How to Make Money with a 10 til 2 Franchise
These are the terms you will need to be familiar with:
- Placement: One employee working in one job|
- Margin: The difference between the hourly rate you bill a client for a 10 til 2 employee and the hourly pay the employee earns. The Margin is expressed as a percentage: (Bill rate – Pay rate / Bill rate = Margin).
- Billable Hours per Placement: The average weekly hours worked per placed 10 til 2 employee times an average of 4 weeks in a month; each placement may work as few as 4 or as many as 35 hours per week (this number must be in compliance with your state’s employment laws related to ‘part-time’ work).
- Total Billable Hours: This is the total of average monthly hours per placement multiplied by the average number of placements in a month.
- Average Bill Rate: The bill rates for each placement will vary depending on the type of position being filled; for instance, an administrative assistant may be billed out at $19 per hour, whereas, a full-charge bookkeeper may be billed out at $23 per hour. Your average bill rate will vary depending on the mix of placement types you have filled and the billable rates your market will bear.
- Direct Placement Fee Revenues: Some clients prefer to hire our candidates directly. The candidate is not placed on the 10 til 2 payroll, therefore, there are no direct costs associated with this type of revenue.
- Buy-Out Revenues: When a 10 til 2 employee has been working for a period of time in a job (our standard is 6 months), the client may wish to ‘buy’ the employee from us and put that employee on their own payroll. At this time we will charge the client a buy-out fee equal to the average of one-month cost of that employee over the 6 months of employment (based on historical information).
Here is how you make money:
- Build strong margins: Mark-up will vary between industries and markets. We will assist you in achieving the highest margins possible.
- Increase billable hours: The higher the better! You want as many placed employees working as many hours as possible; if your average employees work more hours per week, then you can have fewer placements while maintaining profitability.
- Maximize average bill rate: The higher the better; this rate will vary depending on your market conditions.
- Develop direct placements: This type of revenue has no direct costs; therefore, it is very good for the bottom line.
- Encourage buy-outs: These revenues will be reflective of the placement initially made (number of hours per week and bill rate); you lose the on-going revenue stream of weekly hours, however, you receive a large chunk of cash at one time and it means you have a happy client and a happy employee which leads to additional business. Often, it would take you months of an on-going placement to make the same revenue you can make from a buy-out fee.
"I read about 10 til 2 in AZ Parenting Magazine sitting in the waiting room of the Pediatrician’s office. I had recently left the corporate world to stay home with my children and was looking for something part-time where I could utilize my Accounting background. I knew that there were other men and women in my area that were struggling with the same issues. Additionally there is a large boomer population and I wanted to be able to help those that realized that retirement wasn’t exactly what they expected. My husband and I discussed the article and decided to call and see what the investment would be to open a franchise. I knew that this was something that the West Valley needed. I wasn’t so sure that I wanted a franchise, but after researching and talking with 10 til 2 I knew that this was the direction that I should be going. Everyone at 10 til 2 was so helpful in answering questions through the whole process of acquiring the franchise. The week of training in Denver was great. The training was hands-on and alive with applicable real-life experience from all of the founders. After training the support continued. It is so nice to know that help is just a phone call away."
Nelda Kane, West Valley/Phoenix, AZ Franchise Owner
News and Events
11/19/2008
KABC News 10 til 2 Segment - Link
11/11/2008
Tarrant County College Business Forum
10/01/2008
Entrepreneur Magazine: How to Make a Million
9/01/2008
Indy's Child Magazine
9/01/2008
Good Morning Arizona
9/01/2008
Colorado Biz Magazine-Top 250 Private Companies
8/25/2008
The Christian Science Monitor
8/15/2008
Columbus Dispatch
8/04/2008
Columbus Community Newspapers
8/02/2008
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
8/01/2008
Good Housekeeping Magazine
8/01/2008
Staffing Industry Review-Case Study: Giving Moms a Work/Life Balance
8/01/2008
Washington Woman Magazine-Getting Back in the Groove
5/09/2008
Franchising.com-The Power of Mom
