Celebrating 20 Years as a Temp Agency & The Gold Standard in Temping

Well, Three Q has now been in business for over 20 years (how time flies?). But a lot has changed since 1999, the year Three Q was founded. Last year we reflected on how much has changed since 1999. To get a blast from the past, see our blog post: What Life Was Like In 1999. Now, we’re in our 21st year of business and to celebrate 2 decades of Three Q, we want to show our appreciation for Our People that helped us get here. That’s our office staff, clients and temps past and present. Without you, Three Q PERMS & TEMPS couldn’t have delivered on its promise to be the Quality Temp and Recruitment Agency.

Three Q TEMPS 20 Years in Recruitment

Temps

A big thank you to everyone of our temp workers that worked for us over the last 20 years helping us provide a quality service with quality temps. Throughout our history, our temps have gone above and beyond for our clients and our Temp Consultants. Your commitment to quality work is essential for providing the Gold Standard in Temping.

Clients

We want to say thank you to every client we’ve ever had, without our clients’ trust in Three Q, we couldn’t have developed and improved our service year on year. Continuous innovations, investments and refinements over 20 years have lead to Three Q providing the Gold Standard in Temping and that wouldn’t have been possible without our clients support and partnership.

Office Team

A big thank you to every member of our office staff. Each person has played their part in Three Q’s story and made the company what it is today. From Suzanne and Charlotte who have worked with us for over 10 years to the people who spent less than a year with us, each team member is greatly appreciated for working in accordance with our commitment to a quality, reliable service. 

How Are We Celebrating Twenty Years?

Entering our 21st year in business, we’re going to show our gratitude to our clients and temps with monthly competitions and celebrating stories from Our People of Three Q. We also want to show off our incredible team of temps with a series of videos on individual temps showcasing their work, personality, impact on our CSR causes such as the Spare an Hour Campaign and their life outside of temping.

The Gold Standard in Temping

Over the past 20 years we’ve been striving to improve the quality of service every year with innovations and improvements which have been led by our clients’ needs. Today, we’re proud to say we provide the Gold Standard in Temping. Over the year, alongside praising our quality Temps, we’d like to toot our own horn a little and talk about what exactly makes up our innovative, quality service.

After 20 years, we feel it’s a good time to reflect and remember. We’d like to ask our clients, temps and office staff past & present to reflect with us. If you have a Three Q story, we’d love to hear it. Tell us about an experience or memory you’ve had with us by emailing Aaron at: sales@3qrecruitment.ie 

If you’re a temp worker, job seeker, member of our office staff or a client, thanks for putting your trust in Three Q and here’s to (hopefully) a few more decades.

Thank you,

The Three Q Team

Employee Retention Starts Before You Hire

Introduction

With Ireland approaching nearing full employment, finding talent has become increasing difficult. This is something I’ve seen across sectors, including the one I work in. Constant staff turn-over is expensive and can effect service delivery. In sectors such as health-care, insufficient staffing can have potentially dangerous consequences for both the service deliverer and the service user. This bring to the fore the importance of Employee Retention. Here are 3 ways in which you can encourage employee retention at the Interview and On boarding stage.

Advertising your Job:

Most job ads tend to be targeted towards people who are actively searching for jobs however, with the current shortage of talent, engaging passive job candidates has become a necessity. They may not use job boards because they aren’t searching for jobs so diversify where you advertise. Use social media or professional networking sites to publicise your vacancy. Our Digital Marketing Executive, Aaron Nolan suggests tailoring your ads to a passive audience. Set yourself apart from other employers by telling potential job-seekers what makes working for you different.

Retention at Interview:

Review your candidate experience. Look at things like how long it takes for a candidate to know whether they are shortlisted for an interview or how long it takes for candidates to know the outcome of the interview. Once you’ve been though your current process, think about what you’d do differently if you were to treat a potential employee as a customer. During the interview, include questions that focus on the candidate’s work motivation.  Here are examples of questions you could use:

How does your current work contribute towards your future goals? What could your current company change to keep you from moving out?

This will help you ascertain whether the candidate’s wants, needs and goals are likely to be met in your organisation in the immediate or long-term.

Engagement during the ‘Silent Period’:

I recently read an article about The Silent Period. These are times of low communication and can happen either between the interview and final decision-making process or between the acceptance of the job-offer and start date. The HR Bartender suggests including hiring managers in the on boarding process. This could include something as simple as sending the candidate a quick note updating them about what’s happening in the hiring process or a quick phone call to keep them in the loop. Opening a dialogue between the candidate and hiring manager will allow for the manager to build a relationship with the candidate before the employee starts work. Another recommendation is providing information that the candidate will find useful in their first few days at work. For example, HR Coordinator James O ’Flanagan sends out a ‘Meet the Team’ document along with other on boarding documents so candidates know who they’ll be working with.

Finally, integrate what you’ve learnt about the candidate with other HR processes such as Career Planning, Comps and Benefits, etc. Understanding that candidates are individuals with different wants, needs and aspirations and communicating how your organisation’s culture, processes and benefits align with what they’re looking for, is key.