How to Start a Temp Agency

Write up a business plan., File all necessary paperwork at the local, state, and federal level that are required to establish your business., Secure business insurance to protect yourself against liability claims from your clients and employees...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Write up a business plan.

    Your business plan will help you gather your thoughts and ideas together and will help you determine whether or not there is a market in your area for a temp employment agency.

    This plan will help you know what you need to get started and will help you secure the necessary capital to start your business.
  2. Step 2: File all necessary paperwork at the local

    This will vary based on where you live and operate your business.

    There will also be different requirements based upon the business structure you intend to use. , You will be liable if an employee gets hurt on the job, makes a mistake, or does not do his or her job as expected.

    The insurance will protect the business to ensure it can remain open if a claim is made against you. , Ask if they want to sign up to employ workers from your staffing agency.

    Look through help-wanted ads, since you need a variety of job openings in a wide range of fields at different shifts.

    This allows you to offer more to potential clients.

    You will be paid by your client for every hour that your employee works.

    Determine your profit by setting your hourly rate for the employees filling the positions. , Do this to get people interested in applying to work with your company and to get more employers wanting to list job openings with you. , Be prepared to run background checks and drug tests as necessary based upon what the employer requires.

    You could be held liable if the employee you send to the company is engaging in illegal behavior. , Be prepared to let workers go if they do not do their jobs correctly.

    If the company is not happy with one of your employees, you may need to handle employment issues. , The amount you pay them will largely be based upon what job they are doing and how much you are getting paid by the employer.

    For best results, keep the pay as comparable as possible to what they would receive working directly for the company.
  3. Step 3: and federal level that are required to establish your business.

  4. Step 4: Secure business insurance to protect yourself against liability claims from your clients and employees.

  5. Step 5: Contact various companies that post help-wanted ads.

  6. Step 6: Advertise with various methods

  7. Step 7: which may include online ads

  8. Step 8: business cards

  9. Step 9: leaflets

  10. Step 10: word of mouth

  11. Step 11: and newspapers.

  12. Step 12: Take applications from potential workers.

  13. Step 13: Match workers to job openings.

  14. Step 14: Pay your employees according to agreed-upon pay structure.

Detailed Guide

Your business plan will help you gather your thoughts and ideas together and will help you determine whether or not there is a market in your area for a temp employment agency.

This plan will help you know what you need to get started and will help you secure the necessary capital to start your business.

This will vary based on where you live and operate your business.

There will also be different requirements based upon the business structure you intend to use. , You will be liable if an employee gets hurt on the job, makes a mistake, or does not do his or her job as expected.

The insurance will protect the business to ensure it can remain open if a claim is made against you. , Ask if they want to sign up to employ workers from your staffing agency.

Look through help-wanted ads, since you need a variety of job openings in a wide range of fields at different shifts.

This allows you to offer more to potential clients.

You will be paid by your client for every hour that your employee works.

Determine your profit by setting your hourly rate for the employees filling the positions. , Do this to get people interested in applying to work with your company and to get more employers wanting to list job openings with you. , Be prepared to run background checks and drug tests as necessary based upon what the employer requires.

You could be held liable if the employee you send to the company is engaging in illegal behavior. , Be prepared to let workers go if they do not do their jobs correctly.

If the company is not happy with one of your employees, you may need to handle employment issues. , The amount you pay them will largely be based upon what job they are doing and how much you are getting paid by the employer.

For best results, keep the pay as comparable as possible to what they would receive working directly for the company.

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