The Coronavirus

The coronavirus has been ruthless. The world has been caught off guard by how sudden the corona virus affected many different aspects of everyday life. One industry that’s been affected the most is the staffing industry. They are also figuring out how to navigate this new way of living. 

The coronavirus and the negative impact it had increased the amount of unemployed Americans there are, by more than 14 million. It’s not much better in other countries where staffing agencies will face a lot of difficulties trying to remedy the workforce shortage. Employers will want to try and match

What should the staffing industry be doing right now during the pandemic? How should it be treating this pandemic and the up and coming changes in the industry? Also, what would be some pro’s concerning a staffing company during these times?

These questions are hard to navigate, so let’s find out what we can do to answer them. Let’s see how the staffing industry is currently handling these problems.

Effects of The Coronavirus on Staffing Agencies

A lof of people in the workforce usually don’t realize this but the staffing industry is incredibly big. The entire staffing industry as a whole generates half a trillion dollars a year. This makes it one of the biggest business to business industries in the world. 

The affect of the staffing industry is a huge plus for the Human Resources industry. They go hand in hand. A huge percentage of staffing companies have reported a decrease in revenue. We are seeing number in the 90-100% percentile at a consistent rate.

The Coronavirus and Employment

Even though staffing agencies are going through a lot right now, even through decrease in revenue and employment, this still is a vital part of the business industry. We can still observe the affects staffing agencies are having on the business world in Employment. 

Everyone in the workforce right now needs to know one simple fact, they are still valuable and being jobless is not a part of their identity. It’s a part of a circumstance that they are not at fault for.  As far as human resource and staffing agencies go, it’s your job to keep in touch with those people, because you never know when they will be the perfect fit for a position in the company you hire people for. 

The first thing to do would be to create a new staffing strategy to hire the right people during this difficult time. After you do that, you can let prospective and current clients know about your plans to hire moving forward.

Use all social media, human resource tools and sites available to you online.  You may start out with SMS texting campaigns. Or even use an instant messaging service. Post something on LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, or even Facebook to collect resumes. Our suggestion is to set up a business account with a virtual, video meeting service that will help you conduct interviews in a more productive and safe way.

Educate Your Staff

Your team members need to be informed as much as possible about work processes during this time of hiring. Here are some tips to make sure your team is working efficiently as possible. 

Teach your staff how to respond to inquiries in a responsible way. Something that creates trust between your staff and potential candidates for your company(s).

Teach the proper work processes for hiring people during a pandemic. 

Realize that your employees represent your business so they need to be professional, even in a pandemic during these stressful times. 

Whether  you’re looking into new statistics affecting the staffing industry, or training your own staff on how to be Human Resource experts, remember that we are all going through this pandemic right now. Even after almost a year of this virus, we are all still learning how to adapt to this.