Temporary Staffing Services
Flexible workforce solutions built to keep your operation moving. When demand spikes, attendance drops, or production needs change quickly, LINK delivers pre-screened temporary talent who complete a safety orientation across Houston, DFW, and beyond.
What Is Temporary Staffing?
Temporary staffing gives your business access to pre-screened employees for short-term, seasonal, project-based, and variable-demand assignments, without adding permanent headcount.
LINK serves as the employer of record for all temporary employees. We handle recruiting, screening, onboarding, payroll, tax withholding, workers’ compensation, unemployment administration, and employment compliance throughout the assignment. Your team directs the day-to-day work. We manage the employment administration behind it.
Temporary staffing is often the right fit when you need to:
- →Respond quickly to production surges or seasonal demand
- →Cover absences, vacations, or unexpected turnover
- →Support special projects with a defined timeline
- →Launch new lines, shifts, or facilities
- →Add workforce flexibility without long-term commitment
- →Evaluate talent before making permanent hiring decisions
When Temporary Staffing Makes the Most Sense
Temporary staffing is built for variable demand. These are the situations where it fits best.
Production Surges
Seasonal demand, holiday volume, and unexpected order spikes. Ramp up in days without permanent headcount.
Coverage Gaps
Vacations, leaves, callouts, and unexpected turnover. Keep production lines staffed and shifts covered.
Project-Based Work
Defined-timeline projects, facility launches, equipment installs, and inventory pushes with a clear end date.
Hiring Flexibility
Workforce that scales up or down with your business, without long-term commitment or termination cost.
The 9-Step Employee Selection System℠
Every LINK candidate moves through nine sequential checkpoints before placement, so temporary talent arrives on your floor ready to work.
Industry-Specific Skills Interview
Interviewers go beyond standard questions to probe each candidate’s industry experience and confirm they meet the role’s real-world requirements.
Behavioral Compatibility Evaluation (LOPE®)
A proprietary conditional-reasoning assessment that surfaces work-related behaviors and attitudes: reliability, dependability, and engagement under real job conditions.
Physical capability assessment
The 9-Step screening process includes physical capability evaluation.
Role-Specific, Skill-Proficiency Testing
Candidates are tested on the exact skillsets the role requires, so candidates who advance are ready for the work.
Job-Matching Cultural Fit Program
LINK assesses each candidate for fit with your workplace culture and the job role, because workers who fit the culture tend to stay longer and perform better.
Drug Screening¹
All candidates for temporary and temp-to-hire positions must pass a drug screen to be considered for placement in LINK’s drug-free workforce.
Criminal Background Check²
Candidates undergo a criminal background check per client request, except where prohibited by state law, with depth tailored to client requirements.
LINK 360°℠ Safe Environment Program
An ongoing safety review and training program that minimizes risk across every key stakeholder in the placement, explored in depth in the next section.
Client-Specific Orientation
Before day one, every employee is briefed on your site’s expectations, protocols, and job scope, so they arrive ready to perform from the first shift.
1 Where applicable by law. 2 Per client request and applicable state law.
LINK 360°℠ Safe Environment Program
A proprietary safety review and training program provided with LINK Temporary Staffing, Temp-to-Hire, LINK On-Site and Payrolling. We work to minimize risk for clients, candidates, and every stakeholder in between, as a standard part of the way we staff. See the full LINK 360°℠ Safe Environment Program.
Pre-Assignment Safety Tour
LINK Safety Ambassadors visit your site before placement to identify hazards, review protocols, and document conditions.
Orientation & Role-Required Training
A safety orientation and a client-specific orientation for every candidate, plus free forklift or OSHA 10 training where the role requires it.
Multilingual Safety Materials
Safety briefings and acknowledgments in English and Spanish so every worker understands site expectations.
24/7 Triage Nurse Hotline
Round-the-clock nurse triage line for workplace incidents, so injuries are assessed and routed appropriately the moment they happen.
Continuous Safety Review
Ongoing site visits and client safety training updates help address emerging hazards as your operation evolves.
Where Temporary Staffing Fits
LINK supports temporary staffing across the industries where attendance, reliability, and hands-on performance drive output.
Manufacturing
Production associates · Machine operators · QC inspectors · Line leads
Logistics & Warehouse
Forklift operators · Order pickers · Shippers/receivers · Inventory clerks
Office & Administrative
Front desk · Data entry · Accounts support · Customer service
Energy & Utilities
Field support · Operators · Project labor
Healthcare Support
Sterile processing · Materials handling · Front office · Patient transport
Skilled Trades
Welders · Pipefitters · Sheet metal · Plumbers · Mechanics
Looking for Temporary Work?
LINK places workers into temporary, project-based, and temp-to-hire roles across Houston, DFW, and beyond. Many of our temporary placements lead directly to permanent positions.
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- Free forklift and OSHA 10 training (where applicable)
- 24/7 triage nurse assistance hotline
- Recruiter support throughout your assignment
Why Employers Choose LINK for Temporary Staffing
9-Step Employee Selection System℠
Structured screening before placement, not after problems show up on your floor.
LINK 360°℠ Safe Environment Program
Site safety tours, OSHA 10 training, and 24/7 triage nurse coverage built in.
LINKCORPS™
LINK’s veteran hiring program.
Employer-of-Record Services
Payroll, taxes, workers’ comp, and compliance fully managed by LINK throughout the assignment.
Fill speed
Most orders are filled the same day or within 48 hours.
Family-owned, founded in Houston in 1980
WBENC-certified Women’s Business Enterprise, staffing Texas employers since 1980.
Frequently Asked Questions About Temporary Staffing
What is temporary staffing?
What is the difference between temporary staffing and temp-to-hire?
How fast can LINK fill a temporary role?
Who is the employer of record for temporary workers?
How does LINK screen candidates?
What if a worker does not meet expectations?
Does LINK provide safety support?
What industries does LINK staff?
Need Talent This Week?
Tell us what your operation needs and LINK will deliver pre-screened temporary talent who complete a safety orientation. Most orders are filled the same day or within 48 hours.
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