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What is a Staff Agency?

A employment agency is a operation contracted by an employer to help with its hiring needs. Staffing Agencies find recruitment to fill all kinds of jobs, from executive recruitment to temp staff in a number of career fields. Whether a enterprise needs Sales Support, Resource Coordinator or Sales Support Manager contractor, a staffing agency can source the right talent. Staffing 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 agency, and staffing agency hire 9 million temp staffing every year.

Function of a Staffing Agencies

Staff Agency not only bring expertise to the employment process but they remove the time and administration work out of the hiring process. Employment a worker can cost 7 to 20 percent of the role’s salary and take 29 to 41 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 enterprises.

If a companies needs employment agency, it uses a staffing agency. Staff 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 staffing agency are a good fit.

For job seekers, an recruitment company can be the ticket to getting that full-time sales support or resource coordinator role. Recruiters can open doors to positions that may not be easy to find on your own. Recruitment Company allow you to try out different companies and industries, whether you are looking for permanent, full-time, part-time 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 staff agency will be the ones hiring you. When a temporary position is a match for you, the staffing agency will call you to tell you about the position and arrange the assignment. If you don't hear from a staff 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 employment 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.

Staff Agency charge fees to operations. For candidates it is free to register and there is no charges if placed by a staffing agency into a new job.


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