of all the on-going HR responsibilities. Employing the services of a labour hire agency allows businesses to outsource this entire process and redirect valuable resources and time to other core functions of the business. Youngbrook Recruitment takes responsibility for attracting, recruiting and managing your temporary workforce. Furthermore, we look after all temporary employees’ payroll, superannuation, administration costs and workers insurance. Therefore, you can focus on the areas of the business that make your company revenue.

 

Are you an employer looking for a labour hire agency to source quality workers? Or are you an employee looking for flexible job opportunities?

 

Contact our Brisbane office on (07) 3399 6899 to understand how Youngbrook Recruitment can help you! We have invested in the resources so you can leverage the benefits from our recruitment infrastructure, service delivery, knowledge and experience.

Temporary Employment and Labour Hire: Pros and Cons

When absenteeism, special projects or just wanting to ensure that cultural, technical and productivity objectives will be met by your next hire, temporary engagements and labour hire is a solution that delivers results across workload coverage, project outcomes or your next valuable permanent hire.

Youngbrook Recruitment has become a trusted business partner, providing excellent staffing solutions to Queensland and Australian businesses of all sizes for more than twenty-three years. With extensive industry experience, we will share the pros and cons of utilising both temporary and labour hire engagements as a business strategy.

Pros

Experience and Expertise

 Utilising temporary employment and labour hire allows you to engage industry experts as your business requires. As a business strategy you gain access to the skills and experience you need without the investment across recruitment, training and productivity performance management. As quoted by one of our customers “Due to the global demands and an everchanging workload we must maintain a flexible and technically adept workforce. I have been using Youngbrook Recruitment since 2007 and have appointed 146 specialised personnel to take on special project and shutdown work and regularly to our Australian manufacturing operation. With the confidence that all engagements are tested, qualification, background and drug and alcohol tested and are medically fit for work we had the confidence that Youngbrook Recruitment’s robust practices and placements deliver results”. 

Flexibility and Reduced Downtime

Hiring temporary and labour hire employees enables you to alter the size of your workforce at short notice and ensure the momentum in your business operation or project remains. With a continuous pool of available talent to draw from, most of which are now exclusively engaged with Youngbrook Recruitment, you can have the confidence that your business will continue to deliver the results that keeps you at the leading edge.

Reduced Costs

By engaging the strategy of hiring temporary and labour employees a full suite of hidden cost savings is achieved. With Youngbrook Recruitment investing heavily to attract, recruit and qualify suitable employees for a wide and active customer base we reduce company’s recruitment costs. Once appointed and the employee is onboarded, the value add is received from their qualification, skills and experience all of which is delivered to your business to immediately deliver results. With your recruiter across their productivity and performance if the ROI is not there then a working guarantee is exercised, a replacement secured and your down-time minimised.

Cons

Training Requirements

Regardless of their skillset, a certain amount of induction and training may still be required for temporary and labour hire employees to deliver on the business objectives. You can reduce some of this by hiring the same temporary or labour hire employees as often as possible.

Safety Issues

As mentioned, the correct onboarding and training is critical for the success of your hire as even the most skilled temporary and labour hire employee may not be familiar with the specific risks that are present in your operation. To ensure the safety of all employees at work the onboarding process should clarify hazards, risks, policies and procedures, work instructions and pre-start requirements while encouraging both temporary and labour hire employees to contribute to the business safety initiatives.

Navigating the Pitfalls of Hiring

We all want reliable, responsible, solutions centric and cost-effective suppliers and when it comes to your most valuable asset this should be no different, your people.

Youngbrook Recruitment is a fully Quality Endorsed and Licenced Recruitment Agency which provides the guarantee you are working with a reputable and responsible business that has invested heavily in the continuous improvement of our hiring and risk management methodologies across our business operations.

You can proceed with confidence that the currency of knowledge and our certifications will safeguard your business and for further information or to meet with Simone Young to understand how our temporary and labour hire business can help you achieve your business directives Contact us today.

 

5 The Advantages of Temporary Employment and Labour Hire

Whether you’re about to graduate, looking for a career change or recently find yourself seeking that next employment opportunity, temporary employment and labour hire can offer benefits both in the short and long-term.

With over twenty-three years of extensive experience in the Australian recruitment sector, we will share with you five important advantages of temporary employment and labour hire you might not have thought about.

Increase Your Skill Development while remaining cash flow positive

Temporary employment and labour hire provide an opportunity to maintain both your cash flow and the currency of your skills build new skill experience, and further develop on your professional skills. By spending time in either temporary or labour hire engagement, the opportunity presents to secure a realistic preview of how different companies operate, broaden your expertise and offer the opportunity to understand how different industries operate.

If you are looking to reshape your world of work and pursue a new career path both temporary employment and labour hire engagements offer the opportunity to have full visibility across industries that you may not have previously considered. With current skills, experience and the industry knowledge to offer, the benefits will have you primed to pursue and secure that new career.

Build Your Professional Network

We’re sure you’ve heard the saying ‘it’s not what you know, it’s ‘who you know’ and although this isn’t entirely true, temporary employment and labour hire can significantly build your professional network. Whether it’s for references or meeting like-minded people, these connections often lead to other longer-term opportunities being presented in the future.

Choose your Flexibility

Additionally, the benefits of temporary employment and labour hire engagements is the flexibility this employment can offer. If you require flexible work arrangements due to other commitments, temporary employment and labour hire engagements offer the opportunity for you to remain in a program of work, maintain the currency of your skill-set while offering more control over your work-life balance.

Maintaining your Employment History

Explaining periods of unemployment on your resume, especially those lengthy and unexpected career breaks can create difficulty when interviewing for a new position. Regardless of the circumstances, it is not uncommon for unemployment to be looked on by an employer as undesirable. Temporary employment and labour hire engagements bridge these work history gaps while allowing you the time and cash flow to accept the right opportunity for you when offered.

When Opportunity Knocks

With an increasing trend of temporary to permanent appointments since 2012, engaging in temporary employment and labour hire offers you the opportunity to get in front of hiring managers and supervisors. The benefit offered allows you to gain insight and knowledge of how the company operates and its expectations – a realistic first-hand preview.

While maintaining the currency of your skills and building new skill, maintaining your cash flow and building your professional network you allow these hiring managers and supervisors to secure an insight into your value proposition statement which ultimately could lead to your next appointment.

Youngbrook Recruitment has regularly been acknowledged by job seekers as “the best recruitment agency in Brisbane” due to our commitment to returning every phone call, our service delivery, responsiveness and our honest and robust processes that deliver results.

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With a strong network of employers to pitch you forward, unrivalled experience coupled with extended business hours by appointment to ensure availability, we are keen to work with you in the ever-changing world of work.