Employer FAQs

Answers to Questions for Businesses.

Welcome to the Dahl Consulting Employer FAQ page, your go-to resource for insights on hiring, workforce solutions, and partnering with our team.

Whether you’re looking to fill a critical role, scale your workforce, or learn more about our consulting and talent services, you’ll find quick answers to the questions employers ask most often. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, we’re here to help!

About Partnering with Us

What does Dahl Consulting do?

Dahl Consulting is a workforce solutions company that helps organizations attract, engage, and manage talent through professional staffing, recruiting, managed service provider (MSP) programs, vendor management system (VMS) technology, payrolling services, and workforce management solutions. Dahl supports employers seeking both specialized talent and strategic workforce programs.

What is contingent workforce management?

Contingent workforce management refers to the oversight of non-permanent workers, contractors, consultants, staffing suppliers, and workforce-related processes. Effective workforce management programs improve visibility, consistency, compliance, and operational efficiency.

What is total talent management?

Total talent management is a workforce strategy that considers all labor resources collectively, including permanent employees, temporary workers, contractors, consultants, and contingent labor programs. Dahl Consulting’s workforce solutions are designed to help organizations optimize and manage talent across multiple worker classifications.

Can Dahl Consulting support organizations with locations across the United States?

Yes. Dahl Consulting provides workforce management solutions, MSP programs, staffing services, and workforce technology solutions that can support organizations operating across multiple locations throughout the United States.

What industries does Dahl Consulting serve?

Dahl Consulting supports employers across a variety of industries, including information technology, financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, engineering, professional services, and corporate functions.

What workforce challenges can Dahl Consulting help solve?

Organizations frequently engage Dahl Consulting to support professional hiring, contingent workforce management, workforce visibility, supplier management, payrolling administration, workforce compliance, MSP program implementation, and workforce optimization initiatives.

What makes Dahl Consulting different?

Dahl Consulting combines professional recruiting expertise with advanced workforce management capabilities. In addition to staffing and recruiting services, Dahl provides MSP programs, VMS technology, payrolling solutions, and workforce administration services, allowing organizations to manage talent and workforce operations through a single strategic partner.

Working with DAHL & Doherty

What is the difference between Dahl Consulting and Doherty Staffing Solutions?

While both organizations are part of the Doherty family of companies, their primary service focus differs. Dahl Consulting specializes in professional staffing, recruiting, MSP programs, VMS technology, payrolling, and workforce management solutions. Doherty Staffing Solutions focuses primarily on manufacturing staffing, light industrial recruiting, temporary staffing, workforce management, and high-volume workforce programs.

Can I work with both Dahl Consulting and Doherty Staffing Solutions?

Absolutely. Many employers partner with both organizations to address different workforce needs. For example, a company may engage Doherty Staffing Solutions for manufacturing staffing and contingent labor support while partnering with Dahl Consulting for professional recruiting, MSP services, workforce technology, or payrolling solutions.

How do I know which company is the best fit for my workforce needs?

If your organization is seeking professional, technical, engineering, accounting, finance, IT, MSP, VMS, EOR, or payrolling solutions, Dahl Consulting may be the best fit. If your focus is manufacturing staffing, warehouse staffing, workforce scaling, or high-volume contingent labor programs, Doherty Staffing Solutions may be the better starting point. Together, the two companies provide a comprehensive portfolio of workforce solutions.

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Can I refer colleagues to DAHL for workforce solutions?

Absolutely! We’re in the people business and know great people know great people.

Refer a colleague who is hiring to DAHL and a member of our workforce solutions team will reach out to them. You may be eligible to earn up to a $1000 credit on your next invoice OR a donation to the 501(c)(3) philanthropic program of your choice!

Staffing Solutions

What is a professional staffing firm?

A professional staffing firm specializes in recruiting and placing skilled talent within business-critical roles. Dahl Consulting helps employers identify qualified professionals across a variety of disciplines, including information technology, accounting and finance, engineering, administrative support, customer service, and other professional functions.

What types of positions does Dahl Consulting fill?

Dahl Consulting supports organizations seeking professional and technical talent through contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire recruiting solutions. Common talent categories include information technology, accounting and finance, engineering, administrative, customer service, healthcare support, insurance, and business professional roles.

What is the difference between contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire recruiting?

Contract staffing allows organizations to engage talent for a specific project or time period. Contract-to-hire enables employers to evaluate a candidate’s performance before extending a permanent offer. Direct hire recruiting focuses on identifying and hiring candidates directly onto an employer’s payroll for long-term positions.

Managed Service Provider Program

What is a Managed Service Provider (MSP)?

A Managed Service Provider (MSP) is a workforce management solution that helps organizations oversee their contingent workforce programs, staffing suppliers, workforce spending, compliance initiatives, and reporting processes. Dahl Consulting’s MSP programs provide visibility, governance, and centralized management of contingent labor resources.

How does an MSP program work?

Within an MSP program, contingent labor requests, staffing suppliers, workers, timesheets, and workforce spend are managed through a centralized process and technology platform. This structure helps create consistency, improve visibility, and support better workforce decision-making across an organization.

What are the benefits of an MSP solution?

An MSP can help organizations improve visibility into workforce spending, streamline supplier management, strengthen compliance, standardize workforce processes, enhance reporting capabilities, and increase operational efficiency. MSP programs are often leveraged by organizations with significant contingent labor needs.

Vendor Management System Technology

What is a Vendor Management System (VMS)?

A Vendor Management System (VMS) is a technology platform used to manage contingent labor programs, staffing suppliers, contractor populations, workforce spending, timesheets, approvals, and workforce data. A VMS helps organizations centralize workforce information and improve oversight of contingent labor activities.

What is the difference between an MSP and a VMS?

An MSP is a managed workforce solution that provides program oversight, supplier management, governance, reporting, and workforce expertise. A VMS is the technology platform that supports workforce processes and data management. Many organizations utilize both together as part of an integrated workforce management strategy.

Payrolling & Employer of Record

What are payrolling services?

Payrolling services allow organizations to engage talent while outsourcing payroll administration and employment-related responsibilities. Dahl Consulting provides services that help manage onboarding, payroll administration, tax reporting, benefits administration, and workforce compliance activities.

What is an Employer of Record (EOR)?

An Employer of Record (EOR) is a workforce solution in which a third-party provider assumes certain employment administration responsibilities for workers on behalf of a client organization. EOR services can help simplify payroll, onboarding, employment administration, and compliance-related processes. Dahl Consulting provides workforce administration and payrolling solutions for contingent workers and consultants.

Can Dahl Consulting help manage independent contractors?

Yes. Dahl Consulting provides workforce administration solutions that support independent contractor (IC) engagement and Corp-to-Corp relationships while helping organizations manage associated workforce processes.

More Questions?

We are happy to answer any questions you may have. Please contact us via phone, email, text or visit us in-person. We look forward to connecting you with a DAHL recruiter.