When you’re looking for work, especially through staffing agencies, it can be difficult to tell one company from another (Trust us, we get calls meant for other agencies all the time!). To set ourselves apart, we’re taking the time today to explain a little bit about what makes us here at Staff Source stand out from the crowd.
First things first, what types of jobs does Staff Source offer?
A good deal of the positions that we have come available include general labor, warehouse, assembly, quality inspection, and forklift positions; but we do also have driving (both CDL and non-CDL), machine operator, CNC programmer, PLC programmer, electrical and mechanical maintenance, and clerical positions that come up from time to time as well. We do our best to keep an active list of positions on our website that can be reached under the Candidate Services tab by clicking the Jobs option. However, sometimes we have positions come available that are filled so quickly that they don’t even make it to the site. If you are ever curious as to what jobs are available on any given day, be sure to give our office a call for the most up-to-the-minute information.
How easy is the application process?
Our online-only application found on our website is incredibly streamlined and only takes about 5-10 minutes on average to complete. After clicking on the blue Apply Online button and creating a new account, you will be asked to upload a resume and enter some basic contact information. If you don’t have a resume to upload, don’t worry! You will have the option to enter the information in manually. Once your application is completed and we receive it on our end, we have one of our recruiters review it and reach out the same day to schedule an interview.
What happens after the interview?
Once the interview is completed, we do our best to place you at a position that is most in line with your previous experience and career interests. There are several avenues we can take at this point. At the time of the interview, if there are any open positions, the recruiters will likely offer you the position to see if you are interested. We also offer orientations for positions that we will have available in the future, or for positions that require them before being sent out for employment. If there are no open positions available, or if you are not interested in scheduling an orientation at that time, then we mark you available and call or text you as positions come up while taking into account your availability, commute distance, preferred pay rate, and job interests.
What kinds of job searching tools do we offer?
Along with interviews, public job boards, and resume critiques, we offer several resources to aid you in your job search:
- Blog: Our blog posts are meant for candidates and clients alike and cover topics ranging from resume building tips and interview etiquette to digital marketing trends for the staffing industry. We pride ourselves on delivering new content every week to offer up helpful insights to make the job searching process a little more simple.
- Ask the Recruiter: You have questions, we have answers. On top of our normal blog posts, we also offer opportunities to interact directly with our staff of experienced recruiters with our Ask the Recruiter posts. In these posts we answer real questions from real job seekers and provide insights into the best way to approach your job search. If you’re interested in getting your questions answered, be sure to message us on social media and stay tuned for the latest posts.
- The Available Candidate List: As a job seeker you are more than just a resume, you are a unique individual with personality that just can’t be expressed through a piece of paper. We wanted to give our candidates the ability to express themselves in a way no other agency had before and so we created the Available Candidate List. The ACL is our one-of-a-kind, stand out tool that gets your name and face in front of over 3600 businesses and hiring managers across NWI and Chicago-land. It allows you to show more of what makes you unique and to express your personality. No other job search resource in the area even comes close to that type of exposure. The process involves sitting down to film a short 30-45 second video discussing your job history and the positions you are currently looking for. We take that video and add it to our bi-weekly client newsletter that is designed specifically with candidate exposure in mind. As soon as we get a call from a client regarding your video, we reach out to you to discuss the next steps in starting your new career. Click on contact us to schedule your ACL today.
–Tyler Geeve, Staff Source Marketing Assistant