Redeployment
Redeployment is placing a temporary worker in a new assignment when the current one ends. Instead of letting a good worker leave the agency between jobs, the agency finds the next role before or just after the last day. It keeps known workers busy and saves the cost of recruiting someone new.
Every assignment ends. A seasonal peak is over, a project finishes, a client scales down. For the worker that is a moment of risk: without a next job, they look elsewhere. For the agency it is a chance. A worker who already proved themselves at a client is the easiest person to place again.
How does redeployment differ from recruiting a new candidate?
| Redeployment | Recruiting a new candidate | |
|---|---|---|
| Who | A worker the agency already placed | Someone the agency does not know yet |
| What the agency knows | Track record, reliability, client feedback | Only what the candidate says in the screening |
| Steps needed | Check availability and fit for the new role | Sourcing, screening, intake and checks |
| Time to start | Days | Often longer |
Recruiting stays necessary for growth. Redeployment makes sure the agency does not lose the people it already has.
Why do agencies lose workers between assignments?
- Nobody calls in time. The assignment ends on Friday and the agency calls the next Wednesday. By then the worker has found something else.
- The ending is not visible. End dates sit in contracts and planning tools, not in a list consultants check.
- Too many people to call. At the end of a season dozens of assignments end in the same week.
How do you organise redeployment?
- Track end dates. Know which assignments end in the next two to four weeks.
- Ask early. Contact the worker before the last day: do they want a new assignment and when can they start?
- Check what changed. Availability, preferred shifts, travel and new certificates. See availability check.
- Match on track record. Use the client feedback to choose the next role.
- Record the answers in the applicant tracking system (ATS), so every consultant can propose the worker.
What does redeployment save a staffing agency?
A redeployed worker skips most of the recruiting process. The agency fills the next order faster and at lower cost, because there is no sourcing, no new screening and no new intake to plan. It also raises the fill rate: known workers are often the quickest answer to a new client order. Workers who are offered the next job also have less reason to look elsewhere.
How does Ringtime help agencies redeploy workers?
Ringtime's AI agents contact workers whose assignment is ending, by phone or WhatsApp, on top of the ATS the agency already uses.
- Recruiters add workers to a campaign from the ATS, one at a time or in bulk, through Ringtime Connect on a supported ATS.
- The assistant asks your questions, for example whether the worker wants a new assignment, from when and for which shifts.
- A worker who is already in another conversation waits, so nobody gets two calls at once.
- Workers who want a new role can get an intake booked with a consultant.
- The answers land in the Ringtime web app and in your ATS.
To keep your workers busy between assignments, see how Ringtime works for staffing agencies.
