b'YOUR TOOLKIT FOR BUILDING EXCELLENCE2020 was a year unlike any other. In times ofDespite uncertainty, 40% of construction firms expect uncertainty, it might not be the time for your companyto recall and/or add employees in the next year. With to staff up with full-time employees. an increasingly competitive hiring environment and Future project pipelines are thinning60% reportshortage of qualified workers, staffing platforms can that projects have been postponed or cancelled due tomake the hiring process easier for you.the pandemic. We do not yet know what all of 2021Traditional staffing agencies come at high costs and will hold for the construction industry and are stillcan lack skilled trade focus. Working with an agency is unsure of the long-term impacts of the pandemic. expensive and slow-moving. It can take 3-5 days to get Instead of staffing up your crew, formulate project-by- a worker on-site, and once you have that worker, youll project teams utilizing temporary labor to fill in theend up paying a 45-60% markup on their hourly wage. gaps. By doing so, you can quickly scale teams basedThis is a luxury that many companies cannot afford.on your project needs. On the alternative, job sites like Craigslist do not Diversifying your construction staffing strategy byprovide worker vetting or accountability. While hiring a mix of W2 employees, third-party outsourcedsignificantly cheaper than using staffing agencies, these solutions, and independent contractors so that youretypes of sites require cumbersome manual overhead, as set up for long-term success. those in charge of hiring need time to sort through the flood of unvetted, non-standardized applications.It is Utilize staffing platforms also important to note the workers you hire throughcontinued on page: 14 FRAME BUILDER - JUN2021 / 13'