by Prompt Personnel | Jul 1, 2020 | Human Resources
A contract job is a career choice chosen by thousands of professionals every day. This structure can offer a wide variety of commitments that allow you to refine established skills, create new ones, and introduce you to a diverse group of individuals who are critical to building your network. Serving as temporary staffing will also alleviate financial worries. You can afford to be more cautious about the full-time positions you seek if you earn income from temporary jobs. A contract position can be suitable for professionals who want to spend more time with their families or concentrate on hobbies or other interests.
However, some professionals do not consider contract work, mainly because of persistent myths about what it does or does not involve. Here, we set the record straight to some of the most common misconceptions:
Myth: contract work is a low-level career.
Reality: As companies and employees’ needs have changed over the years, the temp agency has grown. The fastest growth in skilled and technological professions is taking place today. Both businesses and practitioners of all backgrounds and skill levels have come to understand the advantages of greater versatility.
Professionals have embraced the lifestyle of consulting as they can obtain demanding, complex assignments and earn fair pay while keeping some flexibility of when, where, and how much they work.
Myth: Working as an unpaid employee would hinder my chances of being hired on a full-time basis.
Reality: quite the contrary. Most organizations see contract hiring as a way to test individuals for full-time jobs, and temp staffing always leads there. This may be especially true as companies are again hiring. Employers are also diligent in recruiting employees. However, they know that they cannot engage in recovery if they are understaffed. To bridge gaps, they bring together the most accomplished temporary professionals they can find. Many temp agencies assess the skills and cultural fitness of these individuals to make them full-time employees if business provisions continue to improve.
Myth: Temporary employment is short-term, irregular, and low-paying.
Reality: Although project consulting often offers the option of working fewer hours than a full-time job might require, professionals with sought-after skills usually find that they can work as much as they want. Also, temporary staffing can last from a couple of days to more than a year depending on the project duration.
As far as salaries are concerned, many temporary jobs pay on par with workers, and individuals with the most sought-after skills are eligible for a premium. To recruit the most highly qualified workers, employers offer fair salaries and benefits, often providing access to health care, vacation and holiday pay, and even retirement plans.
Myth: While working for a Temp job, I may not get time to search for a full-time opportunity
Reality: Depending on how often you want to work, you will need to make some changes to how and when you conduct your job quest, but it should not be too difficult. This may include only moving your networking and study tasks to early morning or evening hours, or probably during your lunch break.
However, bear in mind that temporary staffing can also allow you to progress your job quest. You never know when a position may be opened in the company where you work, or when others you meet in the course of your assignment may be willing to recommend you for a position they have heard of through their network.
by Prompt Personnel | Jun 23, 2020 | Human Resources
In the current world scenario, most companies are running operations from home. Communication and coordination within companies is also seeing a new normal with video calling softwares and apps. In the world of recruitment as well, there are plenty of things changing and taking shape. If you’re a company that is still hiring during this pandemic period, you may want to get well- equipped with a few basics when it comes to conducting virtual interviews.
- Using the correct video calling software –
Imagine you’re in the middle of a serious interview process and the software starts to show some glitches. That would make a really wrong impression on the aspiring employee. Make sure your internet is functioning well and the software is up to date before you jump on the interview.
- Competent interview tools –
Although nothing can beat personally interacting with a potential hire to understand their personality and work ethics, with social distancing, that may not be possible. To test competency of potential employees, make sure you
are prepared with what questions are to be asked and tools needed to evaluate their performance.
- Background checks –
With any hire, HRs or hiring managers need to perform background checks but it becomes exceptionally crucial during the current times. Be prepared with a list of references and prior certificates of the candidate that can be checked at any time.
- Be presentable –
HRs and hiring managers are the first point of contact for any potential employee, so make sure you maintain a professional appearance while conducting the interview.
- Onboarding process –
If you happen to take a potential employee up to the finishing line and hire them, try to re-create a formal and official onboarding process as you would do in a normal scenario. Sending out emails to everyone in the team and
officially onboarding the new member on an all-team video call would be the best way to go about it.
Over the coming months, companies will be effectively working from home, so it’s only best to manoeuvre the challenges that come with it one by one.
by Prompt Personnel | Jun 6, 2020 | Human Resources
To overcome this global crisis, many organizations have changed the dynamics by asking their employees to work from home. However, while working professionals turn their homes into offices, they are also handling house chores, family commitments, other tasks, and seeking personal time. In such a scenario, it is important for employees and employers to keep their spirit and moral going. To cope well with these shifts in our personal and professional lives, it is imperative that HRs keep the work community engaged and motivated. Here are some of the ways HRs can use to keep their employees engaged.
- Rewards and Recognition
Offering positive reinforcements to employees acts as a great encouragement. HRs can introduce e-vouchers or coupons to the employee of the week. By awarding them with these vouchers, one can increase their confidence and productivity, as well as introduce healthy competition amongst the team members.
- Friday Activities
Many companies are now introducing ‘happy hour’ Fridays. One hour every Friday is dedicated to fun sessions where employees can interact, drink and eat together, enjoy some music, play the guitar or indulge in any form of entertainment.
- Hosting Cook-Offs
To keep things interesting, HRs are also hosting cook-offs every week with all employees. If you have a common company platform, you could design your own recipe and post it on the page. The best recipe could win incentives in the form of vouchers. This gives the employees something to look forward to in the week.
- Online Workout Sessions
Just like cook-offs, you could also dedicate an hour each week to indulge in a team workout session through video conferencing apps. Doing this will prevent burnout and keep the motivation going for everyone. It’s also a great way to maintain an active lifestyle.
- Games and Virtual Parties
One could also introduce games or interactive sessions during the week or on weekends. There are plenty of online apps like Karaoke apps, gaming apps or interactive apps that allow a group of people to participate in games.
We couldn’t have imagined that we would be living like this until a few months ago. But with changing times, we must adapt to the situation. Adopting these fun tips and tricks to keep the employees engaged while they work from home could do wonders for your organization. We at Prompt had a fun, interactive employee engagement session on Zoom too, where every member of the team showcased their talent and shared it with others. These are some great ways to boost employee engagement and keep their spirits up during this difficult time.
by Prompt Personnel | Jun 1, 2020 | Case Studies
Service: Labor Law Advisory & Compliance Management
Client: NGO
An NGO client had faced a hit on their Fund-raising due to the lockdown and a donation event got cancelled. We foresaw an impact on salaries of employees during this tenure of lockdown.
What did Prompt do?
We advised the CEO to speak to such employees and be transparent about the issues / concerns the company is facing, also take consent from each employee about some minimal deduction from the salary. After talking to employees, they were so positive and accepted to help the company in critical situation wherein some agreed for deduction and some donated their full salary for the month including the CEO, which is the appreciable gesture. CEO thanked our LLC Team for ongoing guidance, prompt response and support.
Outplacement for CMS Employees (In-progress)
2 Hospitals (In-progress)
by Prompt Personnel | Jun 1, 2020 | Case Studies
Service: Permanent Recruitment
Client: A global service provider to the automotive and component supply industry
Description: Our client, a global service provider to the automotive and component supply industry placed a request for sourcing Quality Control & Quality Check officers for PPE products in Pune. They have got a request from one of the leading Indian multinational Automobile manufacturing company to help the government in manufacturing PPE products such as Facemasks, Suits, gloves, etc. for the healthcare workers.
What did prompt do?
Prompt Personnel was quick in providing them the candidates they needed in quick turnaround time and received a lot of appreciation from the client. Our quick response time, swiftness and thinking beyond business was highly appreciated by the client.
