When a company finds that it needs to find qualified personnel to fill executive positions, executive staffing firms are often turned to by the company. Essentially, the staffing firm matches the requirements of their client company with the skills of the individuals that are registered with the staffing firm. This approach to placing executives can save the company a great deal of time and money.
Typically, executive staffing firms focus on a specific sector or sectors of industry and commerce. For example, there may be staffing firms that focus on the food industry while others may focus on banking and still others in industry. Some of the larger staffing firms are broken down into divisions, with each division focusing on a specific sector. This focus allows the agency to zero in on candidates which have the marketable skills that their sector demands.
Although staffing firms often maintain complete focus on the managerial sector, there are those that have divisions that cater to less demanding jobs. There are many staffing firms that specialize in the provision of qualified personnel, but on a short term basis, perhaps as little as three to six months. The staffing companies always have a readily available staffing pool that employers would not have easy access to. In many cases, the staff that was assigned on a temporary basis can be hired as a permanent employee if the job demand becomes full-time rather than strictly a short-term assignment.
In order to supply their clients with the resumes of top level executives, the staffing agency often use their internet sites or advertisements in trade journals to communicate their needs and the qualifications required by the client. With this broad based approach to soliciting interest, the executive staffing firms are able to offer a wider range of potential candidates to their clients.
There are unique staffing firms that do not necessarily focus by industry; they focus by career level, such as CEOs or CFOs. These executive staffing firms recruit experienced executives for specific demands. A corporation may be looking for a new CEO, in positions of this magnitude; specific industry experience is rarely an issue as the demands on top executives are rarely oriented to the industry they are employed in. Top executives are in demand based on their historic performance.
