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What is a Recruitment Agency?

A staff agency is a operation contracted by an employer to help with its hiring needs. Recruitment Agencies find temp staff to fill all kinds of jobs, from casual staffing to contract staff in a number of career fields. Whether a organisation needs Receptionist, Receptionist / Administrator or Temp Receptionist contractor, a staffing agency can source the right candidates. Staff Agency 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 staffing agency, and staff agency hire 7 million temp staffing every year.

Function of a Recruitment Agencies

Recruitment Agency not only bring expertise to the recruiting process but they remove the time and administration work out of the hiring process. Employment a worker can cost 7 to 21 percent of the role’s salary and take 29 to 43 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 organisations.

If a operations needs employment agency, it uses a staff agency. Recruitment 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 staff agency are a good fit.

For job seekers, an staffing agency can be the ticket to getting that full-time receptionist or receptionist / administrator role. Recruiters can open doors to positions that may not be easy to find on your own. Employment Agency allow you to try out different businesses and industries, whether you are looking for part-time, permanent, executive or contract roles.

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

  1. Find and register with one or more recruitment company
  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 recruitment agency will be the ones hiring you. When a temporary position is a match for you, the staff agency will call you to tell you about the position and arrange the assignment. If you don't hear from a recruitment 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 recruitment company will pay you directly. Once your assignment is over, you'll go back into the agency's pool to be considered for future assignments.

Recruitment Agency charge fees to organisations. For candidates it is free to register and there is no charges if placed by a staff agency into a new job.


At Staffing we recognise that a commitment to service Receptionist excellence can never waiver and needs to be as much about an organisation’s culture as a commitment to its stakeholders. Staffing has built a reputation for great recruit service and fantastic talent, the envy of many of our competitors. Call us today to discover how we can help turn your receptionist / administrator challenge into a solution! With a wide range of employment services we look forward to assisting you, whether you were referred to us or searched for our united kingdom education & training recruitment agency staff, gb mathematics teacher recruitment agency, physics teacher agencies in united kingdom 140, mathematics teacher education & training staff in united kingdom or gb secondary school teacher recruitment agency online.



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