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Lanee' Blunt
By Lanee’ Blunt
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Starting your temporary
agency can be rewarding because when businesses and organizations need
temporary or seasonal help they may use your company to fulfill their manpower
needs. Your temporary employment service will undertake the hiring and firing
decisions, you will issue paychecks, withhold payroll taxes, pay unemployment
insurance, and worker’s compensation.
A business client will need
an employee for a specific time frame, pay a set hourly rate to the temporary
employment agency for the services of the temporary employee.
Determine Legal Ownership
You must set up your business as a legal entity. Decide which form
of ownership is best for your particular business: sole proprietorship,
partnership, Limited Liability Company (LLC), corporation, or S corporation.
Complete all the paperwork at the local, state, and federal to establish your
business.
Obtain Business Insurance
Get insurance that will
protect your business. Talk to an insurance agency.
The minimum insurance that you will need will be for general liability,
workers’ comp., and profession liability insurance. Contact your state's
Insurance Fund for your Workers Comp. policy.
Equipment
Purchase payroll
software. Purchase computers, printers,
fax machine, and internet. You will need office furniture and enough furniture
for a lobby area.
Advertise
Put ads in the
classified section of your local newspaper and online. Create flyers and postcards. Create an information
package that describes the service you offer and distribute it to corporations
and businesses.
Reference:
Inc: Temporary Employment
Services
Entrepreneur: Business Ideas Center
WikiHow: How to Start a Temp
Agency
Posted in: Start Up
