| Topic Name: |
Temporary Pools |
| Message Name: |
Temporary Inhouse Pools |
| Date Posted: |
12/16/1999 |
| Message: |
In the late '70s I was Employment Manager for a rapidly growing oil service company. Our corporate office constantly had multiple requisitions open for administrative and clerical positions. It was frustrating for me to interview several applicants for a position, then hire the one we thought was the best match and dismiss the rest of the applicants, eventhough one or more of them was obviously qualified to fill one or more of our typical requisitions. I started a rather low profile inhouse temporary pool that worked like this: (1) we told the suitable applicant he/she was being hired on a temporary basis with no guarantee of regular status, but if he/she was performing satisfactorily in their temporary assignment at the end of 90 days, he/she would be reclassified to regular status (with benefits and DOE reverting to their temporary start date). (2) the Company was solely responsible for assigning the person to their first temporary assignment. When the first assignment ended before 90 days, the Temp. was offered one or more assignments, and could choose which assignment he'she preferred, if there was a choice, or elect to accept or decline an assignment when there was only one available. If declining, the Temp. could do miscellaneous projects in Human Resources (there's never an end to filing and telephone calls, right?) for a maximum of three weeks. If another open requisition came up during the three weeks, the Temp. could interview for it. If not hired, her/his employment terminated. (3) If a Temp. worked more than 90 days on their first assignment, they could either elect to become a regular employee in that job or take the option of being considered for other openings that had come up. However, he/she could only transfer from the temporary assignment after a replacement was hired. This system worked very well, the hiring managers were very pleased, we got the cream of the crop and all the people we hired on a temporary basis remained with the company until the office was relocated.
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