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Staffing agency fees explained: the common models
The common ways agencies build their fees, who carries the risk in each, and the contract terms that change the real cost.
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Staffing agencies
Working with staffing agencies and understanding how their markups work.
Agencies can fill a role quickly or waste a month, and the difference usually sits in the brief and the contract. Fees, guarantee periods and who owns a candidate are all written down, and they are worth reading before the first resume arrives.
Here you will find how markups and placement fees are built, how to compare two quotes on the same footing, and how to manage an agency once it is working your req.
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