Why TERRA?

In today's competitive marketplace, we know you have options when selecting a resource for your temporary workers and your recruiting needs. Here's why you should choose TERRA:

Whether your need is for quality temporary workers or to fill an opening for a regular employee, TERRA has the experience and proprietary systems to ensure you The Right Fit.

TERRA is staffed by human resource professionals. Twenty five percent of our client service staff hold a certification in the field of human resource management. We understand the challenges of managing the "people side" of business. Our goal is not to simply make a placement, but to make a qualified match that impacts your bottom line in a positive way.

You'll be working with specialists. At some staffing services you may be working with a placement person who has to try to fill temporary and career positions requiring accountants, adminstrative assistants, warehouse people and production workers all at the same time. These generalists can't possibly understand your specific needs and industry or the differences in the people they are trying to place. The result? A bad fit.

At TERRA our recruiters are specialists.

At TERRA Staffing Division recruiters handle administrative and management positions. They are highly trained specialists who understand the unique needs of this market segment.

At TERRA Industrial our staffing people focus exclusively on meeting the specialized needs of our production / industrial customers. We understand your need for production capacity. We understand distribution. We understand the challenge of 24 hour-a-day operations. And we understand production employees. TERRA Iindustrial has developed a propriety On-Demand System to ensure you have the Right Fit for your production workers. The right workers. When you need them.

You won't be caught in the wake of a revolving door. The average tenure of our staff is more than four years. That means you can spend your time focusing on meaningful work instead of building new relationships constantly with a recruiting firm. We know you've got better things to do!

You have one primary point of contact. Unlike other recruiting firms that bombard you with multiple phone calls from every member of their commissioned sales staff, when you work with TERRA you only have to deal with one person. Our recruiting staff are paid market-based salaries and are rewarded as a team for creating positive results for clients. They work together as a team on your behalf, with one member of the team serving as your primary point of contact.

We represent finalists only. We will never waste your time with a deluge of resumes for candidates who "come close." Our job is to screen potential candidates down to only the finalists — those who are a true fit to the opportunity and expectations of your organization. Our testing and screening processes are tough. Not everyone makes the cut, but our clients wouldn't have it any other way.

Your payroll hassles are gone. Our temporary payroll is done locally - by direct deposit. Most national temporary staffing firms process their payroll at central locations far from their local branch offices often in different time zones. When problems arise clients find themselves in the middle, often having to get involved and deal with irate temporary employees. At TERRA, we own our own payroll service company, TERRA Accounting and Payroll Services, LLC (TAPS) operated at our local corporate office in Everett, WA. We do not issue payroll checks - we either deposit a temporary worker's pay directly into their personal bank account through direct deposit or we issue the worker a personal payroll debit card and deposit their pay directly into that account. If any problems arise we deal with it immediately so you don't have to.

Employees like working for TERRA. When you've been named a Best Company to Work for in Washington State six times recruits notice and it makes it easier to recruit top employees. While we have a huge recruiting market budget to attract top talent our best employees often come from referrals by other satisfied employees (see our references).

We measure and report our performance metrics to our customers. Accountability. You expect your employees and managers to perform to your standards and measure their progress. We think you should do the same with your staffing company. We'll discuss different staffing metrics that are important to you, we track those and report back so we can measure our progress toward the goals we share. It's that kind of partnership that our customers have come to expect from TERRA.

We believe the best indication of future performance is past success. We thoroughly check the references of all candidates and we encourage you to check ours as well. Read what other employers have to say about TERRA.

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