| Like in other states, Georgia has employment | | | | take into consideration the students' education and |
| agencies that help in matching workers to | | | | schedules. |
| companies that have manpower vacancies to fill. | | | | Talent agencies specialize in finding projects or |
| These employment agencies render are | | | | employment for actors, musicians, models and |
| categorized according to employment services | | | | other types of performers specifically in the |
| such as temporary staffing, student employment, | | | | entertainment field. There are a lot of talent |
| executive recruitment and talent agencies. These | | | | agencies that could be found in the country and |
| Georgia employment agencies facilitate in | | | | majority of them not to mention the talent |
| executive recruitment through a third party. This | | | | agencies found in Georgia, are managed by artists |
| may be through a recruiter or recruitment agency | | | | unions and legal jurisdiction as suggested by the |
| which liaises between the client company and | | | | governing rules of the state. |
| jobseekers. | | | | However, unlike other agencies, the Georgia's |
| They also serve as experts when it comes to | | | | employment agencies are regulated by GAPS or |
| the relationships of clients like in sales or business | | | | the Georgia Association of Personnel Services. |
| development, or usually when it comes to | | | | GAPS is a non-profit trade association which is |
| screening and recruitment of candidates, or | | | | composed of Personnel Staffing Services Firms |
| human sourcing, like it is also sometimes called. In | | | | throughout the state of Georgia, and is primarily |
| certain cases, executive recruiters can also serve | | | | addressing the needs of those institutions and |
| as an expert in terms of clients and as well as a | | | | other business entities for their demand when it |
| recruiter. | | | | comes to labor or manpower. As of 2005, there |
| On the other hand, temporary staffing firms or | | | | were over 150 companies as well as branches |
| employment agencies in Georgia, judging from the | | | | that was accredited with a seal of approval from |
| name implies, helps large-scale companies fill up | | | | GAPS. These accredited companies enjoy many |
| jobs for temporary employment. Usually, there is | | | | privileges like that of extensive networking. |
| quite an overlap in the workforce that the | | | | Even though GAPS addresses employer needs, it |
| commendable transitory employees ultimately get | | | | also functions to provide protection and advocate |
| hired as regular employees by the company. | | | | workers rights. GAPS' Education Institute which |
| These temporary agencies usually help applicants | | | | offers industry-related seminars, skills training for |
| fill vacancies for jobs in health care, accounting, | | | | workers, and training seminars for different level |
| janitorial and maintenance, secretarial, light | | | | of consultants may they be highly experienced or |
| industrial and technical. These temporary agencies | | | | not. |
| in Georgia are usually listed in the local phone | | | | By 2006, there were a total of around these |
| directories (under the "employment" or "temp | | | | agencies in Georgia reached to 1,500. Due to the |
| employment" categories) also they provided lists | | | | soaring needs the work force are slowly paving |
| or websites in the internet. Only personal | | | | the way for the emergence of more agencies. |
| applications are accepted in these agencies, | | | | Some have even evolved into skills learning |
| though. | | | | centers while there are others who have focused |
| Meanwhile, the student employment agencies is | | | | their attention providing employment for health |
| Georgia could be found located within the state's | | | | care workers such as hospital aids even skilled |
| prominent academies like that of universities. | | | | nurses. |
| These agencies offer temporary work but also | | | | |