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Concepts of US Staffing
Concepts of US Staffing
Recruitment
Payrolls and
Induction and Benefits
Orientation
Human Resources
• Recruitment is the process of finding and attracting
capable applicants for employment.
• In other words recruitment is about finding the right
talent, for the right job at the right time.
What is Recruitment?
• US Staffing is a Talent Acquisition Industry which brings
together HR Departments of the Clients, the VMS and the
managers of staffing companies to hire the best talent for
the vacant jobs in shortest possible time.
What is US Staffing ?
• Following are the people who play major role in US
Staffing industry.
Client
Account Manager or Delivery Manager (Onshore
Coordinators of Staffing Agency)
Candidate
VMS
We, the Recruiters !!!
US Rendezvous
Map for US
• It is commonly known as US, United States, America or States.
• It is the world’s economy with a GDP of $15.11 trillion with
per capita income being six highest.
• With a diverse population ethnicity, most of the residents are
Native American, Europeans, Asians and Caucasians.
• Some of the global industry giants have their headquarters in
this country like Apple, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, UPS,
Google, Facebook, Boeing, Colt etc to name a few.
• It is the home to several well known federal agencies in the
world like the FBI, NASA, White House, UN, World Bank etc .
Major Cities of US
• US is divided politically into following zones – East,
West, North, South, Mid-East and Mid West.
• Due to its huge land area, US is divided into given time
zones – EST, CST, MST and PST.
• In terms of time difference, EST is 1 hour ahead of CST,
2 hours ahead of MST and 3 hours ahead of PST.
• For example Atlanta, GA (EST) will be 1 hour ahead of
Dallas, TX (CST), 2 hours ahead of Denver, CO (MST)
and 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles, CA (PST).
Major Holidays of US
• Visa is an entry clearence certificate that is placed in a
travel or passport document, which gives us permission
to enter into an applied country.
• In US, there are two categories of Visa which exist.
Immigrant Visa
Non Immigrant Visa
Types of Visa
• Non Immigrant Visa – This Visa is given to those immigrants whose
permanent residence is outside US, however they wish to stay in US on a
temporary basis for a certain purpose – tourism, medical treatment,
business, temporary work or study.
• Types of Non Immigrant Visa
H1B – It is a work permit under US immigration in which people can
enter in US for three years if they work in a specialized field and their
employers cannot fill the position locally. It is initially granted for a
period of three years and can be extended up to a period of another
years, hence the H1B visa is valid up to a duration of six years.
The programmers and other technically skilled people especially
related to Computers is enter US under this Visa Category.
Contents
•Client
•Account Manager
•Assignment of Requirement to recruiter
•Requirement Understanding
•Formulating Search String (Keywords, Boolean Search)
•Calling up candidates
•Getting updated resume
•Checking the Quality of Resume and Matching it to the Requirement
•Format the Resume and Submitting the resume to Account Manager
•Account Manager consults the candidate for further clarifications, if required.
•Resume is submitted to the client.
•Client provides feedback / interview request.
•Recruiter arranges the interview and confirms it with the client.
•Closure.
Requirement Understanding
• When Searching for Resume, the recruiter must use either
of the following methods to locate a resume.
Keyword Search – In this method, the recruiter looks
for a particular resume through Job Title, Position
Name or Specific Skill or Function in a Job Board
(Monster, Dice, Career Builder). This method is useful
particularly for any functional position and low level
jobs (Technician, Business Analyst and Project
Managers etc.)
Boolean Search
Searching Resume
• Boolean searches allow you to combine words and phrases using the
words AND, OR AND NOT (otherwise known as Boolean operators) to
limit, widen, or define your search. Most Internet search engines and Web
directories default to these Boolean search parameters anyway, but a good
Web searcher should know how to use basic Boolean operators.
• Examples
Using AND Operator, search results are narrowed, as explained below
(Portland) AND (Oregon)
Using OR Operator, search results are broadened, as explained below
(Dog) OR (Wolf).
Using NOT Operator, search results are narrowed, as explained below
(Manager) NOT (Program)
Boolean Search
• (TECHNICIAN ) AND (RF ) AND (TES OR TESTING
OR SCRIPTING) Within 75 miles of 92101.
• (MANAGER ) AND (ANALYSIS OR ANALYST OR
ANALYTICS ) AND(DATA ) Within 75 miles of 92101 ,
BUT NOT = (PROJECT OR PROGRAM ).
• (TECHNICIAN) AND ("TIER 1" OR "TIER I") AND
("MS OFFICE SUITE" OR MS-OUTLOOK) WITHIN 75
MILES OF 92101.
• (RF ) AND (DESIGN OR FABRICATE ) AND(MOBILE
OR WIRELESS ) Within 75 miles of 92101
Tax Terms
W2 Salaried – In this the employer pays the candidate on a daily
rate basis. This means that the consultant will be billed on 800
hours instead of 880 hours on a monthly basis. The candidate is
normally paid benefits (Medical Insurance, Paid Time Off,
National Holidays and 401K Contribution). The candidate is not
qualified for overtime in this type of payroll.
W2 Hourly – In this, the employer pays the on an hourly basis.
This means that the candidate will be billed for full 880 hours (8
hours a day * 5 days a week * 22 days a month). There are no
benefits or minimal benefits provided with this type of payroll.
The candidate is eligible for overtime.
Tax Terms
1099 – When a person is paid in 1099 payrolls, all money earned by
the candidate is paid on an untaxed basis. It is then the responsibility
of the candidate to file and pay the appropriate taxes.
C2C or Corp to Corp – In this a sub vendor to your staffing company
does a 1099 type of contract and then pays to his consultant on W2
Payrolls.
To do a 1099 or C2C contract, a subvendor or the self contractor
needs to have following insurances.
General Liability – Amount of $1 million (Mandatory, Always ask
the candidate or vendor when dealing a 1099 or C2C case).
Errors and Omissions
Workermen’s Compensation
Tax Terms
• Per Diem is basically an allowance given to candidate in case the
candidate is relocating from his home location to the client site to work
for an assignment. For Per Diem to be applicable, following conditions
must be fulfilled.
The candidate should own a house / should be renting a house at his
home location. (Proof of Ownership / Rent Agreement will be
asked at the time of paper work.)
Distance between the location should be 50 miles or more.
He should have enough expenses to maintain the two houses.
Per Diem will be provided to the candidate for the first year of the
contract only. If the contract extends for more than 12 months, Per
diem will be stopped after completion of 12 th month.
Per Diem
• Phone Screening the Candidate is the most critical step in identifying and hiring the
candidate for the a given requirement. While hiring the candidate the recruiter
generally follows following steps.