Hiring for Contract Positions

Hiring highly skilled contractors for project work is an increasingly common way for employers to meet peak demand in a cost effective manner. Following are some of the reasons it may make the most sense to utilize a contract recruiting firm like Q&A:

• Employee absences: illness, vacation, maternity or disability leave, sudden departure.
• Unexpected or temporary demands: special projects, conversions, seasonal or peak periods, employee shortages.

Contract staffing allows for evaluation without commitment

• Contract (temporary) employees can be enlisted for a designated term or an indefinite duration.
• If a particular contract worker seems to fit well into your business, you can always offer to hire him or her as a permanent employee. In this case, you avoid the risks of a probationary period you'd normally have with a new hire.
• Temp-to-hire engagements are an excellent and cost-efficient method to recruit and test the abilities of new workers before signing them on full-time. There is no commitment or repercussions if the option does not work out.
• Some companies will repeatedly use the services of a specific contract worker who has proven to be a company asset.
• Hiring a contractor as “temp only” is a good way to continue getting work done while searching for the perfect candidate for a particular job.
• If in any situation you are unsatisfied with a contractor’s performance, all you need do is contact Q&A and we will handle the situation for you.

• The cost of hiring contract workers can be less expensive than the cost of hiring “permanent” employees with benefits. In the short term, it is generally more cost-efficient to hire a contractor. For positions that are expected to last six months or longer, it may be prudent to hire directly.
• When you employ Q&A, we (not you) become the employer. We are responsible for and bear the financial burden of recruiting, screening, testing and hiring workers; payroll expenses and paperwork; payroll and withholding taxes; unemployment and workers’ compensation insurance, including various benefits we provide for our contract staff.

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