SSai | 08 December, 2010 00:26
Staffing agencies are of two types namely temporary and permanent. A temporary staffing agency provides jobs to employees on a short term basis. Such jobs are a stepping-stone between unemployment and permanent employment. In fact temporary job agencies specialize only in providing temporary jobs. So they offer jobs in sectors which require lot of temporary employees. These primarily include labour intensive fields like construction sector, manufacturing sector, nursing sector etc.
The manufacturing sector need short term employees when they get production orders in bulk. When there are no orders for production these workers are no longer hired. Some such special sectors in the manufacturing field which require huge temporary workers are the garments sector, light-industries sector like bulb and glass factories, and whole sale sector. In the same way, temporary workers are sought by the construction industry where bulk of the ground work is done by daily labourers. These jobs include bringing bricks, sieving sands, welding, laying bricks, mixing of cement etc. With a boom in construction in the urban areas, the demand for temporary workers in the construction sector is growing by leaps and bounds. Even the health industry is in need of short term workers. These include employees from the humblest to the highest levels. The health industry is perpetually in need of nurses, medical attendants and even physicians. Most of them are employed on contractual basis. The food industry too employs workers on a temporary basis. Chefs, helpers and waiters are employed contractually.
Another sector which hires temporary workers on a regular basis is the security and house keeping sector. This sector faces high rate of attrition. Employees are often employed for a short time in this sector to test their aptitude. Later on they are absorbed as permanent employees. Even the corporate sector needs the help of the temporary staffing agencies to meet their staffing requirements for an immediate project.
Temporary staffing agencies cater to the needs of all these sectors. They have a huge database of both skilled and unskilled workers. Both the employees and employers are heavily dependent on this database.
Temporary staffing agencies serve as a link between the employees and employers.
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