CAREER PLANNING AND TIPS
12 July, 2022
One million. That’s the number of job vacancies Canada’s post- covid economic surge has flourished. Businesses are in acute need of workers to fill in such a large number of unfilled positions, notes Statistics Canada.
For a staffing company like ours, Patron Career Staffing adopts a tailored approach to deliver high-tech solutions for all temporary and permanent recruitment needs of our clients all over the GTA. We have a multifaceted understanding of the pros and cons that temp and perm jobs can offer to employees and our clients.
There’s an ongoing dilemma in every employee’s head, as to choose between temporary and permanent work. With our self-curated blog, we aim to suppress jitters of new employees shifting from temp to perm work or vice-versa in the work field.
WHAT IS TEMP EMPLOYMENT?
Temporary employment is also known as precarious work is a type of employment that caters to a seasonal working job in which there is a preset end date or which terminates as soon as the project is finished or some predetermined goals are accomplished.
It can entail part-time, temporary, term, or contract-based employment. It is often associated with less job security, an unstable working environment, less pay, fewer benefits, and little or no amount of training offered by the employer.
However temporary employment is becoming more and more popular in Canada because it is less expensive for employers averse to permanent employment. Temp work is also ideal for students or immigrants looking to enlarge or gain experience in different work settings, or even for people who recently lost their jobs and want to take a calculative step to explore new career fields.
WHAT IS PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT?
Such a job criterion offers the worker a full-time job contract with their employer. Perm employees are paid directly by their employers, it doesn’t have a predetermined end date and offers more financial stability, and comprehensive benefits like paid vacations, bonuses, health care, and other statutory perks.
A permanent contract employee is a long-term investment for businesses. They tend to be more loyal, have higher commitment, and are eligible for transfers within the company. That way, companies can save costs on hiring and recruiting fresh employees. They only need to retain current employees who are acquainted with their company’s vision, mission, and culture.
Another fantastic feature perm employment offers is protection from sudden job termination – with extensive paperwork and severance policies in place, like advance notices in case of layoffs. Permanent employment is more common in the public sector as it provides stable jobs to the workers. Whoever works a minimum of 35 or more hours per week is considered a permanent employee of that company.
WHAT ARE SOME BENEFITS OF PERM EMPLOYMENT?
Working as a permanent team member of the concerned company such as the auto industry, HR, manufacturing, tech, health sector and staffing agencies (being the most prominent employers in Canada) will land you and the employer in a better position than term employment.
You will be subjected to a palatable working environment, conducive to your growth in the sector. The productivity of perm employment is directly proportional to that of its employer. This is likely because permanent contract employees will put in more labor and reach their full potential to achieve the organization’s goal. Their performance morale is also quite high as compared to temporary workers.
Another tempting feature of this type of arrangement is the sense of security it provides to its long-term employees. Whether you are working as a part-time or full-time perm employee, you get entitled to greater job satisfaction. Job security instills longing for the designation and the company as well. Financial stableness and steady paychecks boost employee morale.
Depending on the company size, hiring an optimal ratio of perm to temp employees will better your chance of surviving the market competition. Hourly wages for a perm employee are much less than that of a temp employee.
Another advantage of hiring perm workers is that cost of training new perm employees once, then training term employees every other month or year will be conveniently less. It saves a lot of time, effort, and cost for employers.
Being a perm employee you can enjoy paid leaves, vacation time, and retirement benefits and pension plans. You also have access to employer-sponsored insurance wherein you and your employer will share the cost of the premium.
WHAT ARE SOME BENEFITS OF TEMP EMPLOYMENT?
If you are someone who prospers on trying new things and working in different environments, then temping might be for you. In Canada, temp workers usually are subjected to a less than 30 hours per week working period.
This arrangement is also best suited for students or recent college grads who are in search of part-time employment to learn new skills and enhance their financial capacity or build resume references for future roles.
As a temp worker, you can steer your career ship because there is no concept of job longevity! You have control over your work-life balance with the freedom of taking career breaks as and when you desire. You can have more time for yourself and your loved ones.
You may even maneuver network relations in the company and build extensive references by meeting like-minded people who may benefit you in the long run.
As an employer, you can save up on exorbitant labor costs by relying on temporary employees for short-term projects. This cost-effective method will save your time during the hiring process also.
Temp employees can cover up the gap easily for perm absentees who are on sick or maternity leaves, and for abrupt departures too. This ensures smoothness in the working culture and productivity is also not vitiated.
HOW A STAFFING AGENCY CAN HELP YOU?
A staffing firm or an external recruiter can connect job-finders to their ideal preferable industry or company. This is where we come in. By utilizing our extensive contacts and clientele in the GTA and Ontario, we can provide you with fast-track temporary and permanent solutions for all your hiring problems. Our job at PCS is simple- to unite a reliable workforce with the right employer.
Should you be interested in landing a job, you can directly search our new job openings including manufacturing, warehousing, IT and administration, transportation, and other staffing services.
