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What is a Recruitment Agency?

A recruitment company is a organisation contracted by an employer to help with its hiring 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 organisation needs Accounts Payable, Credit Controller or Accounts Payable Administrator contractor, a recruitment company can source the right candidates. 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 staffing agency, and recruitment company hire 7 million employment agency 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. Hiring a worker can cost 7 to 23 percent of the role’s salary and take 29 to 42 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 companies.

If a enterprises needs temporary staff, it uses a recruitment company. 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 recruitment company 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, full-time or executive 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 employment 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 recruitment 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 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 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.

Recruitment Agency charge fees to businesses. 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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