Finding the best candidates for the job can be challenging, and staffing agencies must thoroughly vet their applicants. Your clients know this, and providing them with staffing professional liability insurance can help ease their plate. However, your clients might feel stressed and need some assistance.
How Your Clients Can Find the Best Candidates for Open Positions
Fortunately, they can discover the perfect fit with these tips.
Ensure the Agency Has Staffing Professional Liability Insurance
Sometimes staffing agencies need more resources to search for new hires. Often, they may need to look externally to gain some assistance. You could provide some relief for your clients by ensuring they have staffing professional liability insurance if the employee performs subpar work. It helps prevent them from taking losses in such an instance.
Know What Customers Expect
Your client must understand what they want in a candidate before hiring. Subsequently, they must also determine each new hire’s values.
While employees may do a little of everything once acclimated to your client’s agency, new hires need a defined role. To define a position, your client must evaluate their agency’s most pressing needs. It helps them address what they want and fill it with the best candidates for the job.
If this position is customer-facing, your client should also study customer expectations. Many insureds have concrete ideas of how an agent team member should act:
- Friendly
- Organized
- Knowledgable
Your client can include these characteristics in their listing to ensure new hires offer high-quality customer service.
Create a Detailed Job Listing
Everyone wants to know how to find the best job candidates, but the secret is simpler than you might think: Put all the information in the listing. Job seekers want to know as much as possible before putting in the effort to apply. A job listing should include the following:
- Description of Responsibilities
- Pay information, including range and raise possibilities
- Time commitments
- Required Qualifications
If your client’s agency is willing to help applicants acquire certification, include that in the listing. Your client could also add an “About Us” section describing company culture, values, and goals. This information helps candidates envision working for them.
Expand Your Search
Your client can expand their search to local candidates with today’s technology. Instead, they can open remote positions to applicants worldwide. Doing so gives them a bigger pool, allowing them to find highly qualified employees. Different time zones also mean someone is always available to help insureds.
Review the Staffing Professional Liability Insurance Policy
Sometimes companies experience a temporary boost and need more hands on deck for a limited time. Your client can contact a temporary placement agency during these surges to fill the gap. However, they must discuss staffing professional liability insurance with the agency before doing so and check what circumstances their policy covers. The following are staples:
- Services provided
- Work performed
- Placement
They should clarify exceptions so their agency can stay caught up.
About World Wide Specialty Programs
For the last 50 years, World Wide Specialty Programs has dedicated itself to providing the optimal products and solutions for the staffing industry. As the only insurance firm to be an ASA commercial liability partner, we are committed to that partnership and committed to using our knowledge of the industry to provide staffing firms with the best possible coverage. For more information about Staffing Professional Liability Insurance or any other coverage, we have available to protect your staffing business, give us a call at (877) 256-0468 to speak with one of our representatives.