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Many of our clients are worried about employment costs and they often ask us to explain the differences between recruiting permanent staff and the alternative - using an SRG Associate – or temporary worker.

An assumption is often made that temporary workers are the more expensive option, however you may be surprised to learn that in fact they can be a very effective alternative to recruiting an equivalent permanent member of staff, in terms of cost, flexibility as well as speed to recruit. More and more companies are using temporary workers, there are now 1.4 million temporary workers in the UK, which is 6% of working population and this figure is increasing with growth of 7% in the last year.

Cost - Temps Save You Time and Money
Add-on costs for your permanent staff are now significant with an ever increasing range and cost of benefits and this is in addition to the increased HR/payroll/admin and management costs due to legislation compliance. Utilising an SRG Associate ensures no ongoing HR cost and you can free up your time to concentrate on other business objectives. Research shows that companies actually pay more per productive hour for their own permanent employees than for an SRG Associate - see Cost calculator below.

Flexibility - When you need resource
You retain a contractor only for as long as needed. You have access to specialist skills when you need them, which can match variable workloads. In addition we do offer you the opportunity to try before you buy – with our ‘Bench Interview’ option.

Speed - four times quicker to get to work
Due to our significant investment in candidate attraction, supported by our award winning candidate care, our Associates can be fully productive on average 2 weeks after you give us the requirement to fill. This compares very favourably against an average of 8 weeks to recruit a permanent employee.

Quality - 98% of SRG Associates provide quality work
The number of skilled and qualified scientists wanting to work on a flexible basis is increasing every year. Many candidates now prefer to work on this basis and the feedback from our quality surveys shows that the work quality produced by SRG Associates is frequently higher than clients own permanent employees.

Try our Cost Calculator!
Do you know how much your permanent employees actually cost you? Our calculator helps you work out the total annual cost of your employee and the actual productive hours they work a year - and therefore their actual cost per hour. Our research shows the average actual cost is more than the hourly cost of an SRG Associate and that a scientist on a basic salary of £15,000 can actually cost you £23,345 – an add-on of 56%! Access the cost calculator.

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