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By Kristina Jenjen


Most job applications today are submitted online. In some ways this makes the process easier and in other ways it makes the process more difficult. Electronic resumes and cover letters are easier to trash than they are to read. Unless there is something about your resume that really makes it stands apart from the others, your chances of getting hired based on an online application are not good. To get noticed by employers today, you need a staffing company.

The staffing agency has its benefits for employers also. The process of hiring employees has become more than the human resources department can handle. Job applicants referred by a staffing agency have already had their skills verified, undergone a background check and been apprised of all the labor laws and rights.

Staffing agencies act as a liaison between job seeker and employer. When the desk of the employer is flooded with resumes, they will respond well to the call from the employment agency saying they have the perfect candidate for the job. Further that candidate has undergone a background check and his or her skills have been verified. This candidate will be much more attractive to the employer than the many resumes sitting in the email in box.

When an agency hears about a vacancy they will look at their roster of clients, job seekers, and see if there is a good fit. If they find a good candidate, the agency will arrange an interview. If they do not find a good candidate, the agency will simply post the job online with some of the many search engines.

If you have registered with an agency you will probably have an interview for the open position. If you are not registered with an agency but respond to a job posted on a search engine, you probably will not even get an email confirming that your application was received.

If you are registered with an employment agency and if you are hired, you are technically working for the agency, not the company that in a sense hired you. There are three type of positions for hire when you work with an agency. First there is temporary where you are hired for a set period of time, usually a few weeks or a few months. Second there is temporary to permanent, also called temp to perm or temp to hire. This arrangement allows the employer to judge your work performance before they offer you a permanent position. With both of these types of hire, employees send their time cards to the agency and the agency pays their paychecks. Agencies call this an assignment.

The third type of hire is called a direct hire or permanent hire. In this situation the agency has functioned as a recruiter and you are hired by the employer. You submit your time cards to the employer, and the employer writes your paycheck.

Employment agencies are designed to find and fill job vacancies for mostly entry level positions. There is an agreement between the agency and the job seeker. Search engines are nothing more than an electronic bulletin board. Employment agencies give you an advantage over other applicants.




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