Benefits of Membership - Candidate - Cost Comparison
To see what an affordable solution Your Parttime Workforce offers, we invite you to look at the cost comparison we have prepared below.
| Costs to Consider | Total Costs | |
| Your Parttime Workforce | You can have your profile visible to every employer who visits the site and is looking for a part time person for free. It is very time consuming to prepare numerous covering letters and copies of your resume to send these potential employers. You will also have to take the time with introductions and follow up calls. All to find out they are not looking for someone with your skills or only consider full time people. | Employers who contact you are happy to look for a part time person with your availability, your skills, at your rate in a location you are happy to travel to. What a great start!!! No telephone costs, no printing costs and less of your time. |
| Recruitment Agencies Permanent Employee | You will have to take the time to contact and then interview with every Agency you register with, and then rely on them to match you with prospective employers. This can make it difficult to be proactive. | The cost of telephone calls, printing and your time. The opportunity cost of employers being kept to narrow and specific parameters which may decrease your chance of being considered further. |
| Recruitment/ Employment Agencies Contract Workers |
Agencies are required to cover not only the cost of your salary but also a percentage markup to cover their costs. This markup can be 20%, 40% or more. A client can only pay so much for a resource. You may miss out on the opportunity because the marked up cost is too much or alternatively you may have to reduce your rate to fit in with the employer’s cost parameters. You are also the agency resource and should the employer want to convert you to a permanent employee it is likely to be required to pay a large placement fee. | You will be receiving 20- 50% less for your work than the employers is paying and that can be a lot of money just in the first few days. |
| Weekend Newspaper Classified advertising | Small to medium print advertisement in a weekend paper. Cost is payable every time you want to place the advertisement. You can not be sure that employers will be looking for employees in the weekend classifieds | $100 -$200 per week |
| Community Newspaper Classified Advertising | For a small advertisement in one community newspaper for one week. You can not be sure employers will be looking for candidates in a community newspaper. | $122 per week |
It should be noted that Recruitment and Employment agencies have widely varying fees which may be higher or lower than those detailed above. The information above is indicative only. You may like to contact a recruitment agency of your choice to complete your own cost comparison.
