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What is a Staffing Agency?

A staff agency is a enterprise contracted by an employer to help with its recruiting needs. Employment Agencies find employment agency to fill all kinds of jobs, from recruitment to temp staff in a number of career fields. Whether a enterprise needs Talent Acquisition Consultant, Talent Acquisition Specialist or Talent Acquisition Resourcer contractor, a recruitment agency can source the right talent. Recruitment Company tend to have 3 primary areas of focus with many also specializing by industry:

  1. Permanent Recruitment
  2. Temporary Staffing
  3. Executive Search

According to [American Staffing Association] in the America over 2 million people are employed by recruitment agency, and recruitment company hire 9 million temp staff every year.

Function of a Employment Agencies

Staffing Agency not only bring expertise to the hiring process but they remove the time and administration work out of the recruiting process. Recruiting a worker can cost 6 to 22 percent of the role’s salary and take 28 to 50 days on average to fill.

A recruiter handles the search process and matches up an employee with the job in question, lining up potential candidates who interview with the operations.

If a companies needs recruitment, it uses a recruitment company. Staffing Agency provide skilled employees to work on a temporary or contract basis. Often these roles are known as ‘temp to perm’ positions, whereby the temporary role may lead to a permanent position if the worker and recruitment company are a good fit.

For job seekers, an employment agency can be the ticket to getting that full-time talent acquisition consultant or talent acquisition specialist role. Recruiters can open doors to positions that may not be easy to find on your own. Recruitment Agency allow you to try out different organisations and industries, whether you are looking for executive, temporary, contract or part-time roles.

In order to register with or work with a recruitment company, you'll have to do one or more the following steps:

  1. Find and register with one or more recruitment agency
  2. Fill out an online application
  3. Upload your resume
  4. Interviews and possibly assessments (if short-listed for roles)

If you secure temporary or contract work, the staffing agency will be the ones hiring you. When a temporary position is a match for you, the recruitment company will call you to tell you about the position and arrange the assignment. If you don't hear from a staffing agency right away, there may not be any opportunities at the moment, but check in weekly to show your continued interest in a placement. Once you're placed, you'll usually complete an online time-sheet and the staff agency will pay you directly. Once your assignment is over, you'll go back into the agency's pool to be considered for future assignments.

Staffing Agency charge fees to organisations. For candidates it is free to register and there is no charges if placed by a recruitment company into a new job.


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