Saturday, December 19, 2015

By Paul Pearce


The day of going to open interviews with a paper copy of your resume in hand are long gone. In this computer age the majority of applications are sent as an attachment to an email. This makes it virtually impossible to get an interview. If you cannot get an interview you cannot get the job. One job posting on an employment search engine may garner fifty to one hundred responses with resumes, cover letters and references. How do you get your resume seen by the employer, and if seen how do you make a personal connection without an interview? To actually be seen by a prospective employer you need a staffing company.

Hiring new employees has become an onerous task for employers. One way they have found to lighten the hiring load is to shift a good portion of the process to staffing agencies.

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.

There are three different ways to get hired through an employment agency. One, you are hired as a temporary worker for a short period of time. Two, you are hired as a temporary to permanent, also called temp to hire. In this situation the employer will consider your work performance during the temporary period, and if pleased with your performance the employer will offer you a permanent position. The employment agency calls these assignments. You are actually working for the staffing agency, and your paycheck comes from the agency.

Third is the direct hire or permanent hire. This means the agency acted as a recruiter and you are a permanent employee of the company. The company pays you, and your connection to the agency has achieved its goal.

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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