Sunday, December 6, 2015

Employment Companies Are Useful In The Current Job Market

By Penny Toblas


There are plenty of employment opportunities out there. The trick is in finding a way to make yourself be seen and heard by desirable employers. You can submit countless resumes and cover letters with zero results. In order to be effective in the job market of today, you need an agent. Depending upon your level of experience, there are different types of employment companies that can help you achieve your desired goal.

Staffing agencies, also known as employment agencies, may suit you best if you are looking for an entry level or mid level position. Large companies constantly have to fill vacant positions and often prefer to hire through employment agencies. There is a very good reason for this preference. These agencies do a lot of work that would otherwise need to be done by the human resources department.

To apply at an employment agency, you will need to provide two valid forms of identification deemed acceptable by the Department of Immigration. The agency will ask you to sign an authorization for a background check. There will be multiple forms for you to complete and sign before you can register with the agency. This is a tremendous amount of paper work that would tie up the human resources department and keep them for other important work. Employers appreciate that applicants referred to them by an agency have been well vetted.

A recruitment agency, also called headhunter, works best if you are looking for a position at the managerial or executive levels. Employers who are willing to work with a recruitment agency depend on quality applicants only. They pay a considerable amount of money for this service. When an employer hires an applicant who was referred to them by a headhunter, the employer will pay up to thirty percent of the annual salary to the headhunter. The service may cost the employer thirty thousand to fifty thousand dollars or more.

Getting signed with a recruitment agency is similar to job hunting. The agency will interview and scrutinize your background and references before agreeing to take you on as their client. Once you have signed with a headhunter be prepared to interview for positions where the competition is significant.

Some headhunter agencies focus on a niche area. For example, they may only represent physicians, or artists or engineers. This is an elite level of employment agencies and only the highly qualified need apply to them for representation.

The concept of movie stars being represented by agents is familiar to most people. Movie stars need a quality agent to find jobs, and agents only want to represent quality stars who will get cast in movies or television roles. Both parties need each other. A recruitment agency is based on the same principle. To be accepted by a respected recruitment agency, you must impress them with your skills and experience. Once accepted, there is a good chance of landing that dream job.

There are also global staffing agencies that provide all manner of employment opportunities and should not be overlooked in your search for that ideal job. These agencies are held in high regard by most of the Fortune 100 companies. Since their services are offered on a global basis, these agencies are an excellent resource if you want to move to another state or even another country.

Global staffing agencies are large organizations and have raised the bar for productivity. One agency states they successfully fill vacancies five hundred thousand times a year. They also claim that one of their clients is hired every thirty three seconds. Global agencies frequently work to fill temporary positions. This does not need to be viewed as a negative by job hunters.

Do not worry about taking a temporary position. Usually when temporary employees work well with the company they are able to make the transition to permanent employees. This is really a great opportunity to try out something new. If both parties are not happy at the end of the trial period both are free to end the working relationship.

Do not fear. Employment opportunities are out there in abundance. Your first priority will be to find the best representation possible for you and your skill levels. This could be the start of something wonderful.




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