Staffing Guides
Straight answers for employers and job seekers: what agencies cost, how they work and how to stay safe.
Where Should You Start with a Staffing Agency?
Employers should start with the role: duties, shift, pay rate and how long it lasts. Then ask two or three agencies that fill that role for written quotes and compare markup, conversion terms and guarantees. Job seekers should sign up with a few agencies that fit their skills, and never pay for the promise of a job.
Staffing Markup Calculator
From pay rate to bill rate, margin and weekly cost.
Temp vs Direct Hire Calculator
Find the week when hiring becomes cheaper.
How Staffing Agencies Work
Who pays whom, who the employer is, and the three kinds of placement: how staffing agencies work for companies and job seekers.
Staffing Agency Fees and Markup Explained
What a staffing markup pays for, typical ranges, how direct-hire fees work and how to compare quotes fairly. Includes a free calculator.
Temp vs Temp-to-Hire vs Direct Hire
How temporary, temp-to-hire and direct-hire staffing differ in cost, risk and speed, and which fits your role, plus what each means for job seekers.
Temp-to-Hire Conversion Fees Explained
How staffing conversion fees are calculated, when they drop to zero, and what to negotiate before a temp worker starts.
How to Choose a Staffing Agency
A practical employer checklist for choosing a staffing agency: specialty, screening, insurance, guarantees and how to compare written quotes.
Staffing Agency vs Recruiter
Staffing agencies, contingency recruiters and retained search firms compared: who employs the worker, who pays, and when to use each.
How to Get a Job Through a Temp Agency
What to bring, what happens at sign-up, how to get assignments faster and the questions to ask before you accept temporary work.
Do You Have to Pay a Staffing Agency?
Who pays staffing agencies, what job seekers should never pay for, and the warning signs of a fake recruiter, with where to report it.
Temp Worker Rights and Safety
What temporary workers should expect on safety, training and pay, who is responsible, and where employers and workers can get official help.
How Day Labor Agencies Work
How day labor and on-demand staffing work, how fast you get paid, what to bring on the first shift and what businesses should check.
What Is an American Job Center?
What American Job Centers and state workforce offices offer job seekers and employers for free, and how to find the official office near you.
Questions to Ask Before You Sign Up
- Questions to Ask A General Staffing Agency
- Questions to Ask An Industrial Staffing Agency
- Questions to Ask An Office Staffing Agency
- Questions to Ask An IT Staffing Firm
- Questions to Ask An Engineering Staffing Firm
- Questions to Ask A Healthcare Staffing Agency
- Questions to Ask A Driver Staffing Agency
- Questions to Ask A Recruiting Firm
- Questions to Ask A Public Job Center