If your firm places permanent hires exclusively, you may be missing out on a growing need. Contract hiring is on the rise, and you can benefit by adding this valuable service to your portfolio.
Contract Staffing on the Rise
The landscape of the American workforce is changing, favoring a shift toward the flexibility of contract workers. As Baby Boomers retire and Millennials enter the workforce in an unstable economy, contract staffing has become an attractive option for both candidates and clients.
As the Baby Boomer generation reaches retirement age, many are finding it difficult to retire from work in the traditional sense. Boomers are:
As Boomers redefine the way they work, a new generation, the Millennials, enters the workforce for the first time. Contract work is attractive to Millennials because:
While contract work is an increasingly attractive option for Boomers, Millennials, and other workers, it also provides a valuable solution for employers. Companies can meet productivity demands without the risk of hiring full-time employees and providing costly benefits.
Perks of Contract Staffing
Getting Started
Think that contract staffing could be a good fit with your firm?
Begin building your contract staffing division by asking your current clients if they have any need for contract workers. Chances are, many of your clients need people for special projects and seasonal demand. They may be outsourcing these types of positions with another firm. If they are not using another firm for their contract staffing needs, using your firm could be an attractive option that they would be willing to pursue.
Bullhorn Offers Contract Staffing Solutions
Whether you focus solely on contract staffing, or if it is one division of your many services, Bullhorn staffing and recruiting software can help your firm make more contract placements.
Back Office Integrations: Bullhorn Back Office makes time and expense management, commissions, invoicing, and onboarding a breeze.
Decision-Making: Bullhorn’s reporting tools provide a holistic view of your key metrics, so every decision is well-informed.
VMS Integration: Contract staffers often work with cumbersome vendor management systems to retrieve and work job orders. Bullhorn VMS lets Bullhorn users automatically parse job orders into their database, saving time and labor.
While independent contractors have always had a place in the workforce, a more permanent shift towards contract work is taking place. Now is a great time for your firm to take advantage of the demand for contract staffing.
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SVP Product, Executive Search
As Bullhorn’s SVP Product, Executive Search, Richard drives the company’s product strategy and initiatives for the executive search sector and the Invenias product. Richard joined Bullhorn as part of the Invenias acquisition in 2018, where he one of the founders and spent 14 years as the Chief Product & Technology Officer and a Board Director. Richard brings over 25 years of business, technology and product leadership, with broad industry experience that spans the full spectrum of the staffing industry, with specific focus on executive and retained search. Prior to Bullhorn, Richard was central to the successful growth and development of the Invenias business globally, from its inception to becoming the market leading provider of executive search software.
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As GM for Bullhorn’s APAC business, Aaron McIntosh oversees all business functions in the region. He also leads the solutions consulting team locally, ensuring our customers have an incredible experience when transitioning to Bullhorn. He has over 20 years working various roles within the technology industry and joined Bullhorn in 2013 in the London office before relocating back to Australia in 2015. During his tenure, he has helped numerous customers make the move to Bullhorn including Kelly Persol, Ambition, Hudson, and many others. He is passionate about technology and in particular how technology can be used to solve business issues and problems that are inhibiting growth within recruitment businesses.
He has a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Computing) with Honours from Monash University in Melbourne.
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