Eight questions to ask a staffing agency before you sign
Most employers choose a staffing supplier on the rate and whether the person on the call seemed capable. Both are weak signals. Here are eight questions that produce answers you can check.
HIRING IN THE EU
Equal treatment from day one: what you owe a temporary agency worker
The commonest mistake a first-time user of agency labour makes is assuming the rate is the whole conversation. A quote that only works below the equal-treatment floor is a liability priced as a discount.
How to check a Lithuanian staffing agency is actually legitimate
If a staffing agency in Lithuania tells you it is licensed, registered and compliant, you can verify that in about a minute. Very few employers do.
The permit holders already in Lithuania: the pool most employers overlook
Every employer we speak to in Lithuania assumes a non-EU hire means a permit application, a quota slot and a wait of several months. There is a second pool, and it is already inside the country.
How we assess welders, electricians and drivers before they get on a plane
A CV tells you almost nothing about whether a welder can lay a clean root pass or whether a driver can reverse an articulated trailer into a loading bay. Every…
A new hire's first 90 days in Lithuania: the employer's part
The contract is signed, the visa is in the passport, and the flight is booked. What happens over the next three months decides whether your new hire is still with you in a year, and a fair part of it sits with the employer rather than the worker.
Hiring non-EU truck drivers in Lithuania: the employer checklist
Lithuanian haulage companies have been hiring drivers from outside the EU for years, and the route is well trodden. What still catches employers out is…
Latvia or Lithuania: a practical comparison for employers
Companies operating on both sides of the border ask us regularly which country is easier to hire into. The honest answer is that they are close, and the…
Planning a seasonal hiring peak six months ahead
Every year we get the same call in August from a food producer who needs forty people in September. Sometimes we can help and sometimes we cannot, and the…
Why agency placements fail — four failure modes and how to avoid them
Employers who have used an agency before usually arrive with a story about one that went badly. It is worth taking those stories seriously, because they nearly…
The employer's first thirty days with a newly arrived crew
The permit is issued, the flights are booked, and four workers land on a Tuesday. What happens over the next month decides whether they are still with you in…
Accommodation: what employers are expected to provide
Accommodation is the part of international hiring that employers think about last and workers think about first. It is also, in our experience, the single most…
What it really costs to hire a third-country worker
We are asked for a price on the first call and we usually decline to give one, which frustrates people. It is not evasion. A number without its assumptions is…
Direct employment or temporary staffing: which model fits your operation
Companies usually arrive at us having already decided the answer to this question, and about half of them have decided wrong. Not because one model is better —…
Who employs the worker? What a temporary staffing contract actually covers
Most disputes between a company and a staffing agency come down to one question that nobody asked at the start: who actually employs this person? It sounds…