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Hiring new employees can cost businesses thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours. As an employment and staffing franchise, your customers count on you to make the process safer, less costly, and more efficient.
Mistakes in hiring can wreak havoc on any business due to lost productivity, increased hiring costs, and poor distributions of labor. When you are a franchisee who seeks qualified employees for your business clients, invest the time up-front to build a base of reliable and well-vetted employees who are employable by your business clients.
For each type of position, you will have job skills to fulfill and check. Resumes, references, and knowledge tests will guide appropriate placement. However, a resume or application does not reveal all potential hazards, and you must thoroughly research possible employees in order to represent them to hiring businesses with confidence. Vetting potential employees takes time, for sure, but it will protect your reputation and ensure that your franchise is providing top-notch service to hiring companies.
Be Clear from the Start
Before organizing interviews and reading through countless applications, be sure you have clearly stated that applicants will be subjected to extensive background checks that include criminal and credit checks. By doing this, you will have fewer and better applicants whose histories are less likely to be undesirable. These services do cost a bit to provide, but they are invaluable as you market your pool of candidates. Each person you recommend has a clean record and your franchise will demonstrate your commitment to honest and reliable employees.
Background checks will uncover legal convictions and poor credit histories. The latter is a concern if the candidates you are hiring will have access to your client’s checkbook, expensive products, vehicle fleets, or expensive materials.
Building Trust For Future Returns
As an employee and staffing franchise, it is your responsibility to provide a safe working environment for your prospective business clients. When they know you have diligently researched your pool of candidates, both your staff and your clients are more likely to be successful as they pursue a working relationship.
Your franchisor will train you and complement your pursuit of excellent employees to ensure your success and maintaining a glowing reputation. By eliminating most risks to your clients in the vetting process, your available pool of candidates will be representative of your professional staffing skills---and a welcome, trusted resource for your clients.
Employment and staffing franchises provide immense growth opportunities in the United States. Our most recent industry-specific report demonstrates the growth opportunity for this type of franchise. Your vetting process is part of this business and will serve you, your employment pool, and your clients well.
Anne Daniells is a co-owner of Enterprising Solutions, a professional services firm specializing in corporate communication and financial improvement for businesses where she shares decades of corporate and entrepreneurial experience—including franchise ownership—in her writings on business culture. She has authored hundreds of articles for publications including AllBusiness.com, TweakYourBiz.com, and MSN.com. Reach out via her website for more on where corporate culture, communication, and human architecture collide.