Your business is gaining a strong foothold in the marketplace, and your products and services are experiencing a rising level of demand. And as your influence expands, your staffing needs are shifting in unpredictable ways. Sometimes you need to add multiple team members quickly to deal with a spike in orders, and other times, in order to maximize your productivity and stay ahead of your competition, you need to keep things lean by reducing hours and positions.

But of course this unpredictability takes a toll on your workplace, and your HR managers are often pulled away from important responsibilities in order to handle screening and hiring tasks. So why not make the most of your time and budget resources by launching a partnership with an experienced staffing agency? Here are a few reasons to consider reaching outside the company for hiring help.

1. Expertise

Sourcing, screening and selection are highly subjective processes. There’s no clear scientific solution that applies perfectly to every situation, which means the best lessons tend to come from experience. You can gain that experience on your own—usually by learning from expensive mistakes—or you can put your trust in a staffing agency with a decades-long track record of success.

2. Risk Management

Standard staffing agency contracts usually give you the opportunity to partner with a firm instead of an individual employee. If you and your contingency team member get along, great! As your short term hiring agreement comes to an end, you can feel free to bring the employee on board full time. But if you experience a mismatch, you can simply ask the agency to assign someone else. It’s always smart to test drive a relationship before making a serious long term commitment.

3. Low Stress

When you partner with a staffing agency, your contingency workers are hired and paid by the agency, not by you. So you won’t need to deal with insurance or tax reporting issues, which can save time, stress and hassle.

4. Recruiting Guidance

You know what your ideal candidate looks like, but sometimes a simple resume review and a short set of interviews aren’t enough to help you find identify your star in crowded marketplace. An experienced staffing agency can help. We have the skills and experience to identify red flags and indicators of success that can easily be overlooked.

For more on the benefits of forming a strategic partnership, arrange a consultation with the sourcing and recruiting professionals at Expert.