5 Reasons Why AVAIL Beats Traditional Agencies When Hiring Your Next HGV Drivers.

There are a lot of pirates floating about in the agency industry. It’s not just fees that hirers complain about.?We have heard of ridiculous recruiter/employer contracts that are so heavily weighted in favour of the agency that it’s very much a “buyer beware” market.

Both hauliers and drivers would much rather not have to deal with them if there were a suitable alternative.

Well now there is

Hiring through AVAIL bypasses all those negatives. You know you will pay us only a very low daily fee, with no hidden charges or nasty surprises. You get to pick your own candidates too.

Here are 5 reasons why hiring through AVAIL is better than using an agency.

1. You save a lot of money

State the rate of pay and deal directly with candidate drivers. Avoid having to pay agency fees. We believe this benefit alone puts AVAIL at the top of an employer’s list of sources when hiring temporary HGV drivers.

You pay AVAIL just ￡7.50 per shift when you hire a driver from our pool of over 20,000.

2. Pushing unsuitable candidates – not at AVAIL!

A recruitment agency works the business as a numbers game. The more candidates they can put in front of a client, the more likely it is that one will eventually prove acceptable. When you hire through AVAIL, you pull in only suitable candidates based on your own judgement, rather than have candidates pushed at you by your agency recruiter.

3. Agencies keep too much of your money – low pay for drivers is not a recipe for success

One commenter on LinkedIn reported that he had been quoted 50% of his annual salary to fill a (permanent) post. It’s difficult to consider a service that charges such outrageous fees. If an agency retains 40% of the money you are laying out, what does that say about the quality of drivers who will work for those rates?

You don’t just save significant amounts of money when you hire through AVAIL, you are rewarding your new driver with a greater share of your outlay rather than padding the profits of an agency. It’s fairly obvious that low-paid drivers will never feel inclined to deliver the kind of excellent service that a well-paid driver will do.?And it’s not costing you any more, and probably a lot less, than hiring through an agency.

4. Drivers much prefer to deal directly with employers

Read any HGV driver forum and the same complaint appears time after time – the agency does not seem to care about my preferences and sends me along to interview for unsuitable jobs. Agencies in general (across all industries) have a poor reputation, although there is a notable and praiseworthy exception. Plus, with AVAIL the driver receives 94% of any rate offered with no deduction by an agency.

This is why AVAIL has quickly built up a pool of over 20,000 drivers who are more than willing to talk to employers needing good and reliable temporary staff. You will notice a marked difference because now these individuals are talking directly to their potential new employers and not just yet another agency recruiter.

5. You get a wider pool of drivers to choose from

An agency pushes whatever drivers on their books appear to meet the requirements you set out. That means you are depending on your agency contact to interpret what you need and filter their potential candidates accordingly.

It’s far better when you yourself can browse through a list of possible candidates who have responded directly to your job posting on our platform, shortlisting those that might be a good fit. You have far more choice, greater autonomy and a much better chance of hiring a very good driver.

Try AVAIL for your next HGV driver hire. It’s fast and easy to use, and saves you a lot of money!

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If you're interested in saving ￡1,000's on your HGV Driver supply and want some information, then click here or have a few questions about the AVAIL platform, then contact David Roberts for an informal chat.