Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one of the following: (1) listing employment vacancies and referring or placing applicants for employment; or (2) providing executive search, recruitment, and placement services.

Excluded or separately classified activities

Official Census cross-references identify activities that belong under another North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.

• Providing advice and assistance on human resource and personnel policies, practices, and procedures; and employee benefits and compensation systems--are classified in Industry 54161, Management Consulting Services; and

  Management Consulting Services54161

• Providing human resources and human resource management services to client businesses and households--are classified in Industry 56133, Professional Employer Organizations;

  Professional Employer Organizations56133

• Representing models, entertainers, athletes, and other public figures as their agent or manager--are classified in Industry 71141, Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures.

  Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures71141

• Supplying their own employees for limited periods of time to supplement the working force of a client's business--are classified in Industry 56132, Temporary Help Services;

  Temporary Help Services56132