Staffing Services

Ensure your projects stay on track with our contract staffing services. Austin Nichols Technical Temporaries has connected top talent in the construction, manufacturing, and engineering space for more than 30 years.

Connecting Top Talent With Temporary Work

For 36 years and counting, we've bridged the gap between top talent seeking temporary work and engineering, manufacturing, and construction businesses in need of contract hires.

We support both businesses looking to enhance their workforce and job seekers seeking exciting new opportunities in the engineering, manufacturing, and construction sectors.

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Contract/Temporary Staffing

Our contract and temporary staffing services provide businesses with skilled professionals who match your technical needs to fill long-term absences or project work.

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Contract-to-Hire Staffing

Evaluate potential long-term employees through a trial period, balancing a long-term vision with short-term risks, ensuring that both the employer and the employee are the right fit before making a permanent commitment.

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Contractor Payrolling

Our Contractor Payrolling makes us the employer of record for your temporary employees. We cover employer payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation insurance, optional medical/dental/life insurance, 401(k) administration, and more.

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Interim Executives

Whether you're a startup seeking a CEO, a company on a hiring freeze needing a VP of Talent Acquisition or Chief People Officer, or exploring long-term options with an interim executive leader, our consultants are a great solution. 

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Direct Hire

By leveraging our extensive network and industry expertise, our sister company, Austin Nichols Technical Search, streamlines the hiring process by recruiting top, passive talent, saving you valuable time and resources while securing the best candidates for your critical, permanent roles.

How We Help Businesses & Professionals

With Austin Nichols Technical Temporaries, you gain a partner dedicated to fulfilling your staffing and career needs in the engineering, manufacturing, and construction industries. From discovery call to post-hire, we're here to support you and your growth.

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Our contract/temporary staffing services connect businesses with skilled professionals ready to tackle projects in the engineering, manufacturing, and construction industries.

We take the time to understand your unique requirements, ensuring that we match you with candidates who not only possess the necessary expertise but also fit seamlessly into your company culture for the duration of the project/extended employee absence.

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Your engineering, manufacturing, and construction projects require a particular set of skills, and we pride ourselves on our ability to source highly qualified technical professionals across various disciplines.

With our Contract-to-hire Staffing, execute your long-term vision with the short-term risks of a temporary employee before making a permanent decision.

Our team works diligently to understand the scope of your work and provide contract staff that can add genuine value to your initiatives.

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Found your ideal candidate for a temporary project? Our Contractor Payrolling makes us the employer of record for temporary employees you've found. This service frees you from the legal requirement to offer these hires the same benefits as your internal employees.

We handle payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, optional medical/dental/life insurance, optional 401(k), etc. Since this isn't our core business and you've already found the candidates, we offer it as a value-added service for just 30% of the pay rate.

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Direct hire staffing services offer a streamlined approach for businesses to fill permanent positions. These services focus on understanding your company's needs to attract the right candidates. By handling the entire recruitment process—sourcing, screening, interviewing, identification of candidate concerns, offer extension, and securing acceptances—direct hire services save time and resources, allowing organizations to focus on core operations.

Our extensive networks and targeted strategies to locate candidates that fit both the required skills and company culture. This accelerates hiring and reduces turnover, boosting employee retention, satisfaction, and productivity within your organization.

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Contractor Payroll Solutions

Our contractor payroll solution offers a cost-effective alternative to directly payrolling temporary employees, which can be expensive due to federal regulations requiring equal benefits for all workers. By making Austin Nichols Technical Temporaries the employer of record for your recruited temporary staff, we simplify the process, reduce costs, and ensure compliance with employment laws. This service handles accurate onboarding and payrolling for your temporary or seasonal workforce, allowing your company to focus on core operations while we manage the complexities of contractor payroll administration.

For contractors, our payroll solutions provide peace of mind, guaranteeing timely compensation and transparent access to their earnings. Through our streamlined processes, contractors can easily track their payment schedules and benefit from our resources designed to enhance their overall experience. 

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Contract-to-Hire

Finding the perfect fit between employers and employees is key to long-term success. Our contract-to-hire services offer both businesses and job seekers a flexible solution that allows for evaluating talent before making a permanent commitment.

  • Benefits for Employers: This approach minimizes hiring risk, enabling companies to assess a candidate’s skills and cultural fit in a real working environment before extending a full-time offer.
  • Advantages for Job Seekers: Candidates gain the opportunity to showcase their abilities while exploring the company culture, allowing them to make informed decisions about potential long-term employment.

Testimonials

Working with Austin Nichols has been a standout experience due to their exceptional communication and dedication. They consistently kept in touch throughout the entire search process, ensuring I was always updated and involved. Their attentive approach means they truly listened to my needs and tailored their efforts accordingly. Most importantly, they demonstrated relentless commitment, working tirelessly until the right candidate was found and the position was successfully filled.

– Melissa
manufacturing client

Solid reputation aside, how Austin Nichols has delivered for our organization over the past several months has been off the charts. Their recruiters are some of the best I've had the pleasure of working with. The industry knowledge, awareness, consultative-spirit, and responsiveness they show has enabled us to focus on other areas of talent acquisition because we have a trusting relationship with Austin Nichols.

– Derrick
manufacturing client

I worked with the Austin Nichols team for several years, where they provided several long term temporary employees (sometimes in the double digits). They get to know you, your culture and are able to provide temps that are going to work well in your environment.

– Jennie
manufacturing client

The screening process at Austin Nichols was impressive, leading us to hire the very first candidate they recommended. His qualifications allowed him to start contributing immediately. After a few months, it became clear that he was destined to become a valuable permanent member of our team, so we officially brought him on board. I wholeheartedly recommend Austin Nichols.

– Glenn
engineering client

I have utilized Austin Nichols exclusively for my professional staffing needs for several years now.  Positions at my company involve both field work and regional travel which can seriously limit the candidate pool.  Despite those challenges, Austin Nichols has been able to consistently produce high quality candidates in a timely manner to meet my business needs.  I highly recommend them!

– Casey
engineering client

If you are in the direct hire recruiting space and would like to help your clients with their temporary/contract work, Austin Nichols has been a great partner for Abacus Search in this area.  We have worked with Austin Nichols for over 15 years.  We are able to invoice our clients directly and Austin Nichols handles the rest!  From background checks, drug screens and payroll processing, they are a delight to work with.  They even handle all the taxes and provide benefits for our contractors.  If you are looking for an outstanding solution to providing contract/temporary placements to your clients, Austin Nichols is your team!

– Mike Blair
Abacus Search and Staffing

Our global company has worked with multiple recruiting firms over the past several years, including retained, contingent and those that offer to payroll contract employees. As VP of Talent, it’s my obligation to our organization to uphold the highest standards with zero or very low margin of error when we engage a third party. That standard has been set by Austin Nichols. The thoroughness of their vetting process is top tier, and far above the most well known national and global retained search firms we have engaged. My sense of relief when extending a new req to Austin Nichols is paramount. It means it will be done right, with precision, with speed, and with the highest form of communication through the entire process.

– Shannon
manufacturing client

Why Choose Austin Nichols Technical Temporaries

With an average tenure of 12-13 years - significantly higher than the recruiting industry standard - our recruiters are passionate about helping businesses and job seekers find their perfect fit.

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temp-to-hire conversion rate

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years of combined technical recruiting experience 

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hire for every 2 interviews we set

After 36 years in business, our team has honed our expertise in connecting top-tier engineering, manufacturing, and construction talent with the right projects. You can trust in our long-standing commitment to excellence as we continue to navigate the evolving demands of the technical workforce.

Supporting Businesses in Kansas City and Beyond

We are deeply rooted in the Kansas City community and support local businesses. Our dedicated team leverages extensive local networks to connect companies with skilled engineering, manufacturing, and construction professionals who are not only capable but also deeply familiar with the regional market.

Beyond Kansas City, our services extend nationwide, providing businesses across America with access to a vast pool of talent. Our comprehensive approach enables us to source candidates from various geographic locations, ensuring that companies can find the right match for their projects no matter where they are based. 

FAQs

Get the answers to your most frequently asked questions about our engineering and IT contract staffing.

What industries do you specialize in?
We specialize in providing contract staffing services primarily for the engineering, manufacturing, and construction sectors. Our team has extensive experience understanding the unique demands and dynamics of these industries.
How do you identify the right candidates for our needs?
Our rigorous process includes a 30-minute client discovery call to understand your specific needs, highly engaging recruiting presentations that capture the attention of passive and active candidates, and thorough candidate interviews that assess both skills and cultural fit, ensuring the best match for your organization. We spend 60-90 minutes with each and every candidate, assessing their technical and cultural fit as well as viability, before we present you with a resume
Can you help with temporary and permanent staffing needs?
We can! We work on direct hire staffing via our sister company, Austin Nichols Technical Search.
What types of positions do you fill?
We provide staffing solutions for various roles, including most professional-level positions within engineering, manufacturing, and construction.
How do you ensure candidate quality?
We prioritize a quality-driven approach that includes strategic candidate guidance throughout the entire interview, hiring and onboarding process; extensive 60-90 minute candidate interviews; and a long-tenured team with deep industry knowledge, allowing us to deliver highly qualified professionals every time.

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