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Contract Workers or Labour Hire? What’s The Difference?
Every once in a while, businesses require extra “hands” to help out with work overflow or to cover for an absent employee. Because of the short-term nature of these kinds of positions, businesses often prefer to hire employees on a non-permanent basis. It is at this moment that the manager in charge has to decide [...]
How Trades Labour Hire Can Help Your Business
Having high-quality tradespeople for your business is not something that you can afford to take lightly. This is because the quality of the people you have on the ground can determine whether an operation succeeds or fails. Hiring the best tradies for your mining, manufacturing or construction business is, therefore, one of the most important [...]
Labour Hire Costs Vs Benefits
In business, labour needs are always changing. A business may be overstaffed today and then become understaffed just a week later without any changes being made to the employee roster. There’re two common reasons why labour needs keep changing in companies. These are: – Worker absences. Your employees will sometimes miss work due to reasons [...]
Labourers For Hire From Labour Hire Companies Are a Great Option
Fluctuations in workloads due to changes in demand for products or when taking on extra projects make maintaining the right number of employees quite a difficult task for companies. Hire too many employees during peak seasons and you are left with idle employees to pay when the peak is over. By hiring temporary labourers when [...]
The Use Of AI In Recruitment
There are a few different schools of thought out there when it comes to the subjects of both recruiting and employment and the affects AI (Artificial Intelligence) [...]
Why Social Media Is Now So Important For Recruitment
Whether you’re a job seeker or an employer looking to find new staff members, in the modern age social media is playing a bigger and bigger role in recruitment and employment circles. And it’s little wonder, with so many of us online these days. It only makes sense that the internet – and social media [...]
The Labour Hire Agreement: What You Need To Know
Not everyone fully understands what a labour hire agreement actually is or what it involves, so in this post we’ll take a look at labour hire agreements [...]
Things To Consider Before Taking Job In Another City
In this post, read up on the factors that should be taken under consideration prior to taking a job in another city. Jump To Section: Costs Of Relocation What Are The Long Term Consequences? Weigh The Pros And Cons Further Resources When you are searching for a job you may come across one that involves [...]
Looking For Labour Hire Solutions? What To Ask
A business seeking to hire labour needs to ask themselves exactly what they are looking for; what role needs to be fulfilled and the time frame in which the person is needed. Jump To: Labour Hire Solutions Explained Labour Hire Solutions – What Questions To Ask? A business seeking to hire labour needs to ask [...]
Labour Hire Australia
Reasons why labour hire is popular with many businesses There’re several reasons why temping as a service has grown to become an entire industry – the labour hire industry. Labour hire offers the following: Workforce flexibility. Many businesses face periodic fluctuations in demand, meaning their labour requirements keep shifting throughout the year. Labour hire gives [...]
Legal Obligations For Labour Hire Companies in Australia
2002 estimates by the Australian Government Productivity Commission put the number of Australians working through labour hire at about 270,000 – that was about 2.9% of the [...]
BCP Opinion: Recruiting Trends In 2019
All businesses need workers – fulltime, part-time, casual or temporary – and it doesn’t matter what industry your business is in either. Whether it’s white collar, retail, [...]
Perth & WA Monthly Industry News Bulletin – May 2019
WA achieves budget surplus thanks to increased ore prices and a higher GST allotment; The EPA gives approval recommendation for $516 million Greenbushes lithium mine expansion; McGowan’s [...]
5 Benefits of Labour Hire To Your Workforce
Almost any position in the organisation can be filled by labour hire – from positions that require highly skilled and specialised personnel to those that require no skills. This has proven invaluable for a lot of organisations, enabling them to maintain a lean permanent workforce while still having adequate workers during peak seasons. This has [...]
Labour Hire Solutions Explained
There are many ways to hire staff in the current climate including recruitment agencies, online advertising and even word of mouth. But how much do you know about labour hire firms? From fully trained staff with trade qualifications to specialised administrative staff, a labour hire firm can be the staffing solution you’ve been looking for. [...]
Quality Temporary Staff – How It Can Help Your Business
It’s not difficult to find temporary staff members to fill the odd role in a short term project. Guaranteeing the quality of these temporary staffers, though, is another matter entirely. So, when you do find a temporary staff member who gets the job done professionally and fits right in on your team, it’s worth rewarding [...]
A Guide To Labour Hire For The Mining Industry
Learn everything you need to know about labour hire for the mining industry from how labour hire works through to advantages to hiring staff yourself vs hiring [...]
WA Monthly News Round-up for Nov 2018
Landfill-free age beckons for Perth as Kwinana waste plant construction commences, new tax for oil and gas companies, and female participation in BHP’s South Flank operation lifted; all in our WA monthly news brief. Landfill-free Perth beckons Construction works have commenced on Australia’s first large-scale waste-to-energy plant located in Kwinana. As well as creating jobs, [...]
Employee Of The Month: Mark
Mark has been employed with Blue Collar People for the past 4 months as a general labourer and constantly receives positive feedback from our customers. Mark always accepts work, is reliable and puts in a solid days effort. He is also eager to learn new skills and further his knowledge. Thank you for all of [...]
Best Ways For Businesses To Advertise Job Vacancies
When your business has a need to fill a short-term role or recruit permanent staff, there are a number of ways to promote your needs in and around Perth. Let’s take a look at some of the common methods used Jump To Method: Noticeboard and Local Papers Online Labour Hire Firm Noticeboards and local [...]
Work in Perth – What is Better?
In this post, read about the different factors to consider when moving to Perth for work. Australia is a huge country with a population of just over 24 million people. Our eastern and central states have a combined population of approximately just over 22 million. So that leaves just 2 million people that call Western [...]
WA Monthly News Round-up for September 2018
Bid to make Perth a hub for LNG promises a jobs bonanza for WA, plans to build a new plant for manufacturing railcars in Perth unveiled, and a new bill to modernise the state’s outdated water laws to be introduced; all in our WA monthly briefs. Proposed LNG hub promises job bonanza for WA WA [...]
Casual Skilled Labour Is Hard To Find
Have you considered labour hire as a source of casual skilled labour? Going through the recruitment and training process is both time consuming and often expensive for your business. Labour Hire may be the solution. Read about how blue collar labour hire can be a great source of skilled labour. When your business is seasonal, [...]
10 traits of the ideal worker
What makes you the ideal worker? [updated: 31/03/2019] We are all human and we all have very different personalities and traits. The workforce is a very diverse mix of people, however there are a select few of us out there that have particular traits that make us the ideal worker. Ideal workers have some common [...]
Your Business Will Benefit With Blue Collar Workers
Our blue collar workers are quality employees ready to get to work – simple. Whether your recruitment needs call for temporary or permanent staff, you can rest assured in the knowledge that we have a pool of qualified talent, available today, to suit your unique needs. Blue Collar People can connect you with the right workers [...]
