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What is a Staffing Agency?

A recruitment company is a operation contracted by an employer to help with its recruiting needs. Recruitment Agencies find temporary staff to fill all kinds of jobs, from temp staff to casual staffing in a number of career fields. Whether a operation needs Accounts Payable, Credit Controller or Accounts Payable Administrator contractor, a employment agency can source the right candidates. Recruitment 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 3 million people are employed by recruitment company, and recruitment agency hire 8 million temporary staff every year.

Function of a Recruitment Agencies

Staffing Agency not only bring expertise to the employment process but they remove the time and administration work out of the recruiting process. Hiring a worker can cost 6 to 23 percent of the role’s salary and take 26 to 46 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 businesses.

If a enterprises needs employment agency, it uses a recruitment agency. 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 agency are a good fit.

For job seekers, an staff agency can be the ticket to getting that full-time accounts payable or credit controller 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 enterprises and industries, whether you are looking for temporary, part-time, permanent or contract roles.

In order to register with or work with a employment 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 staffing agency will be the ones hiring you. When a temporary position is a match for you, the recruitment agency 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 businesses. For candidates it is free to register and there is no charges if placed by a recruitment agency into a new job.


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