Staffing Services – An Overview
Staffing service providers match companies' needs up with job seekers' skills. They offer these companies comprehensive, skilled support in all areas of HR, from traditional services such as staff leasing and permanent position placement through to completing preselection processes and handling payroll.
The staffing industry has developed in line with the needs of Swiss companies, and companies in Switzerland take on many people via staffing service providers every year. Staffing service providers offer these companies comprehensive, skilled support in all areas of HR, from traditional services such as staff leasing and permanent position placement through to completing preselection processes and handling payroll.
There are many sides to the staffing services industry:
Temporary Work
Your order books are full and your permanent staff is already working at full capacity? Temporary workers can offer just the support you need in these situations. Staffing service providers recruit qualified workers from their pool of experts to cover short-term peak workloads like these. Additionally, the recruitment agency handles all the formalities on behalf of the contracting company – from registering workers with the social security benefits office to paying their wages.
Try and Hire
With try and hire, companies can employ a worker for a three-month trial period in order to determine if they are worth hiring permanently. Try and hire is a particularly interesting option if an applicant does not perfectly fit the job description on paper but otherwise meets the demands of the job. This can be an appealing model for both companies and applicants – especially in times when there is a shortage of qualified workers.
Permanent position placement
Staffing service providers also help companies find new members of staff for their permanent workforce. When searching for suitable candidates, you have access to a pool of specialists that has been built up over the course of many years. Thanks to their extensive experience collaborating with temporary workers and contracting companies, staffing service providers know how people work and how to identify qualified candidates looking for a permanent position. Furthermore, many staffing service providers have a large international network to draw upon.
Staff Leasing for Private Households
The need to care for people in the comfort of their own homes is constantly increasing – whether this is for the elderly and aged, those who are ill, people with disabilities or people who need short-term support after rehabilitation. Specialist staffing service providers can offer care services such as these on a flexible basis. Workers in this field are still employed by the staffing service provider, are subject to the CBA on Staff Leasing, and, as such, are appropriately remunerated and granted social security.
Payroll
Staffing service providers can take on the payroll accounting for a company's entire permanent workforce – and at a reasonable price. The company's employees will have their money on their account safely and on time, and the company saves itself the trouble of managing the wage payments.
Project Organisation
A customer contacts you about a large rush order. Staffing service providers can organize entire project teams to handle orders quickly and reliably. The tandem pairing of staffing service providers with corporate customers is especially effective when the two entities have a history of working together, as then the HR consultants already know how the customer's teams are constructed and what qualifications are needed.
Preselection Processes
Some job profiles attract hundreds of applicants. Some of the applicants are valuable candidates, while others are miles from meeting the minimum requirements. So, how do you separate the wheat from the chaff, without too much effort? Staffing service provider professionals can help with this too. They will check all applications against the client's specific job requirements and provide a short list of the most promising candidates.
EU Service
If the Swiss market is depleted, staffing service providers can also tap into a huge EU network of potential candidates. The staffing service provider takes on the entire organizational process – recruiting suitable candidates from other countries, registering them with the Swiss authorities and looking for accommodation for them in Switzerland at short notice. Depending on the job profile, the required specialists can be available to start within just 48 hours.
