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Like in other states, Georgia has employment agencies that help in matching workers to companies that have manpower vacancies to fill. These employment agencies render are categorized according to employment services such as temporary staffing, student employment, executive recruitment and talent agencies. These Georgia employment agencies facilitate in executive recruitment through a third party. This may be through a recruiter or recruitment agency which liaises between the client company and jobseekers.

They also serve as experts when it comes to the relationships of clients like in sales or business development, or usually when it comes to screening and recruitment of candidates, or human sourcing, like it is also sometimes called. In certain cases, executive recruiters can also serve as an expert in terms of clients and as well as a recruiter.

On the other hand, temporary staffing firms or employment agencies in Georgia, judging from the name implies, helps large-scale companies fill up jobs for temporary employment. Usually, there is quite an overlap in the workforce that the commendable transitory employees ultimately get hired as regular employees by the company. These temporary agencies usually help applicants fill vacancies for jobs in health care, accounting, janitorial and maintenance, secretarial, light industrial and technical. These temporary agencies in Georgia are usually listed in the local phone directories (under the "employment" or "temp employment" categories) also they provided lists or websites in the internet. Only personal applications are accepted in these agencies, though.

Meanwhile, the student employment agencies is Georgia could be found located within the state's prominent academies like that of universities. These agencies offer temporary work but also take into consideration the students' education and schedules.

Talent agencies specialize in finding projects or employment for actors, musicians, models and other types of performers specifically in the entertainment field. There are a lot of talent agencies that could be found in the country and majority of them not to mention the talent agencies found in Georgia, are managed by artists unions and legal jurisdiction as suggested by the governing rules of the state.

However, unlike other agencies, the Georgia's employment agencies are regulated by GAPS or the Georgia Association of Personnel Services. GAPS is a non-profit trade association which is composed of Personnel Staffing Services Firms throughout the state of Georgia, and is primarily addressing the needs of those institutions and other business entities for their demand when it comes to labor or manpower. As of 2005, there were over 150 companies as well as branches that was accredited with a seal of approval from GAPS. These accredited companies enjoy many privileges like that of extensive networking.

Even though GAPS addresses employer needs, it also functions to provide protection and advocate workers rights. GAPS' Education Institute which offers industry-related seminars, skills training for workers, and training seminars for different level of consultants may they be highly experienced or not.

By 2006, there were a total of around these agencies in Georgia reached to 1,500. Due to the soaring needs the work force are slowly paving the way for the emergence of more agencies. Some have even evolved into skills learning centers while there are others who have focused their attention providing employment for health care workers such as hospital aids even skilled nurses.