Are you looking for a shipyard job? Have you considered working with a staffing agency that specializes in marine career placements? If not, you might want to think about working with these professional recruiters to help you find the best opportunity that matches your skills, experience, and interests. Staffing agencies are in place to help companies source and hire top talent, and place qualified individual on jobs. So should you use one? Yes, and here’s why.
Make yourself easier to find.
Sometimes, especially for high volume or labor-intensive jobs, companies will reach out to their staffing agency partners before advertising to the general public. If you’re working with an agency, you will be first in line for consideration for these positions when they do become available.
Represent the agency.
When you are placed on a job with an agency, you are effectively a representative of them. They care that you do a good job because it increases their positive reputation and their customer satisfaction. A recruiter wants you to succeed, so they are unlikely to put you in a position that isn’t suited to your skills, background, or interests.
No investment of money.
You should not have to pay for an agencies services. In the vast majority of reputable companies, the fee agreement is made between the staffing firm and the client. Many candidates are hesitant to work with an agency because they are afraid that the service will take money off the top of their pay. That is not the case. The position pays what it pays, and the client will pay an additional percentage on top of that cost to cover the agency’s fees.
Help with negotiation.
Another often underappreciated benefit of working with a recruiter is their ability to help candidates with salary negotiations. This is especially true when they are working with individuals who have specific trade skills, such as pipe fitters or electricians. They want you to earn top dollar for your position because that means their fee is greater as well. And if you deserve it, they can get it for you.
Resources and networks.
Finally, when you work with a recruiter you are able to tap into resources and networks that may not be available to you as an independent job seeker. Especially with a company that specializes in marine placements, they already have a network in place in an industry that is less accessible than some others. You can make use of this and expand your reach by working with a recruiter.
Work with a leader in shipyard staffing.
Are you looking for your next shipyard job? Contact the recruiters at Hutco to see how we can help today.
