Digital temping: a sector undergoing a digital revolution!

Like many sectors of the economy, digital temping has seen strong growth in recent years. With digitalization becoming ever more prevalent, and the health crisis revolutionizing the world of recruitment, there's every reason to believe that this trend will continue.

Is the switch to all-digital technology becoming a must for both user companies and employment agencies? Which players make up the temporary employment market? And what advantages does digital technology bring to the temporary employment sector?

As a recruiter or manager of a temporary employment agency or network, these issues are at the heart of your concerns.

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Digital temping: a growth sector

What do we mean by digital temping?

Digital temporary work refers to the transformation of practices and processes in the world of temporary recruitment, for all players: agencies, companies and candidates.

Several trends can be observed:

• user companies using digital means to recruit their temporary employees;
• temporary workers whose digital behavior is intensifying, wishing to benefit from temporary employment services online, without having to travel;
• digital "pure players" revolutionizing the temping world, such as 100% digital recruitment platforms;
• physical temping agencies offering digital recruitment solutions, some of which are moving towards digitizing their entire processes.

The transformation of the temporary employment sector

In recent years, and even more so in the wake of the Covid-19 health crisis, digital technology has conquered the temporary employment market. Social distancing, temporary agency closures, widespread telecommuting... these are all constraints that are prompting companies to radically change their practices and processes.

Indeed, many user companies are now turning to online management of their temporary staff recruitment, having realized the many advantages it offers in terms of :

• cost savings,
• speed,
• and reliability.

Let's take a closer look at what digital temping can do for companies.

Successful recruitment with digital temping

Digital temping is winning over a growing number of companies keen to modernize the way they recruit, and aware of the many benefits this new reality can bring:

• the attractiveness to candidates, particularly digital natives who are used to digital technologies and for whom going to an agency to fill out an application seems like a process from another era ;
• the flexibility promised by digital temping, which offers the possibility of recruiting remotely and even conducting job interviews via videoconferencing tools;
• the speed of recruitment, thanks to the availability of a larger pool of candidates, their greater reactivity (they can access the interimaccess to the temporary staffing platform 24/7) and intelligent functionalities that enable you to select the profiles that best match your needs in just a few clicks;
• savings, particularly on administrative recruitment management, thanks to the use of tools that streamline processes and centralize data.

Digital temping is therefore a response to all the upheavals linked to the digital transformation of society and the market's new economic challenges. New technologies and innovative practices are helping organizations to digitalize their activities, making them ever more responsive, attractive and productive.

In order to adapt to these changes, some temporary employment agencies are also making the transition and digitalizing all or part of their activities - or even abandoning their premises and operating exclusively online! For traditional physical agencies, the challenge is enormous: it's time to take the digital plunge to stay competitive.

Successfully digitalizing your temping agencies

Digital temping: the benefits for your temping agency or network

While digital transformation is synonymous with major change, and can bring with it a number of obstacles, it offers your temporary employment agency group a number of advantages, including

• increased productivity, with smoother processes and more efficient staff working on higher value-added tasks ;
• optimized administrative management of temporary staff, thanks to the dematerialization of documents;
• strengthening the temping brand image, with both temporary workers and companies, by offering services adapted to their digital practices;
• increasingly precise and relevant matchmaking to meet recruitment needs and candidates' expectations;
• customer and candidate loyalty, by maximizing the use of databases.

Integrate digitalization into your corporate strategy

The digital transformation of your organization or group of agencies must be part of your corporate strategy. It involves :

• overhauling processes,
• the integration of new digital tools and work methodologies,
• a more global change in internal organization.

To get the process underway, here are a few best practices:

• involve the IT department, whose role is strategic. It will help you take stock of the tools used by your employees and their relevance;
  
  
• define a digital strategy and action plan to achieve your objectives (e.g., how will digital contribute to increasing sales?);
  
  
• support change: make sure you include all your employees in the digital transformation project. Awareness-raising, training and support will make it easier for them to adopt the new tools;
  
  
• launch tests and gather feedback. Consult the teams directly involved in the new digital uses, and identify areas for improvement, so that you can adopt a continuous improvement approach;
  
  
• choose the right tools to meet your objectives: dematerialization, communication, collaboration, security, etc. There are solutions for every need!

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Digital temping tools: accelerate your digital transition!

On the company side

Digital technology offers many opportunities for successful temporary recruitment. These include the use of social networks such as LinkedIn, and job boards such as Indeed, which offers functionalities specific to temporary work. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of platforms specializing in digital temping is well proven, as they are designed to adapt to the specificities of this type of contract.

🛠️ Software examples

• RecrutOr is a comprehensive recruitment and application management solution for small and medium-sized businesses, temporary employment agencies and recruitment agencies. With RecrutOr, you :
  • manage the recruitment process from start to finish, so you can find the right interim profile faster;
  • have a personalized, responsive career site optimized for natural referencing;
  • benefit from an unlimited number of job offers and CVs (with source statistics), as well as free multicasting;
  • take advantage of simple, ergonomic software that's easy to learn and use.

• Side is a solution that enables your company to recruit the best profiles in logistics, retail and office in just a few clicks. Thanks to this tool, you can :
  • quickly find the candidates who best match your needs, thanks to sourcing ;
  • save time by automating administrative procedures (signing contracts, time sheets, pay slips, etc.);
  • become fully autonomous, from the moment you define your needs to the signing of contracts;
  • benefit from the support of an account manager to assist you in your recruitment process.

For temporary employment agencies

To make the digital transition of your temporary employment agency or group of agencies a success, turn to a tool specially designed to meet the needs of the temping industry. Software exists to digitalize services and all the tools available to agencies, customers and candidates in the front office.

🛠 Examples of software:

• Beetween is a digital recruitment platform created by HR experts to facilitate the activities of all recruiters and HR specialists. With Beetween you can :
  • multicast your job offers on over 150 job boards, including social networks, to find the ideal interim candidate ;
  • develop your employer brand by offering a simple, seamless candidate pathway;
  • promote collaborative recruitment, with features designed to help you assess and discuss candidates as a team;
  • benefit from expert, tailor-made support to help you make your recruitment campaigns a success.

• Troops is a specialized digital platform offering complete management of your administrative and recruitment activities. This 100% online solution:
  • simplifies the entire management of administrative hiring documents, orders and contracts, in a dematerialized and secure way;
  • automatically generates compliant employment contracts and enables them to be signed electronically;
  • interconnects with your existing systems, such as your ATS, your job posting tool or your payroll software;
  • functions as a CRM, centralizing candidate, customer and job data.

So, by choosing a platform for the temporary employment sector, you're better placed to accelerate your digital transformation, and phygitalize your branches by creating an innovative, enriched and omnichannel experience.

Don't hesitate to find out more: SaaS platform publishers offer customized solutions tailored to your needs, and will support you throughout your project.

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