What best defines a temporary staffing agency?

• A. A person who retains workers and deploys or facilitates the placement of workers with other employers
• B. A firm that only handles recruitment but does not place workers
• C. A company that provides only training services
• D. A staffing agency that operates only within a single site

Answer: (A)

A temporary staffing agency is a firm that retains workers on its payroll and deploys or facilitates their placement with other employers for short-term assignments. The defining idea is that the agency not only recruits but also provides the workers to client companies, handling the employment relationship and the logistics of placing staff at various sites for defined periods. This arrangement lets employers quickly fill temporary needs and gives workers a range of short-term opportunities across different employers.

Other descriptions fall short because they either focus only on recruiting without placing workers, describe providers that only offer training, or picture an agency that operates exclusively at a single site. None of those capture the full role of a temporary staffing agency, which is sourcing, employing, and supplying workers to client locations for temporary work.