Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!joel
From: joel@torsqnt.UUCP (joel)
Newsgroups: ont.jobs
Subject: Employment Agencies
Keywords: money, contracting, agencies, employment
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Date: 9 Jan 90 17:29:43 GMT
Distribution: ont
Organization: Sequent Computers (Canada) Ltd., Toronto, CANADA
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This is a reply to Gary Morrison's article of Dec 22 1989

Dear Gary:

Thanks for taking the time to register your questions about using P.J.Ward.
Ihope you will find the following response helpful.

P.J.Ward is a placement agency specializing in information system plaements,
both permanent and contract.

For contract positions:

We always establish an hourly rate range, $x, with the contractor prior to
presenting him/her to our client. When a contract placement is arranged we
pay the contractor the agreed to $x/hour; payment is every 2 weeks, 
automatic deposit into the contractor's account. We then mark up the
contractor's hourly rate, by some percentage, and bill the client. Note: no
agency's fee is deducted from the contractor's hourly rate.

All our contractors are self employed. When a contract position is arranged
a contract is signed between the contractor and P.J.Ward confirming the
hourly rate, the duration, the client site etc.

Permanent Positions:

It is illegal for any agency to charge a candidate a placement fee; the client,
and not the candidate, pays the fee.  If the candidate is hired on a 
permanent basis the client pays a percentage of the candidate's first year's
salary. Our rate is 25% if the client is working with us exclusively, or if the
first year's salary is less than $25K; otherwise, our rate is 30%.(Other
agencies have different fee structures).

"Selecting a good headhunter", is an insightful article, recently published in
Computerworld, Nov 6, 1989 - page 123 which discusses what to look for in
a placement consultant.

Plese fell free to contact me if you have additional questions.

This article was entered by Joel Smith for Angela Williams. We are both 
Placement Consultants with P.J. Ward.