SSIC Division 78 – Employment activities

Companies in this division help employers find staff, supply workers on a temporary basis, or run human resource tasks for clients.

This includes recruitment and executive search firms, placement agencies for domestic workers, casting and model agencies, and manpower contractors whose own employees work at the client's site. It also covers firms that handle payroll, benefits and other HR work for clients without managing the staff.

Commonly registered businesses

• Recruitment, headhunting and casting agencies (78104)
• Maid agencies that place domestic workers with households (78103)
• Manpower contracting and temporary staff supply (non-IT) (78102)
• Outsourced HR and payroll services for client firms (78300)
• IT manpower contracting, supplying IT staff to clients for a period (78101)