1. US
RECRUITMENT / STAFFING

2. What is US Staffing/recruitment?
 US Staffing is a Talent Acquisition Industry which brings
together HR Departments of the Clients, the VMS and the
managers of staffing companies to hire the best talent for the
vacant jobs in shortest possible time.
 Major players in US Staffing are :
 Client
 Account Manager or Delivery Manager (Onshore
Coordinators of Staffing Agency)
 Candidate
 VMS(Vendor Management System)
 Recruiters

4. GEOGRAPHYOFUSA

5. TIME ZONES OFUSA
 US is divided politically into following zones – East,
West, North, South, Mid-East and Mid West.
 Due to its huge land area, US is divided into given time
zones – EST, CST, MST and PST.
 In terms of time difference, EST is 1 hour ahead of CST, 2
hours ahead of MST and 3 hours ahead of PST.

6. TIME ZONES OF USA

7. VISAFOR USA
What is a U.S.Visa?
A citizen of a foreign country who seeks
to enter the United States (U.S.) generally
must first obtain a U.S. visa, which is
placed in the traveler’s passport, a travel
document issued by the traveler’s country
of citizenship. Certain international
travelers may be eligible to travel to the
U.S. without a visa if they meet the
requirements for visa-free travel.
The type of visa you must obtain is defined by U.S.
immigration law, and relates to the purpose of your
travel. There are two main categories of U.S. visas:
Nonimmigrant visas – For travel to the U.S. on a
temporary basis.
Immigrant visas – For travel to live permanently in
the U.S..

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 ImmigrantVisa - It is for those people who intend to live
permanently in US
 Types of ImmigrantVisa
 Green Card (GC) – An official document issued by US
Government to alliance allowing them to work
permanently in US.

9.  Non Immigrant Visa – This Visa is given to those
immigrants whose permanent residence is outside US,
however they wish to stay in US on a temporary basis for
a certain purpose – tourism, medical treatment, business,
temporary work or study.
 Types of Non Immigrant Visa
 H1B – It is a work permit under US immigration in
which people can enter in US for three years if they
work in a specialized field and their employers cannot
fill the position locally. It is initially granted for a
period of three years and can be extended up to a period
of another years, hence the H1B visa is valid up to a
duration of six years.

10.  H4 – It is granted to the dependents of immigrants who are on H1B
work permit. People on this category are not allowed to work in US.
 J1 – Basically provided for someone from home country to US for
training which should be useful for home country.
 L1 / L2 – Intra Company Transfer / Dependent Visa – L1 is a Non
Immigrant Visa which allows companies operating both in US and
abroad to transfer certain class of employees from its foreign
operations to US operations for a period of maximum up to seven
years.
The employee must have worked for a subsidiary or parent company
of our US company for at least a period of one year out of last three
years.
EAD – Employment Authorization Document
• An Employment Authorization Document (EAD) is work permit that
authorizes an immigrant to work in US for a period of time, usually one
year.

11.  Border Visas – As US shares its borders with two different countries,
Canada and Mexico, TN visa allows people of these countries to work
in USA.
TN Visa :
 Product of NAFTA
 Between USA ,Mexico and Canada
 The TN application process is filed if the employer is the petitioner
while the foreign professional worker is the beneficiary. The
foreign worker must possess at least a bachelor’s degree or the
equivalent.
 TN visa has to be renewed every 3 years.

12. USATax Terms
 There are three tax terms
1. W2
2. 1099
3. C2C
1.W2 –
When a person is paid in form of W2, the
employer automatically withholds a part of his pay
and pays all the necessary taxes on his own as per
the required norms of Federal Government. These
Taxes include Federal Income Tax, State Income
Tax, Social Security and Medicare Tax. It is
further classified in two parts

13. 2. 1099 –
When a person is paid in 1099 payrolls, all money earned by the
candidate is paid on an untaxed basis. It is then the responsibility of
the candidate to file and pay the appropriate taxes.
3. C2C or Corp to Corp –
In this a sub vendor to your staffing company does a 1099 type of
contract and then pays to his consultant on W2 Payrolls.

14. Job Boards used in US Recruitments
 Job Boards are basically
websites where job seeking
candidates post their
resumes and Employers look
for a potential candidate who
can be hired for their
requirement.
 There are various Job Boards
available in market where
people from US post their
resumes. Some of the Job
Boards are:-

15. ApplicantTracking System
 There are some portals available in US Recruitment market which
source resumes from all major job boards and act as a one stop
solution to have large database of candidates for various type of skill
sets.
 Some of the such major job portals are
 Bullhorn
 LinkedIn Recruiter
 JobDiva.com
 QCOM
 JobDiva.com
 Taleo.net

16. SOURCING
What Sourcing Is-
Sourcing is a sub-set of recruitment, which is
proactively searching
for the most talented candidates for filling vacant
positions of a particular
role.
Active Candidates-
These are those candidates who are actively looking
for job
opportunities.
Active Sourcing-
Involves recruiters proactively approaching
specialists and high potential
candidates, screening them and matching them to
the required skill sets.

17. Ways OfActive
Sourcing-
1. Job Boards.
2. Employment Branding.
3. Attractive Job Postings.
4. Social Media.
5. Proactive Sourcing.
6. Employee Referral
Programs.
7. Positive candidate
experience
Recent Trends In
Active Sourcing-
• Web 2.0 social communities like
LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter,
Blogs etc.
• Online Job Boards like
Naukri.com, Monster.com, Dice,
TimesJobs.com etc.
• Referral Polling from the top
management

18. Passive Candidate-
Passive candidates are those candidates who are not actively
looking for a job.
Passive Sourcing-
Involves sourcing passive candidates who are currently
employed
individuals and are not actively looking for a new position
but may
be interested if the right opportunity comes along.

21. PRESENTED BY:
PRATIBHA SAINI