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Using skilled temps for holiday cover

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:36

Owners and managers of business needn’t suffer sleepless nights over experienced, full-time employees who take leave. Recruitment experts remind the market of the viable, cost-effective alternative in acquiring the services of skilled temporary placements to help maintain operations during periods of downtime and leave.

Accsys is a national supplier of management solutions within HR, payroll administration, time & attendance and access control. Accsys is a member of the Business Connexion Group.

The company has established a recruitment services division called Accsys PeoplePlace. This business division focuses on the recruitment of personnel within HR and payroll administration.

Recruitment managers within Accsys PeoplePlace say that one of the reasons behind the popularity of using temporary staff is because it offers managers peace of mind. They know that they have competent, trained personnel to cover the duties and responsibilities of those on leave during challenging periods for business - such as year-end.

“Clients have to manage leave effectively. Ensuring that leave does not impact on core areas of operation, like payroll administration, is an important part of this process,” says Teryl Schroenn, CEO, Accsys.

Schroenn says that work/life balance has become a priority within HR management and requires strategic management to meet the demands of the modern workplace environment.

At year-end, particularly, there is a need to boost employee morale and allow people to ‘recharge their batteries’ she says.

The added advantage of using temporary staff is that businesses only pay for productive hours as billing is calculated on an hourly basis.

Whilst using temporary workers has obvious advantages, Acssys advises that businesses seek out the services of a specialist recruitment services company, one that is established and whose credibility can be proven (i.e. registration, track record and history).

Additionally prospective service partners should conduct relevant and proper processes.

“For example, they should invest rigorously in screening candidates before submitting resumes to clients,” says Schroenn.

Another recruitment message from Accsys is that, ideally, companies ought to have already started the search for full time employees. The rationale is that it is better for new employees to join organisations in the early part of the year and notice periods have to be taken into consideration.

Timing in recruitment is very important say HR specialists. Some companies close over the December period and only have skeleton staff in place. Production levels are also often low and this is not the ideal time for the induction of new staff.

For more information visit Accsys or call (011) 719-8000.