[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":837},["ShallowReactive",2],{"help-\u002Fhelp\u002Fstaffing-agency-website":3,"help-related-\u002Fhelp\u002Fstaffing-agency-website":818},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":807,"description":808,"extension":809,"meta":810,"navigation":811,"order":812,"path":813,"seo":814,"stem":815,"updated":816,"__hash__":817},"help\u002Fhelp\u002Fstaffing-agency-website.md","Staffing agency website: what brings in applicants and orders",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":788},"minimark",[9,13,16,21,24,61,84,110,114,117,123,133,199,214,218,221,258,265,269,272,313,319,323,326,329,335,358,362,369,419,425,429,435,439,442,484,487,491,494,531,537,541,569,573,591,595,613,616,633,636,650,667,671,674,694,704,708,711,766,769,773],[10,11,12],"p",{},"A staffing agency's website has two jobs. Job seekers come to find work that starts soon, see the pay and apply from their phone. Employers come to see whether you fill their kind of job, how fast, and how to send an order. Your current workers stop by too, looking for the timecard or W-2 link.",[10,14,15],{},"In October 2026 we opened 18 independent agency websites in eight towns, on a phone and on a computer, and looked at what people search for. Most agencies already have what visitors look for, like weekly pay, walk-in hours, a no-fee policy and Spanish-speaking staff, but few put it where people can find it. This guide goes through them in order of how much they matter, with the steps to set each one up.",[17,18,20],"h2",{"id":19},"give-each-audience-its-own-button","Give each audience its own button",[10,22,23],{},"On a phone's first screen, only 5 of the 18 sites gave both job seekers and employers a button. Six gave neither, just a slogan. Put two plain choices at the top of your home page, so each visitor gets where they're going in one tap.",[25,26,27,40,47,50],"ol",{},[28,29,30,31,35,36,39],"li",{},"Open your home page in ",[32,33,34],"strong",{},"Pages"," and click the ",[32,37,38],{},"Hero",".",[28,41,42,43,46],{},"Set the ",[32,44,45],{},"Main button"," to \"Find a job\", going to your jobs page or your job board. Use the Hero's second button for \"Hire workers\", going to your page for employers.",[28,48,49],{},"Write a headline that says what you do and where, like \"Warehouse, production and office jobs in Rockford\". Skip the slogan.",[28,51,52,53,56,57,60],{},"In ",[32,54,55],{},"Menu",", set the ",[32,58,59],{},"Header button"," to \"Apply now\" so it's on every page.",[10,62,63,64,66,67,70,71,74,75,78,79,39],{},"Give each audience a page of its own. Click ",[32,65,34],{},", then ",[32,68,69],{},"New page",", and make \"Find a job\" and \"For employers\" pages from the ",[32,72,73],{},"Basic page"," or ",[32,76,77],{},"Service page"," template. See ",[80,81,83],"a",{"href":82},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fadd-a-page","Add a page",[10,85,86,87,89,90,93,94,97,98,101,102,105,106,39],{},"Don't forget the people already working for you. Most agencies link a portal for timecards, absences and W-2s. In ",[32,88,55],{},", click ",[32,91,92],{},"Add menu link",", type a ",[32,95,96],{},"Label"," like \"Employee login\", and pick ",[32,99,100],{},"Another website…"," under ",[32,103,104],{},"Goes to"," to paste the portal's link. See ",[80,107,109],{"href":108},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fmenu","Change your menu and footer links",[17,111,113],{"id":112},"show-your-jobs-with-the-pay","Show your jobs, with the pay",[10,115,116],{},"People choose temp work by pay, shift and distance. Of the job boards we could read, 8 out of 9 showed an hourly rate. Many states now require the pay in every job ad (more under Rules below).",[10,118,119,122],{},[32,120,121],{},"If you use staffing software"," (Avionté, TempWorks, Crelate and others), it already has a job board and an application. Link to it rather than typing jobs twice: point your \"Find a job\" buttons at the board.",[10,124,125,128,129,132],{},[32,126,127],{},"If you don't",", or you'd like to feature a few jobs, use your ",[32,130,131],{},"Job openings"," list:",[25,134,135,147,154,161,174,180,186],{},[28,136,137,138,66,141,66,144,39],{},"Click ",[32,139,140],{},"Lists",[32,142,143],{},"Edit job openings",[32,145,146],{},"Add job",[28,148,149,150,153],{},"Use a plain ",[32,151,152],{},"Job title"," people search for, like \"Forklift operator\" or \"Production associate\".",[28,155,156,157,160],{},"Fill in ",[32,158,159],{},"Pay"," with \"an hour\", like \"$18–20 an hour\", so Google can show it.",[28,162,163,164,101,167,170,171,39],{},"For a temp assignment, pick ",[32,165,166],{},"Seasonal",[32,168,169],{},"Type",". It's the closest type, and Google reads it as temporary. Say \"Temporary\", \"Temp-to-hire\" or \"Direct hire\" in the ",[32,172,173],{},"Short description",[28,175,52,176,179],{},[32,177,178],{},"Location",", type the town where the job is, since temp jobs are usually at a client's site.",[28,181,52,182,185],{},[32,183,184],{},"Full description",", give the shift and its hours, what the work is, what to wear, and any lifting or standing.",[28,187,188,189,192,193,195,196,198],{},"Under ",[32,190,191],{},"Apply button",", pick ",[32,194,100],{}," in ",[32,197,104],{}," if people apply in your staffing software.",[10,200,201,202,205,206,209,210,39],{},"Turn off ",[32,203,204],{},"Accepting applications"," the day a job is filled. Google removes job listings that are out of date. See ",[80,207,131],{"href":208},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fjob-openings"," and ",[80,211,213],{"href":212},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fjob-openings#show-up-in-googles-job-search","Show up in Google's job search",[17,215,217],{"id":216},"make-calling-and-texting-one-tap","Make calling and texting one tap",[10,219,220],{},"Only 5 of the 18 sites had a way to call on a phone's first screen, and only one gave a number for texts. Applicants often text.",[25,222,223,233,244],{},[28,224,137,225,228,229,232],{},[32,226,227],{},"Business info"," and check your ",[32,230,231],{},"Phone",". Type it the way you'd say it, like (815) 555-0142.",[28,234,137,235,237,238,240,241,39],{},[32,236,55],{},". Under ",[32,239,59],{},", turn on ",[32,242,243],{},"Call bar on phones",[28,245,246,247,101,250,253,254,257],{},"If your number takes texts, pick ",[32,248,249],{},"Text message",[32,251,252],{},"Text button",", and fill in ",[32,255,256],{},"Number for texts"," if it's a different number.",[10,259,260,261,39],{},"See ",[80,262,264],{"href":263},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fmenu#add-a-call-bar-on-phones","Add a call bar on phones",[17,266,268],{"id":267},"post-your-hours-walk-in-hours-and-what-to-bring","Post your hours, walk-in hours and what to bring",[10,270,271],{},"People search for agencies \"open now\" and \"open on Saturday\". None of the 18 sites showed hours on a phone's first screen, only one listed walk-in hours, and only two said what to bring.",[273,274,275,288,299,306],"ul",{},[28,276,52,277,279,280,283,284,287],{},[32,278,227],{},", set your ",[32,281,282],{},"Regular hours",", and add walk-in hours in ",[32,285,286],{},"Note under hours",", like \"Walk-ins Monday–Friday 8:30–11 am.\"",[28,289,290,291,294,295,298],{},"Add ",[32,292,293],{},"Holidays and special hours"," ahead of time, and an ",[32,296,297],{},"Open today"," strip near the top of your home page.",[28,300,301,302,305],{},"On your \"Find a job\" page, add a ",[32,303,304],{},"Text"," section that says what to bring: the ID people need for hiring paperwork (for example, a driver's license and Social Security card, or a passport), and whether a résumé is needed.",[28,307,308,309,312],{},"Add an ",[32,310,311],{},"Hours & location"," section with a map to your contact page, and say where to park and which door to use.",[10,314,260,315,39],{},[80,316,318],{"href":317},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fbusiness-info-and-hours","Business info and hours",[17,320,322],{"id":321},"say-you-never-charge-job-seekers","Say you never charge job seekers",[10,324,325],{},"Scammers pose as staffing agencies, by text and email. People reported losing over $500 million to job scams in 2024, and they search for \"staffing agency text message\" and \"staffing agency scam\". Only 6 of the 18 sites said they're free, and only 2 warned about scams.",[10,327,328],{},"Put a short line on your home page and your jobs page, like:",[330,331,332],"blockquote",{},[10,333,334],{},"We never charge you a fee or take a cut of your pay. We'll never ask you for money, gift cards or bank details by text. Our emails come from @youragency.com. Not sure a message is from us? Call (815) 555-0142.",[273,336,337,344,351],{},[28,338,339,340,343],{},"A ",[32,341,342],{},"Highlights"," section works well for \"Free to apply · Weekly pay · Hiring now\".",[28,345,346,347,350],{},"Use an email address on your own domain for your ",[32,348,349],{},"Email"," in Business info, so it matches what you tell people.",[28,352,353,354,357],{},"If scam messages are going around using your name, post a warning in the ",[32,355,356],{},"Announcement bar"," until they stop.",[17,359,361],{"id":360},"make-applying-quick-on-a-phone","Make applying quick on a phone",[10,363,364,365,368],{},"Long forms and file uploads are where phone applicants give up. If your staffing software has a short \"quick apply\", link to it. If not, add a ",[32,366,367],{},"Form"," to your \"Find a job\" page:",[25,370,371,381,396,409,412],{},[28,372,373,374,377,378,39],{},"Give it a ",[32,375,376],{},"Form name"," like \"Job application\", so these messages are easy to spot in your ",[32,379,380],{},"Inbox",[28,382,383,384,387,388,391,392,395],{},"Turn on ",[32,385,386],{},"Ask for phone number",", and ",[32,389,390],{},"Ask what they need help with"," with ",[32,393,394],{},"Topic choices"," like \"Warehouse\", \"Production\", \"Office\" and \"Healthcare\".",[28,397,188,398,401,402,405,406,39],{},[32,399,400],{},"More questions",", ask which shifts they can work, whether they have a ride, and any certifications (forklift, CNA). Pick an ",[32,403,404],{},"Answer type"," for each, and mark only what you truly need as ",[32,407,408],{},"Required",[28,410,411],{},"Forms take photos, not files, so ask for recent jobs as a question instead of a résumé. Most entry-level jobs don't need one.",[28,413,414,415,418],{},"If you text applicants about shifts, add a ",[32,416,417],{},"Consent checkbox",", like \"You can text me about jobs.\"",[10,420,260,421,39],{},[80,422,424],{"href":423},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fforms-and-inbox","Forms and your inbox",[17,426,428],{"id":427},"say-when-payday-is","Say when payday is",[10,430,431,432,434],{},"People search for agencies that \"pay weekly\" and \"pay daily\". Half the sites said \"weekly pay\", but only two named the day. Say it plainly, like \"Paid every Friday by direct deposit or pay card\", in a ",[32,433,342],{}," section and in your FAQ. Benefits (health insurance, paid time off, referral bonuses) and how often temps get hired on belong there too.",[17,436,438],{"id":437},"give-employers-what-they-need-to-call","Give employers what they need to call",[10,440,441],{},"Employers want to know you fill their jobs, in their area, fast, and what you take off their hands. On your \"For employers\" page:",[273,443,444,450,464,470,473],{},[28,445,339,446,449],{},[32,447,448],{},"Services"," section with the kinds of jobs you fill: warehouse, production, office, healthcare, hospitality.",[28,451,339,452,455,456,459,460,39],{},[32,453,454],{},"Service areas"," section with the towns and counties you staff. If you serve several towns, ",[32,457,458],{},"Town pages"," can make a page for each, like \"temp agency in Loves Park\". See ",[80,461,463],{"href":462},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fadd-a-page#make-pages-for-the-towns-you-serve","Make pages for the towns you serve",[28,465,339,466,469],{},[32,467,468],{},"How it works"," section: \"Send your order, we recruit and screen, your workers show up, we handle payroll.\"",[28,471,472],{},"What's included: payroll, taxes, workers' comp, screening and safety orientation. Give your usual fill time only if it's true.",[28,474,339,475,477,478,480,481,483],{},[32,476,367],{}," with a ",[32,479,376],{}," like \"Staff request\" and ",[32,482,400],{}," for the company, positions, how many, start date, shifts, pay rate and location.",[10,485,486],{},"You don't need to publish your markup. Say what your rate covers and how to get a quote.",[17,488,490],{"id":489},"show-reviews-from-both-sides","Show reviews from both sides",[10,492,493],{},"Almost everyone reads reviews before choosing a local business. Agency sites mostly showed reviews from workers, and few had any from employers.",[25,495,496,507,521],{},[28,497,498,499,502,503,506],{},"Add recent Google reviews to your ",[32,500,501],{},"Reviews"," list, and give each one ",[32,504,505],{},"Tags"," like \"workers\" or \"employers\".",[28,508,509,510,512,513,516,517,39],{},"Add a ",[32,511,501],{}," section to each audience's page, with ",[32,514,515],{},"Only reviews tagged"," set to that audience. See ",[80,518,520],{"href":519},"\u002Fhelp\u002Freviews#show-the-right-reviews-on-each-page","Show the right reviews on each page",[28,522,523,524,527,528,39],{},"Paste your Google review link into ",[32,525,526],{},"Leave-a-review link"," in Business info, and turn on ",[32,529,530],{},"Show a \"Leave us a review\" button",[10,532,533,534,39],{},"Ask workers and clients for reviews, but never your own recruiters or office staff, and never tie a bonus to a good review. See ",[80,535,501],{"href":536},"\u002Fhelp\u002Freviews",[17,538,540],{"id":539},"show-who-you-are","Show who you are",[273,542,543,557,563],{},[28,544,339,545,548,549,552,553,39],{},[32,546,547],{},"Team"," section with your recruiters' photos and names. Use ",[32,550,551],{},"Group"," to show office staff on one page and recruiters on another. See ",[80,554,556],{"href":555},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fteam","Your team",[28,558,339,559,562],{},[32,560,561],{},"Badges & logos"," section for American Staffing Association membership, awards and certifications like a woman-owned business. Show a badge only while it's current.",[28,564,565,566,568],{},"Your year founded and that you're locally owned, in a ",[32,567,342],{}," section.",[17,570,572],{"id":571},"turn-on-spanish","Turn on Spanish",[10,574,575,576,240,579,582,583,586,587,39],{},"Eight of the 18 agencies offered something in Spanish, and people search for \"agencias de trabajo cerca de mi\". Your plan includes a Spanish version of your whole site. Click ",[32,577,578],{},"Languages",[32,580,581],{},"Show in Spanish",", and publish. Have a fluent speaker read your job posts, your application and any legal wording in ",[32,584,585],{},"Spanish wording",". One site we saw had a machine translation that said the opposite of what it meant. See ",[80,588,590],{"href":589},"\u002Fhelp\u002Flanguages","Show your site in Spanish",[17,592,594],{"id":593},"answer-the-questions-both-sides-ask","Answer the questions both sides ask",[10,596,308,597,600,601,604,605,608,609,39],{},[32,598,599],{},"FAQ"," section to each audience's page. Give your questions a ",[32,602,603],{},"Topic"," like \"For job seekers\", \"For employers\" or \"For our workers\", and set ",[32,606,607],{},"Only this topic"," in each section. See ",[80,610,612],{"href":611},"\u002Fhelp\u002Ffaq-list#show-one-topic-in-a-section","Show one topic in a section",[10,614,615],{},"Job seekers ask:",[273,617,618,621,624,627,630],{},[28,619,620],{},"Does it cost anything? How do I know a message is really from you?",[28,622,623],{},"How do I apply, and can I do it on my phone? Can I walk in, and what should I bring?",[28,625,626],{},"How much do your jobs pay, and when is payday?",[28,628,629],{},"Do you drug test or run background checks?",[28,631,632],{},"Can a temp job become permanent? Do temps get benefits?",[10,634,635],{},"Employers ask:",[273,637,638,641,644,647],{},[28,639,640],{},"How fast can you fill an order, and what does it cost?",[28,642,643],{},"Who is the employer, and who covers workers' comp?",[28,645,646],{},"Can we hire a temp permanently, and is there a fee?",[28,648,649],{},"How do you screen candidates, and what if a worker isn't a good fit?",[10,651,52,652,654,655,658,659,662,663,39],{},[32,653,140],{}," › ",[32,656,657],{},"FAQs",", ",[32,660,661],{},"Suggest questions"," drafts more from your own site. See ",[80,664,666],{"href":665},"\u002Fhelp\u002Ffaq-list#use-suggested-questions","Use suggested questions",[17,668,670],{"id":669},"photos-that-look-like-your-agency","Photos that look like your agency",[10,672,673],{},"Stock staffing photos are mostly handshakes in suits. Real photos do more. With your phone, take:",[25,675,676,679,682,685,688,691],{},[28,677,678],{},"The front of your office with the sign, from across the street",[28,680,681],{},"Your front desk, where applicants check in",[28,683,684],{},"Your recruiters at work, and your team in front of the office",[28,686,687],{},"Your workers on real jobs, like a forklift or a production line (ask the client and the workers first)",[28,689,690],{},"A safety orientation, or your table at a hiring event",[28,692,693],{},"The parking lot and the door walk-ins should use",[10,695,696,697,700,701,39],{},"Until you have your own, ",[32,698,699],{},"Free photos"," has good ones for \"warehouse worker forklift\", \"warehouse worker scanning boxes\" and \"hotel housekeeper making bed\". Skip handshakes and \"We're hiring\" letter tiles. See ",[80,702,699],{"href":703},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fedit-text-and-photos#free-photos",[17,705,707],{"id":706},"rules-worth-knowing","Rules worth knowing",[10,709,710],{},"These vary by state, so check with your state's labor department:",[273,712,713,727,733,739,754,760],{},[28,714,715,718,719,722,723,39],{},[32,716,717],{},"Pay in job ads:"," required in Colorado, California, Washington, New York, Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, Virginia, Maine, Connecticut, Hawaii and DC (most only above a certain number of employees), and Delaware from 2027. New York's law names employment agencies. In Colorado, set ",[32,720,721],{},"Applications close (optional)",", or say in the description that you take applications on an ongoing basis. See ",[80,724,726],{"href":725},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fjob-openings#set-a-closing-date","Set a closing date",[28,728,729,732],{},[32,730,731],{},"No preferences in job ads:"," a job ad can't prefer or rule out people by sex, age, race, national origin, religion or disability, even when a client asks. Describe the work (\"lift up to 50 lbs\"), not the person.",[28,734,735,738],{},[32,736,737],{},"Equal opportunity and E-Verify:"," an \"Equal opportunity employer\" line on your jobs page is a good habit. If you use E-Verify, its notices must be shown to applicants in English and Spanish, and online is one way to do it.",[28,740,741,744,745,101,748,750,751,39],{},[32,742,743],{},"Licenses and registration:"," some states license or register agencies. New York requires a licensed employment agency's license number in its ads. Put yours in ",[32,746,747],{},"License number",[32,749,178],{}," in Business info, and it shows in your footer. See ",[80,752,318],{"href":753},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fbusiness-info-and-hours#location",[28,755,756,759],{},[32,757,758],{},"No fees to applicants:"," many states limit or ban fees to job seekers, and Google removes job posts that ask applicants to pay.",[28,761,762,765],{},[32,763,764],{},"Only real, open jobs:"," don't post a \"general application\" as if it were an open job.",[10,767,768],{},"This isn't legal advice, just what we found while looking at agency sites.",[17,770,772],{"id":771},"tips","Tips",[273,774,775,778,781],{},[28,776,777],{},"Your first phone screen should hold two buttons (find a job, hire workers), your phone number and one fact like \"Weekly pay\" or \"Free to apply\". A slogan can come after.",[28,779,780],{},"Go through your jobs every week and close the filled ones.",[28,782,783,784,39],{},"Give your home page a search title like \"Temp agency in Rockford, IL\". See ",[80,785,787],{"href":786},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fsearch-and-sharing","Search and sharing",{"title":789,"searchDepth":790,"depth":790,"links":791},"",2,[792,793,794,795,796,797,798,799,800,801,802,803,804,805,806],{"id":19,"depth":790,"text":20},{"id":112,"depth":790,"text":113},{"id":216,"depth":790,"text":217},{"id":267,"depth":790,"text":268},{"id":321,"depth":790,"text":322},{"id":360,"depth":790,"text":361},{"id":427,"depth":790,"text":428},{"id":437,"depth":790,"text":438},{"id":489,"depth":790,"text":490},{"id":539,"depth":790,"text":540},{"id":571,"depth":790,"text":572},{"id":593,"depth":790,"text":594},{"id":669,"depth":790,"text":670},{"id":706,"depth":790,"text":707},{"id":771,"depth":790,"text":772},"Guides by business","We looked at 18 independent staffing agency websites: what job seekers and employers check, what most agencies leave out, and how to add each one.","md",{},true,340,"\u002Fhelp\u002Fstaffing-agency-website",{"title":5,"description":808},"help\u002Fstaffing-agency-website","2026-10-26","r5mtCIjz9yqz1gnWnbv7r4hY66ogHb5_B_HoJLJ2cCI",[819,822,825,828,831,834],{"path":820,"title":821},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fauto-repair-shop-website","Auto repair shop website: what earns the call",{"path":823,"title":824},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fcar-wash-website","Car wash website: what brings drivers in and keeps members happy",{"path":826,"title":827},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fsmoke-shop-website","Smoke and vape shop website: useful and on the right side of the rules",{"path":829,"title":830},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fdeli-website","Deli website: what gets the order",{"path":832,"title":833},"\u002Fhelp\u002Flive-theater-website","Live theater website: what sells the tickets",{"path":835,"title":836},"\u002Fhelp\u002Fcinema-website","Independent cinema website: what fills the seats",1793148878098]