Staffing Agencies: What You Need To Know

 

For more than a decade, staffing agencies have been providing employers a number of services and finding job opportunities for any job seekers in the US. Staffing agencies or employment agencies or head hunters as what companies call them, they act as a recruitment service for any employers who are looking for employees. These staffing agencies specialize in specific industry knowledge and also serve as a human resources who are recruiting and hiring people for a specific type of jobs such as dealing with issues concerning disciplinary actions and employees claims, payroll responsibilities.

 

These companies are also a great source for any employers who do not want to get involved in the hiring process and for any job seekers who are not able to get steady position. As a job seeker, there are few things you need to know. As a job seeker that applies through a staffing agency, there are few things that will transpire and these are 1. You will be interviewed for the position you are applying and if all goes well then 2, you will be hired by the staffing agency provided a temporary contract by the agency and you will then be released to the company for a full time employment on a later date. If in case you are not selected for the position, 3. The staffing agency will keep your name on their lists and if there are potential matches with your skills the agency will then contact you.  To learn more about staffing agency, visit http://www.ehow.com/how_6783083_start-temp-job-agency-home.html.

 

You also have to take note that these Staffing Agencies sometimes discourage job seekers by telling them that they have to undergo computer skill assessment examination before they will interview the person for the job. Which is why, it is also very important that you have to sharpen your computer skills before you even go to an interview. There are also some agencies that when a job seeker refuse to undergo computer skills assessment test they will not interview you for any jobs or even fail a number of tests so make sure that you practice.

 

As a job seeker, you also have to know and make sure whether the job that you applying are direct hire, temporary hire or contract hire from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EScATngzLCM. Most often these staffing agencies are also used by the companies to employ temporary contract and even contract for hire positions. The contract for hire is that employees are contracted to for a set of time and then after 3 to 6 months and by the end of the 3 to 6 months period the company will then choose an employee to hire full time and then simply asks the staffing agency to end the contract for those who are not chosen for the full time job.