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Recruitment & Staffing

Sub-industry ID: subind_recruitment_staffing
Slug: recruitment-staffing
Status: active

Parent industry: Professional Services


Definition

Firms providing talent acquisition, executive search, contingent staffing, and workforce solutions.

Aliases

  • Staffing Agencies
  • Executive Search
  • RPO

Business models

  • Contingency fees
  • Retained search
  • Markup on placements
  • Managed service contracts

Value drivers

  • Fill rate
  • Time to fill
  • Placement margin
  • Client retention
  • Candidate quality

Typical capabilities

  • Sourcing
  • Candidate management
  • Client development
  • Compliance
  • Workforce analytics

Customer types

  • Enterprise
  • Mid-market
  • SMB

Tags

  • recruitment
  • staffing
  • talent

Intensity signals

Dimension Level
Digital Intensity medium
Regulatory Intensity medium
Operational Complexity medium
Asset Intensity very-low
People Intensity very-high
Customer Complexity medium
Sales Complexity high
Service Intensity high
Supply Chain Complexity very-low
Innovation Intensity medium

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