Staffing Agency

4 Tips For Starting A Successful Staffing Agency (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own staffing agency? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a staffing agency:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a staffing agency?
-> Pros and cons of a staffing agency

Need inspiration?

-> Other staffing agency success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a staffing agency
-> Staffing agency names

Other resources

-> Profitability of a staffing agency

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a staffing agency:

#1: Sandra Lewis, founder of Boldly:

We chatted with with Sandra, founder of Boldly ($320K/month). In our interview, Sandra says:

I try to keep things simple. There are many complex issues that every entrepreneur is faced with, so I try to be mindful not to complicate things even more!

Read the full interview ➜

#2: Eddie Edwards Jr, founder of CEI Staffing:

We chatted with with Eddie, founder of CEI Staffing ($170K/month). In our interview, Eddie says:

If a company can’t meet your price to do business, then you need to move on, stick to your guns. Don’t drop your rates. You need to know exactly what it’s going to take to make money. Then go up from there, not down.

Read the full interview ➜

#3: Tricia Sciortino, founder of BELAY:

We chatted with with Tricia, founder of BELAY ($/month). In our interview, Tricia says:

A colleague and his wife had an idea – they wanted to start their own business and asked if I wanted to join them. Everything said ‘Don’t do this.’ But my gut? My gut said, ‘Go for it!’

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