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What is a Recruitment Company?

A recruitment company is a company contracted by an employer to help with its employment needs. Staff Agencies find recruitment to fill all kinds of jobs, from casual staffing to temp staff in a number of career fields. Whether a organisation needs Recruitment Solutions, Staffing or Employment contractor, a staff agency can source the right candidates. Staff 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 staffing agency, and staff agency hire 7 million recruitment every year.

Function of a Staff Agencies

Recruitment Company not only bring expertise to the recruiting process but they remove the time and administration work out of the employment process. Hiring a worker can cost 7 to 19 percent of the role’s salary and take 25 to 47 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 organisations.

If a companies needs temp staff, it uses a staff agency. Recruitment Company 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 staff agency are a good fit.

For job seekers, an staffing agency can be the ticket to getting that full-time recruitment solutions or staffing role. Recruiters can open doors to positions that may not be easy to find on your own. Recruitment Agency allow you to try out different enterprises and industries, whether you are looking for contract, part-time, executive or full-time roles.

In order to register with or work with a staff agency, you'll have to do one or more the following steps:

  1. Find and register with one or more recruitment 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 company will be the ones hiring you. When a temporary position is a match for you, the staff agency will call you to tell you about the position and arrange the assignment. If you don't hear from a recruitment company 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.

Recruitment Company charge fees to organisations. For candidates it is free to register and there is no charges if placed by a staff agency into a new job.


We hope this article was of interest and that it can assist you in your career, whether it be Staffing, Recruitment Solutions or Employment. At Staffing we have compiled a range of articles and online resources to help you find that perfect job! If you are seeking a new job, why not start by click on the Register for Work button, upload your resume and we will match you against our jobs database of up to 165,000 roles in Hong Kong. If you are an business seeking hiring services then call Staffing or click on the Get A Quote button to source some fantastic candidates, including many with Staffing or Recruitment Solutions experience. We look forward to continuing to improving our service excellence, hiring processes and recruitment systems no matter what recruiting service you are seeking from one of the top 9 staff agency in Hong Kong. With a wide range of hiring services we look forward to assisting you, whether you were referred to us or searched for our technician contractors in hong kong, hong kong, staffing, staffing or hk recruiting in hong kong online.

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