FAQs About Owning a Direct Placement Employment Agency

A direct placement employment agency is kind of like a match maker between employees and employers. Some may wonder how companies like this thrive if they continuously lose their employees to companies. The reason is because they are well compensated by the companies who take on the employees, and in turn when a worker finds permanent placement, word of mouth spreads and drives more potential workers to the agency. 

Positions

Direct placement agencies tend to diversify the fields of business that they serve. The most lucrative partnerships for them include accounting, healthcare, technical and secretarial work. The reason that these particular fields are so lucrative is because the companies in these fields are looking for permanent workers. In the case of the healthcare field, for example, there is a shortage of nurses nationwide. If a direct placement agency is able to offer the company nurses that they can hire that have already gone through the proper screening, then this is a win-win situation for everyone.

Fees

The fees that a direct placement agency charges varies depending on the field that they are supplying the worker to. It is more of a supply and demand type of situation. For instance, in a field where there is a shortage of workers, the fee will be higher than the secretarial field. For the most part, a direct placement agency will charge its clients upwards of 25 percent or more for hiring their workers. 

Advantages

The advantages of the direct hire employment agency is that it builds partnerships with both employees and employers at the same time. On the employee side, they provide a consultation, go over strengths and weaknesses, and do an assessment to see what jobs will be the right fit for the employee. When it comes to the employers, they screen employees and can boast that they offer the most qualified and trained individuals to fit the company's needs.