Staffing, search firms see varied impacts on employers, employees from pandemic

Employee staffing and search firms are seeing firsthand the effects of the coronavirus, from the need to hire more workers quickly to searches being put on hold.

By Grier Ferguson
| 3:30 p.m. April 15, 2020
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Courtesy. Sarasota-based HH Staffing has helped some clients staff up quickly during the crisis, says Owner Darrin Rohr.

Strategies

The coronavirus has caused a range of impacts on businesses, especially when it comes to their workforces.

Some companies, making essential items from face shields to hand sanitizer, have added more employees to their teams to get the work done. Other companies, seeing shrinking revenue, have slashed the employee base. Others fall somewhere in the middle, trying to hold steady as they shift existing employees to different tasks, work on long-term projects or push the pause button as effects of the pandemic play out.