A recruitment agency offers services to employers trying to fill vacancies and to individuals seeking employment. An agency takes details of job vacancies offered by their clients and aims to match the requirements of the job to the most suitable applicant, either by selecting from its candidate database or by advertising. It filters potential candidates and provides clients with a shortlist from which they can choose who they want to interview. A recruitment agency can specialise in placing permanent workers in positions across a generic field or in specific sectors, or in temporary vacancies where the worker remains an employee of the agency (see BOP 226, Temping Agency). This factsheet will discuss the operation of an agency specialising in finding individuals to fill permanent vacancies.
This kind of business is likely to be established by someone with existing experience of the recruitment or human resources sector. This profile looks at operating a recruitment agency from a home office or managed workspace. It describes the skills needed, the training available, some of the key issues currently affecting the market, and how this kind of business trades. It also identifies some of the key legislation of which you need to be aware and provides sources of further information.
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