At CPI, our 26 plus years of success have come from delivering the best value to our clients. The cost you pay for our services will vary based on several factors including account volume, workers compensation insurance costs, lead-time for our staffing managers and the degree of difficulty in locating the best fit for your organization. We understand that cost is a very important issue, and we assure you that our rates are always competitive and in many cases, less than that of other service providers.

It’s no secret that hiring is hard work. At CPI, we take care of all the tedious, time consuming, and expensive parts of the hiring process, so you can consider top candidates for your open positions without losing focus on your organization’s top priorities.

Here’s how our process works:

Step 1: Before we start recruiting, we will learn as much as we possibly can about your organization, your mission, your products and/or services and also your corporate culture. In many cases, we will schedule a worksite visit to ensure we thoroughly understand your needs.

Step 2: We will then develop a detailed hiring profile of your ideal job candidate(s) that clearly defines the skills, experience and personality traits you require.

Step 3: We will create a recruiting plan to source the right people. Our plan will include a wide range of tools, including job postings, classified advertising, networking, direct recruiting and our proprietary database to recruit people who are best qualified for your hiring needs.

Step 4: We will screen, interview and conduct appropriate skills test, reference checks, drug urinalysis testing, and local courthouse criminal checks. When requested additional background checks may be performed to verify the qualifications of each candidate and determine which individuals best match your needs.

Step 5: We will present profiles of the best fit candidates to you for your review. If needed, we will facilitate interviews between your team and our candidate.

Step 6: For temporary employees, we will provide an initial orientation to the position and ensure our employee knows your exact requirements and expectations. For full-time employees, we will facilitate the process of offer negotiation and acceptance to ensure a successful hire as quickly as possible.

Step 7: We will follow-up with you after the placement to ensure you are completely satisfied with the employees we have referred.

While our goal is to help you find the right person as quickly as possible, our most important goal is to ensure you hire the right person. At CPI, we put quality first.

The time frame for successfully finding an employee(s) for you is going to vary based on your specific needs, our current applicant database, and the amount of information we are able to collect during the course of the order being open.

For temporary assignments, we are typically able to provide an excellent employee(s) in less than 24 hours, and often the same day. For contract-to-hire and direct hire positions, more extensive recruiting is typically required, and the process can range from several days to several weeks depending on the level of the position and the scarcity of the skill set required.

Every applicant is reference checked based on the work history provided by the applicant. All applicants submitted for employment have local county (Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Clay) courthouse criminal checks conducted. If you require, we can also provide additional services, including: driving record screening and/or additional criminal background checks. The CPI Group can provide these services as well as meet any other needs you might have for background or security checks. These can be coordinated through our office for a fee or you may decide to do them yourself through your usual service providers.

We realize that not every job is a fit for every person and sometimes that is not clear until the person is working. Our Contract-to-Hire and Trial Hire programs provide an opportunity for you to see an employee(s) in the work setting and determine if they will be someone you want to hire. If you are not satisfied with an employee(s), we can replace them. We also offer direct placement services and guarantees will vary based on contract for each client.

The CPI Group is a full-service staffing company and we provide well-qualified candidates for temporary and full-time jobs in all areas of clerical, professional, industrial and trades. Thanks to our extensive local candidate database and aggressive recruiting methods, we can fulfill hiring needs in most if not all areas of your business.

There are four reasons to use CPI as your hiring partner:

• To find better quality employees faster
• To eliminate the risk of making a bad hiring decision
• To save time, so you can focus on more important tasks
• To reduce your labor and hiring costs

At CPI, we pride ourselves on consistently delivering the highest quality employees. When you need to hire, our recruiting methods will give you access to the largest possible talent pool. And our stringent screening methods will ensure that we provide individuals who will be the best match for your specific hiring requirements.

By using CPI’s Contract-to-Hire and Trial Hire services, you can also eliminate your risk of making a bad hire. If you are not satisfied with an employee(s) hired through either of these programs, CPI can provide a replacement employee(s) before you have made the investment of hiring them onto your payroll.

When you partner with CPI, we manage all aspects of the hiring process, including defining job specifications, placing job postings and recruitment advertising, screening, interviewing and testing candidates, facilitating interviews, managing offer negotiation, and providing preliminary orientations to your firm and your expectations. We manage all the time consuming details, so you can stay focused on your work.

And when it comes to managing costs, CPI can help you reduce your labor expenses. Our services can allow your business to maintain a smaller core workforce while having on-demand access to the talent you need to keep up with your busy times. We eliminate excess labor and benefits expenses while also reducing your costs for management and HR administration. For our temporary employees, CPI fees include the cost of payroll, statutory taxes, workers compensation, unemployment costs and payroll administration. And when you need advice on staffing and employment issues, our trained and certified office staff will be more than happy to provide consultation.

For smaller companies, CPI will help you become and remain legally compliant by first auditing your internal HR process, formulating a plan to overcome the areas that need to be addressed and then designing a plan that will keep your internal human resource function operating effectively. Some clients even decide to outsource their HR management to us long term just as they do for their IT needs with a professional IT outsourcer.

For larger companies, we assist in project based needs to assist in such areas as employee handbooks, compensation, job and salary studies, performance appraisals, employee relations, severance packages, termination procedures and regulatory compliance to name a few.

More experience. More than a quarter century of experience delivering proven staffing, team development and human resource management guidance to our clients.

Single source provider. CPI is a true full service HR firm; in-house industry experts who are there for you where you need them and when you need them.

Superior results. Working with us will help you more efficiently manage your workload, increase your productivity, and drive down labor costs.

In today’s business world, can you afford not to have expert HR counsel? Employment laws are constantly changing, and ignorance of these laws puts your business at tremendous legal risk.

But small business can’t afford full-time HR professionals, and Fortune 500 consulting firms are simply too expensive. That’s what makes CPI’s HR Advisory Services so desirable. For a very reasonable fee, we provide you with access to world-class HR expertise, customized to your specific needs.

CPI can protect you from the legal liability of non-compliance and sloppy personnel management practices, as well as showing you how to implement HR best practices that will improve productivity, enhance morale and reduce turnover.

All of our HR consultants possess many years of experience with professional certifications in human resources, benefits and compensation. They also have very strong business and customer service skills and the ability to balance solid human resource practices with sound business principles.

Based on the type of training needed, CPI will custom design a program to specifically meet your organization’s needs. CPI’s professional trainers will either deliver the training onsite or at a selected off-site location. Depending on the type of training selected, various means of delivery will be employed including, but not limited to, PowerPoint and video presentations. All associated training material will be provided by CPI.

All organizations' training needs are unique; therefore, CPI will custom design programs to meet specific training goals set by you and CPI for no additional design costs. The level of excellence provided in the training is designed to maximize your return on investment for the development of a highly effective workforce. The cost of training programs will vary depending on the type and variety of training needed and the number of participants involved in the classes.

The size of the training facility, the type of training, and the time involved with delivery will dictate the sizes of each workshop.

CPI’s professional trainers have individually over 20 years experience in providing professional high caliber training to a variety of clients, from Fortune 1000 companies to small entrepreneurial organizations. Our trainers are located both locally and regionally and will learn the unique challenges your organization faces with developmental training of your employees.