Staff Outsourcing

We provide outsourced mid-management, specialist, and fixed-term professionals aligned to your operational and strategic requirements, including roles above the current earnings threshold.

Through a rigorous and insight-led search process, we secure high-calibre talent efficiently, enabling your organisation to maintain momentum while we manage the complexities of sourcing and placement.

This approach allows you to focus on core business priorities, with the assurance that critical roles are filled with the right expertise at the right time.

Typical Use Cases

  • Fixed-term contracts to support short- to medium-term requirements.

  • Backfill placements to ensure continuity during transitions.

  • Project-based teams to deliver on defined initiatives.

  • Support for organisations operating within fixed headcount structures.

Search Without Selection

Our Search Without Selection solution provides a flexible, cost-effective approach to talent acquisition, enabling your organisation to retain full control of the selection process while benefiting from our expertise in sourcing and screening candidates.

We manage the attraction and initial evaluation of talent, presenting you with a qualified pipeline from which you can conduct interviews and make final hiring decisions at your discretion.

Service Options

  • 1
    AD Response Handling.
  • 2
    AD Response Handling with Minimum Criteria Filtering.
  • 3

    Continual AD Response Handling – One Fee – Unlimited Hires.

The Talent Partner

The Talent Partner is a retained staffing solution designed to optimise your recruitment investment, strengthen your talent acquisition strategy, and deliver consistent access to high-calibre professionals.

This model reduces reliance on external recruitment spend while enhancing the quality, efficiency and strategic alignment of your hiring process.

The Baard & Partners Advantage

  • A dedicated recruitment specialist focused exclusively on your organisation.
  • Proactive market coverage to identify and engage top-tier talent.
  • Exclusive industry alignment, partnering with only one organisation per sector to ensure full commitment.
  • Bi-annual talent mapping of priority and specialist roles to support long-term workforce planning.

  • Preferential executive search rates included as part of the partnership.

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Temporary Employment Services (TES)

Temporary employment services bridge the gap between organisations and workforce demands, enabling businesses to scale efficiently and with confidence.

We provide both temporary and permanent staffing solutions aligned to your operational requirements. Whether your business experiences seasonal demand, project-based resourcing needs, or fluctuating workforce levels, our approach ensures continuity while reducing employment-related risk.

Each engagement is supported by our in-house legal expertise, ensuring compliance and uninterrupted service delivery at every stage.

Key Benefits

  • Streamlined recruitment and onboarding processes.

  • End-to-end human resources administration and workforce management.
  • Reduced exposure to employment-related risk and disciplinary processes.
  • Greater control over staffing costs and overheads.
  • Access to skilled professionals aligned to your operational needs.
  • Full compliance with BCEA and LRA requirements.
  • Replacement staff provided where required to maintain continuity.
  • Reduced administrative burden relating to labour relations and union matters.

  • Comprehensive payroll and compliance management.

Labour Consulting

Our in-house legal expertise provides comprehensive labour consulting services designed to support your organisation in managing workforce matters with confidence and compliance.

These services can be structured on an ad hoc basis or through a tailored retainer model, depending on your operational requirements.

Our Services Include

  • Drafting, review, and implementation of employment contracts.

  • Development and structuring of company policies and procedures.
  • Specialist labour law advisory aligned to current legislation and best practice.
  • Ensuring compliance with industry-specific legislation and applicable case law.
  • Support with Labour Department queries, audits, and inspections.
  • Negotiation and verification of union rights in accordance with Section 25 of the LRA.

  • Representation in union engagements and collective negotiations.

  • Drafting of formal notices, warnings and disciplinary documentation.

  • Independent chairing of disciplinary hearings and grievance proceedings.

  • Facilitation of retrenchment processes, performance management, ill-health and incapacity inquiries.
  • Access to a comprehensive Labour Manual tailored to meet your organisational requirements.
  • Representation at CCMA and relevant Bargaining Councils.
  • Assistance with UIF and COIDA registrations.