The temporary staffing sector is experiencing secular growth, as businesses increasingly turn to temporary staffing to control costs and make work forces more flexible, says William Blair & Company Analyst Timothy McHugh. “This is driven in part by the swings in the economy over the last five to 10 years, some of the changes to benefits programs, such as health
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Recruitment Agencies
A recruiter is an individual whose sole job is the finding of suitable candidates for specific jobs and positions within companies. Outside recruiters, or headhunters, will often represent several clients simultaneously, and it is not uncommon for individuals to form larger recruitment agencies, in order to expand and diversify candidate pools, as well as to simply increase business volume. Some
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Temps and Temping Agencies
Temping agencies offer a specific type of staffing solution to companies, providing a stable of temporary employees (or “temps”) available for short- and long-term work placements. These workers are retained and compensated by their agency, which loans them out to client companies. Though temps are often hired to fill specific roles with limited durations, many agencies also supply temps-to-hire, giving
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Outsourcing & Contracting
Outsourcing is a term used to describe the contracting out of certain functions or aspects of a business to an external service provider. This is a beneficial practice in today’s corporate world that allows companies to focus on their core objectives, while placing tangential, secondary, or support work in the hands of professionals with specialized expertise. Through contractual agreements with
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Recruitment and the Hiring Process
Of all the human resource functions that have developed in today’s corporate world, recruitment and hiring continue to be the most vital. Without qualified personnel and effective staff management, no business operation can ever hope to reach its full potential. Because of its universal importance, recruiting has grown into something of an industry itself; providing a wide range of external
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Staffing and Human Resources
Staffing and other human resource functions are among the most vital components of any company’s operations. While development, production, and marketing are all integral and necessary pieces of the typical business model, without the identifying, hiring, and maintaining of a suitable workforce, there can be no hope for any lasting success. For larger corporations, finding and recruiting suitable employees for
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