Career Concepts has six regional office locations, including (from left) Erie, Wesleyville, Girard, Corry, Meadville and Franklin-Oil City.
The Right People. The Right Job. As caution gives way to confidence, research shows that more employers are ramping up their hiring efforts in 2015.
employees are covered — and as long as our client companies want) during the early employment period.”
According to a national jobsite survey by CareerBuilder, more than one-third of employers expected to add full-time, permanent employees in 2015, the best outlook from the survey since 2006. Thirty-six percent of employers planned to increase full-time, permanent headcount in 2015, a significant jump from 24 percent last year when employers were more hesitant to expand their workforce.
A Staffing Resource for the Region Career Concepts has a longstanding history of providing staff solutions in the region. Founded in 1967, the company has become northwest Pennsylvania’s leading and largest locally owned full-service staffing organization. Career Concepts also has been voted the No. 1 Employment Agency for many consecutive years in the Erie Times-News’ “Erie’s Choice” poll.
At the same time, temporary employment is expected to continue to pick up as employers struggle to fill in-demand roles and strive to maintain more flexibility in their workforce. The Affordable Care Act is also one of the reasons why employers stated they’ll likely hire more part-time workers in 2015.
Career Concepts has six branch offices giving it a large regional presence. The agency is ranked as Erie’s 22nd largest employer and has successful staffing relationships with hundreds of employers in the tri-state area.
According to survey results, 46 percent of employers planned to hire temporary or contract workers in 2015, up from 42 percent last year, with 56 of those planning to transition some temporary or contract workers into full-time, permanent roles. Why do employers choose to onboard with staffing or employment companies? The Benefits of Staffing Services There are many benefits for using an employment services company, but here are a few: 1) Find more candidates. “A strengthening economy means a tighter job market, and that is what we are seeing,” explains Marc Turner, owner and president of the regional staffing firm Career Concepts based in Erie, Pennsylvania. “The next challenge for employers is finding enough candidates and the best candidates, and that’s where we come in. We have a large, active candidate pool which, in turn, provides the most qualified candidates.”
As a full-service employment company, Career Concepts offers recruiting & executive search, direct hire, temporary work, temporary to hire, “payrolling” and onsite staffing. The agency also provides separate third-party services for internal employees and HR departments, including drug screens, background checks and a complete array of skills testing in many different fields. “At Career Concepts, we push ourselves to provide a level of service and quality that is a step above,” says Turner. “We know we cannot commit to quality without measuring it. We track our placement success rate on an ongoing basis and strive to make it better.” Career Concepts values its client relationships. According to Turner, “We look to learn as much as possible about our clients and their business so we can offer them the best possible service for their specific needs. This allows us to put ourselves in the best position to find the right person for the right job.” For more information about Career Concepts, visit www.gocareernow.com.
2) Avoid injury costs. Companies who onboard using a staffing company avoid injuries and their associated costs. Workers are most likely to be injured early on in a new job when they are learning and before their bodies are conditioned to the new job. “Our clients eliminate this high-risk work time by passing it on to us,” says Turner. 3) Reduce unemployment and other costs. The cost of hiring continues to rise every year with more government regulation. Worker turnover is highest when people start a new job, which may or may not work out. “Our clients remove this risk by using our services early in the new job relationship eliminating direct hiring turnover during this time,” notes Turner. “Another cost clients remove is immediate health-care enrollment (because we offer it so
About: Northwest Pennsylvania’s largest and locally owned full-service staffing company Headquarters: 4934 Peach Street, Erie, PA Phone: 814/868-2333 Website: www.careerconceptsinc.com September 2015 > www.mbabizmag.com > 9