Frequently Asked Questions
How is Incentive Employment different to a Recruitment agency or Employment Service Provider?
Incentive Employment is NOT a recruitment agency. We are employment services placement brokers. Incentive Employment sources the best candidate for the job and is not tied down to one caseload of jobseekers. So, if your business is looking for someone experienced in manufacturing shower curtain rings, we will find them by approaching a large range of providers in your area! This also gives you assurance that we are not just putting forward a candidate for the sake of placing them.
My business gets a handful of people handing in their resumes every day – so why would I need assistance?
There is no doubt that the job market is competitive and job seekers coming in to your business may be of good quality. However, it can be a risk taking on someone you know absolutely nothing about. Having an Incentive Employment consultant working as a third party will ensure you know a lot more about potential staff. Added to this, you will get six months worth of support for you and your new employee with regards to employment matters to help develop that employee in to their new role – this includes possible financial assistance with further training and development. Finally, consider the wage cost saving you will make when making the most of training/wage subsidy. For example, if you put on 4 staff through Incentive in a financial year, at an average wage subsidy of $4000, that is a saving for your business of $16,000.
Do I have to pay Incentive Employment for their service or if they help me access Government funded Wage incentives?
Yes. Your investment is $350 to lodge a job vacancy, and a further $530 upon the commencement of employment. We will not take a cut of your wage subsidy, like some other employment brokers doing similar work. Our professional fee is offset by the wage subsidy we set up for your business. We will look after the negotiation of the wage subsidy to ensure it is what your business is entitled to, ensuring you aren’t missing out on extra funding. We will look after all the paper work and take the hassle out of the set up so you simply know the facts. Incentive Employment seeks to develop a long-term relationship with your business and to provide a sustainable low-cost service to help solidify this.
Do I have to allocate a lot of time to providing hours and filling out paperwork across the 26 weeks?
You may have to send payslips of the employee we have placed with you. From time-to-time we may also ask you to sign a document. We estimate in total the amount of time you will spend on paperwork or sourcing payslips is about 30 mins across the 26 week cycle.