Staffing &
Recruitment
Staffing and
recruitment services
that help you hire the
right people, faster.
What Does a Staffing and
Recruitment Agency Do?
A staffing and recruitment agency finds, checks, and shortlists the right candidates for your open jobs, so you only interview the people worth meeting. Whether you need permanent employees, temporary staff, contract workers, or IT professionals, in your own country or offshore, the hiring work is handled for you, from the job description through to the new person’s first day.
Multilingual
Professionals
15
years of Of hands-on
recruiting experience
1,700+
Candidates placed in short- and
medium-term roles
Marcia M, Chief client officer
The Votiko team has been a trusted resource for us since 2014. What sets them apart is that they consistently deliver quality candidates in a very short turnaround period. They are now our first call.
Types of Staffing and
Recruitment Services
Every business hires differently. Some need someone for years, some for a busy season, and some for one project. Pick the option that fits your situation, and the search, screening, and interviews are taken care of for you.
Permanent Recruitment
For roles you need filled for the long term.
Recruiters find, screen, and
shortlist candidates, and
you hire the person
directly onto your team.
Example: a clinic hiring a full-time office manager.
Temporary and Contract Staffing
Get skilled people for a set period,
such as a busy season,
a staff absence, or a fixed project.
When the work ends, the contract ends,
with no long-term commitment.
Example: a hotel adding housekeeping staff for the holiday season.
Contract-to-Hire Staffing
Try before you commit.
The person starts on a contract,
and if they’re a good fit
for the job and your team,
you can offer them a permanent role under agreed terms.
Example: testing a sales executive for three months before hiring full-time.
On-Demand Recruitment
When an urgent or specialist need comes up suddenly, recruiters start searching right away for people with the exact skills you need now.
Example: a business that suddenly needs a cybersecurity specialist for a new project.
Onshore, Offshore, and Blended Hiring
Hire people in your own country, professionals working remotely from another country, or a mix of both. US and Canadian businesses use this to balance local presence with cost and coverage.
Example: a US company hiring a local project manager and offshore developers.
How the Staffing and Recruitment Process Works
One recruiter handles your
hiring from start to finish.
You don’t need an HR department to hire well. You get one main contact who learns what you need, does the searching and screening, and keeps you updated. You only step in to meet the best candidates and make the final choice. It works the same way whether you’re hiring one person locally or building a team across several countries.
- Tell us about the role. Share the job duties, skills, experience, location, budget, and start date.
- We write a clear job description. It separates the skills that matter from the ones that are nice to have.
- Candidates are found and screened. Recruiters search, review CVs, and speak with each candidate about their skills, availability, and pay expectations.
- You get a short, focused shortlist. You see only people who match your needs, not a pile of CVs.
- Interviews are arranged for you. Times are booked, feedback is tracked, and follow-ups are handled.
- Your new hire is ready to start. Agreed reference and background checks, the offer, the start date, and onboarding steps are coordinated for you.
How Candidates Are Screened
Before You Meet Them
A bad hire costs you time, money, and team morale. So every candidate is checked carefully before their profile reaches you.
- Skills and experience check. CVs are compared against your must-have skills, not just job titles.
- Screening call. Recruiters speak with each candidate about the work they’ve done, their availability, shifts, location, and pay expectations.
- Practical tests where needed. For example, a coding test for a developer, a spreadsheet test for a bookkeeper, or a hands-on check for a technician.
- Agreed background and reference checks. Licences, credentials, and references are verified with the candidate’s consent and in line with the rules for the role.
You get a shortlist of people who can actually do the job, along with clear notes on each one.
How Long Does It Take to Hire Through a Staffing Agency?
For many roles, you can see a shortlist of screened candidates within about a week. Simple or high-volume roles can move faster. Specialist roles, such as senior IT, licensed healthcare, or leadership positions, usually take longer because there are fewer qualified people available. Either way, you’re kept updated at every step, and nobody waits on you for interview times or feedback. Your recruiter books the interviews and follows up, so good candidates don’t lose interest and take another offer.
Staffing and Recruitment
for Every Industry
Whatever your business does, the right people are out there. Here are some of the industries and roles our recruiters hire for every day.
- Healthcare, medical clinics, and home care. Nurses, medical assistants, receptionists, billing staff, caregivers, and patient coordinators.
- Health insurance and finance. Claims processors, underwriters, accountants, bookkeepers, payroll specialists, and financial analysts.
- Real estate, property management, and Airbnb. Real estate agents, leasing coordinators, property managers, maintenance technicians, and guest service staff.
- Hotels, travel, and hospitality. Front desk staff, reservation agents, housekeeping staff, chefs, and travel consultants.
- E-commerce, dropshipping, logistics, and moving. Warehouse workers, order processors, drivers, dispatchers, movers, and customer support agents.
- IT, technical support, and telecom. Developers, QA testers, help desk agents, network engineers, and cloud engineers.
- Cleaning, auto repair, pet services, and security. Cleaners and supervisors, mechanics, pet groomers, CCTV operators, and camera installers.
- Virtual assistant businesses. Executive assistants, data entry specialists, and remote support staff.
Have a Role You Need to Fill?
Tell us who you’re looking for, and a recruiter will get back to you with next steps.
Benefits of Using a Staffing Agency
Screened candidates reach you sooner, so jobs don’t sit empty and your team isn’t stretched thin.
Skills checks, screening calls, and agreed reference checks happen before anyone reaches your interview list.
Spend less on job ads, CV sorting, and lost hours, and avoid the cost of hiring the wrong person.
One main contact manages your hiring and keeps you updated from the first call to the start date.
Add permanent, temporary, contract, or on-demand people, onshore or offshore, as your workload changes.
Offers, start dates, paperwork, and joining steps are coordinated, so your new hire starts ready to work.
Staffing and Recruitment FAQs
A recruitment agency mainly finds people you hire directly as permanent employees. A staffing agency usually supplies temporary or contract workers for a set period. Many businesses need both, so you can use one partner for permanent recruitment, temporary staffing, contract-to-hire, and IT staff augmentation, depending on the role.
The cost depends on the type of hiring. For permanent roles, agencies usually charge a one-time fee once you hire someone. For temporary and contract staff, you usually pay an hourly rate that covers the worker’s pay and the agency’s service. You’ll get a clear quote for your roles before any search begins.
Yes. We recruit for W-2 positions, where the worker is an employee on payroll, and 1099 positions, where the worker is a self-employed contractor. Whether a role should be W-2 or 1099 depends on how the work is controlled, under IRS and Department of Labor rules. That decision stays with you and your accountant or legal advisor.
Onshore staffing means hiring people in your own country, for example US candidates for US jobs. Offshore staffing means hiring professionals in another country who work for you remotely. Blended staffing combines both, such as a local team lead with offshore support staff, so you get local presence and lower costs together.
Yes. Seasonal and temporary staffing lets you add people for peak periods, such as holidays, sales events, or tax season, and then scale back when things slow down. Hotels, e-commerce stores, logistics companies, and cleaning businesses use this often, so they don’t have to hire permanently for short-term work.
Yes, and small businesses often benefit the most. Your recruiter writes the job description, finds and screens candidates, books interviews, and coordinates the offer and start date. You only need to meet the shortlisted people and choose who to hire.
Yes. We help US and Canadian businesses hire people locally (onshore), remotely from other countries (offshore), or a mix of both. Your recruiter searches the right job market for each role and coordinates time zones, working hours, and start dates.
Tell your recruiter as soon as possible. Depending on your agreement, the role can be reopened and a replacement search started, using what you learned to refine the job requirements. Careful screening reduces the chance of a mismatch, although no hiring process can remove that risk completely.
