Staffing Service

Harnessing people power for profit
Staffing has become the second-fastest-growing industry in the United States, largely by serving a lean business world in which companies are forced to downsize and merge in order to stay competitive. The work still has to be done, but now outsourcing to staffing services, especially for specialized business and technical skills, covers it.
This hands-on guide, from Entrepreneur magazine's highly successful StartUp series, shows the budding entrepreneur how to set up and operate a firm that can supply person power for a narrow or broad range of business needs. Among other topics, Start Your Own Staffing Service covers:

• Different types of staffing services and the markets they serve
• Researching the market to find a lucrative niche
• Determining the best financing, location, and business plan
• Recruiting and retaining top-quality staffing personnel
• Attracting and keeping high-value clients Whether it serves a huge market, such as office and clerical personnel, or a niche market like engineering or medical specialties, a staffing service can be a real revenue producer for a savvy businessperson who is knowledgeable about matching people's skills with the needs of businesses.

 

Wanted: Skills Moguls!
Would you like to be a mover and shaker in the fifth fastest growing industry in the country? If so, starting your own staffing service just might be the answer.
The new world economy is tough on job security. Hordes of skilled, experienced, motivated workers are flooding the marketing, looking for work. And lots of merged and downsized companies now outsource the work that used to be done by permanent employees. The bright side? It's a prime time for the staffing professional.
You can choose among a number of staffing service specialties, including:

• Facilities staffing--placing employees in long-term or indefinite-length assignments
• Industrial staffing--specializing in manual laborers, food handlers, cleaners, assemblers, drivers, tradespeople, machine operators, etc.
• Office/clerical staffing--focusing on secretaries, receptionists, administrative assistants, word processing and data entry operators, etc.
• Temporary staffing--supplying client companies with workers on a short-term basis
• Temp-to-perm staffing--offering clients a convenient way to try out temporary workers for permanent positions

Whatever your interest, Start Your Own Staffing Service is your key to becoming a skills gatekeeper. This book provides everything you need to know before joining this booming field, including how to recruit high-quality workers and high-value clients, which skills are most in demand, what successful entrepreneurs have to say about starting and running a staffing service, and much more.