NEWS

What is a Staff Agency?

A recruitment agency is a business contracted by an employer to help with its recruiting needs. Staffing Agencies find temp staff to fill all kinds of jobs, from contract staff to executive recruitment in a number of career fields. Whether a organisation needs a Trade full time, trade part-time, trade contractor or a scaffolder staff, a employment agency can source the right staff. 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 2 million people are employed by employment agency, and recruitment agency hire 7 million temporary staff every year.

Function of a Staffing Agencies

Staff 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 8 to 20 percent of the role’s salary and take 27 to 45 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 businesses needs recruitment, it uses a recruitment 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 recruitment agency are a good fit.

For job seekers, an employment agency can be the ticket to getting that full-time casual staff or seasonal staff 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 organisations and industries, whether you are looking for full-time, temporary, contract or permanent 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 staff 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 staff 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 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 recruitment 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 organisations. For candidates it is free to register and there is no charges if placed by a recruitment agency into a new job.

We hope you enjoyed this article and that you have a greater insight into what is required to secure a well paid 2 job, part time job or contract. Whilst securing a job can often be a challenge, securing a job which advances your career is an even bigger challenge. The Career Advice resources were last updated December 2018 and are aimed to help you decide such things as whether you stay in the same role for more than 3 to 7 years or whether you are being underpaid $5,185 (or possibly overpaid) as a 2. Employers benefit by viewing suggested salaries or wages, and can even use our Position Description Builder quickly tailored to their company's employment expectations. As an business, if you have 2 employment needs Australia wide, please call us on 1300 790 330 for expert recruitment from the most trusted employment agency team. At Staffing we are fortunate that with our hard fort reputation as being one of the top employment agencies in Australia (often ranked between 4 and 8), the majority of candidates and operations are referred to us. If you found us by searching for casual recruitment, overtime contractor providers, 6x65, stock take manager, staffing or christmas casuals then we look forward to helping you with your organisation's employment requirements or helping you accelerate your career.

For more Casual Staff Career Advice see below additional resources to find the perfect job:

• Creating A Fantastic Resume
• Recruiting Facts
• Australian Recruitment Industry Facts
• Top Reasons For Resigning
• Top Reasons For Leaving
• Questions You Are Likely To Be Asked In An Interview