FAQs for Employers
What is it like to partner with a temporary staffing and recruiting agency?

What are the benefits of partnering with a temporary staffing and recruiting agency?
Employers can expect many benefits when they partner with a temporary staffing and recruiting agency. Most importantly, you’ll save time and money without sacrificing quality. A full-service agency typically offers services including temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire staffing, each of which brings its own advantages.
When you work with a staffing agency, you can expect:
- Quick access to candidates to cover short-term needs such as maternity leave, project work, or seasonally busy periods.
- Lowered hiring risks when you try a temporary-to-hire employee on the job before extending an offer.
- All the legwork required to hire taken care of for you like, sourcing, screening and onboarding.
- More time to spend on your priorities because you’re not tied up on administrative tasks.
- Shortened time to hire for even tough-to-fill roles.
What sets The Advance Group apart from other temporary staffing agencies?
At The Advance Group, we are best known for our industry and local expertise as a locally owned, WBENC certified, staffing agency in Toledo, OH; Southgate, MI; and Monroe, MI. We have served employers for over thirty years with flexible services that can be adjusted to your needs. Our staffing team members are certified by the American Staffing Association (ASA) as Certified Staffing Professionals (CSP), assuring employers of our proven knowledge of labor and employment laws. This professionalism is reflected in our exceptional customer service. We’re here for you 24/7.
Curious to hear what our satisfied clients have to say about our staffing and recruiting services? Visit our Testimonials page to read their experiences and discover why The Advance Group is the right choice for all your staffing needs.
What staffing services does The Advance Group offer to employers?
The Advance Group gives employers the advantage of three customizable staffing and recruiting services: offers three primary types of services:
Temporary Staffing Services
Fill in for vacations, leaves and demand spikes without adding to your permanent workforce. Our temporary staffing and recruiting agency recruits and screens each candidate so you know you are getting reliable, qualified help.
Temp-to-Hire Staffing Services
Try one of our employees at your location to evaluate their skills, work ethic and cultural fit before adding them to your team. Temp-to-hire staffing is a risk-free hiring option.
Direct Hire Recruiting
Need a full-time employee with the skills and experience to make a positive impact on your organization? Advance recruits and screens qualified job candidates and presents the best for you to choose from for full-time employment.
How can The Advance Group’s temporary staffing services help my business?
The Advance Group is committed to helping businesses find the right people in a challenging market. As a leading staffing agency in Toledo, Southgate, and Monroe, we help employers with some of their most difficult business challenges. We’ll help your company become a destination employer that attracts top talent. You’ll have access to the people you need to get work done and the flexibility to adapt to economic ups and downs. Best of all, you’ll save time and money doing it! Learn more about our services.
What industries does your staffing agency specialize in?
The Advance Group specializes in manufacturing and administrative staffing in Toledo, Southgate, and Monroe. We’ll help you find the people you need to keep up with production demands and grow your business.
Some of the light industrial and manufacturing jobs positions we fill include:
- Assembler
- Factory Worker
- Machine Operator
- Packaging
- Quality Control Inspector
- Warehouse Worker
- Welder
Our temporary staffing and recruiting agency also staffs for administrative and clerical jobs, including:
- Administrative Assistant
- Client Relations Manager
- Executive Assistant
- File Clerk
- Office Clerk
- Office Manager
- Staff Assistant
How can I get started with staffing services from The Advance Group?
Getting started with The Advance Group is simple—just use our contact form to tell us about your requirements or request a visit, and an expert from our temporary job agency will promptly reply. Contact Us
What locations does The Advance Group serve?
We offer direct hire, temp-to-hire, and temporary services in Ohio and Michigan, with locations conveniently located in Monroe, MI; Toledo, OH; and Southgate, MI.
The Advance Group has long been a strategic partner to Pro-Pak Industries, providing us a vast degree of human capital to meet our ever-changing personnel needs. As a strategic partner, members of The Advance Group team have become actively engaged in our business, understanding our processes and building report with plant supervision. Their staff has been truly professional and aligned with our business so that we are collectively supporting one another, especially with the recruitment, development and retention of our greatest asset. I highly recommend The Advance Group to assist you with your pursuit of your next talent acquisition.
“The Advance team does a phenomenal job to make sure you get the associates you need right away and keeps an open line of communication with you to make sure your requirements are fulfilled. Associates are very professional and ready to work. 100% satisfied working with the Advance Team.”
“The Advance Group is a GREAT strategic staffing partner!! They understand our multi-site business model and provide custom solutions to meet our needs. Proactive in responding to market conditions.”
“I just want to let you know how Grateful we are for all your assistance in finding great associates and also to let you and your team know that Advance is our top agency once again. Advance has always exceeded our request and given us nothing but the best associates.
Not sure how you evaluate your folks but you’re doing phenomenal and kicking the competitions butt here. Your associates are always very respectful, reliable and want to work. Secondly, we are not seeing a lot of this from the competition and I just wanted to give you and your team a kudos here. Thanks for being great!”
I have had the pleasure of working with The Advance Group for over a year now and it is very clear that this recruiting company is customer driven. The Staffing Specialist and Regional Manager that handle our company account have been very patient and have gone above and beyond to make sure Advance is doing everything in their power to get contract employees through the door as fast as possible. Advance was able to supply more applicants than their competition in 2019 and also maintained leading percentages for filling job titles that are in the highest demand at our company. I look forward to working with The Advance Group in 2020!!!!
We are very happy with the quality and attendance of the people The Advance Group sends us right now. They earned the spot to be our only supplier even though the cost is more, we have value.
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