Can Westaff fulfill the total HR needs for a company?
There are two areas that Westaff does not manage for clients. We do not manage benefits or employee relations for our client companies’ regular full-time employees. What misperceptions about the staffing industry would you like to address? Perhaps the biggest misperception revolves around the bill rate of the service we provide. Many customers and associates alike think that the difference between what is paid to the associate and the bill rate to our client is our profit. They forget that not only do we carry the normal costs of running a business, we also carry the employer burden (workers comp, SUI, employer taxes, etc.) on every associate we place. A misperception that many times prevents high-caliber job seekers from working with a staffing agency is that we are a “temp” agency. Almost 100 percent of our applicants are looking for full-time positions. We work with them to secure direct hire positions and also temporary-to-hire. Working through an agency is a real job! In your opin
