Employment and Personnel Services issues licenses and registrations to various types of businesses that offer employment and staffing services to job seekers and potential employers. The type of registration or license that is necessary depends on answers to certain questions, such as:
- What are the type of services are being offered?
- What type of people will the business be placing (Home Health Aids, Nurses, Clerical, etc.)?
- Is the job seeker is an employee (on the payroll of the agency) or is the job seeker an independent contractor?
- Is it a one-time placement?
- Is a fee charged to the job seeker?
- Who will the fee be charged to?
A list of the types of businesses that are issued licenses and registrations by the Division can be found below.
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Laws and Regulations
- Employment and Personnel Services
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- Chapter 45 Subchapter B Personnel Services
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Employment and Personnel Service Types
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Career Consulting Firms
A career consulting firm is an agency that provides or renders services in connection with advice, analysis, instruction, etc. in a desired field of employment.
To determine what type of agency you should be registered as, please contact the Registered Business Section by phone at
(973) 504-6370 or by mail at:
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Regulated Business Section
124 Halsey Street
P.O. Box 45028
Newark, NJ 07101
Career Counseling Firms/Agent
A career counseling service is any business that through its agent's procures or represents itself as providing employment or employment assistance or advertises in any manner the following type of services for a fee: vocational guidance, achievement or vocational testing, career management, planning, the development of resumes, etc.
To determine what type of agency you should be registered as, please contact the Registered Business Section by phone at
(973) 504-6370 or by mail at:
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Regulated Business Section
124 Halsey Street
P.O. Box 45028
Newark, NJ 07101
Consulting Firms
(Headhunters)
A consulting firm/headhunter procures interviews to a job seeker with a prospective employer and a prospective employer with a job seeker.
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To determine what type of agency you should be registered as, please contact the Registered Business Section by phone at
(973) 504-6370 or by mail at:
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Regulated Business Section
124 Halsey Street
P.O. Box 45028
Newark, NJ 07101
Consulting/Temp Agencies
A consulting/temp firm can perform the functions of both a consulting firm and a temporary help service firm.
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To determine what type of agency you should be registered as, please contact the Registered Business Section by phone at
(973) 504-6370 or by mail at:
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Regulated Business Section
124 Halsey Street
P.O. Box 45028
Newark, NJ 07101
Employment Agencies/Agents
An employment agency is an agency that procures employment for a job seeker and employees for employers. Employment agencies requires the employment agent to be licensed as well.
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To determine what type of agency you should be registered as, please contact the Registered Business Section by phone at
(973) 504-6370 or by mail at:
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Regulated Business Section
124 Halsey Street
P.O. Box 45028
Newark, NJ 07101
Entertainment Agencies/Agents
An Entertainment Agency performs the functions of an Employment Agency but for the sole purpose of placing performers into positions requiring acting, modeling and any type of entertainment. Entertainment Agencies and Entertainment Agents are required to be licensed with the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs.
To determine what type of agency you should be registered as, please contact the Registered Business Section by phone at
(973) 504-6370 or by mail at:
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Regulated Business Section
124 Halsey Street
P.O. Box 45028
Newark, NJ 07101
Job Listing Services
To determine what type of agency you should be registered as, please contact the Registered Business Section by phone at
(973) 504-6370 or by mail at:
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Regulated Business Section
124 Halsey Street
P.O. Box 45028
Newark, NJ 07101
Nurses Registry
A nurse registry is a firm which assigns, supplies, offers, arranges temporary or permanent services classified as the practice of nursing and receives payment, fee or commission for such services. A nurse registry acts as an employment.
To determine what type of agency you should be registered as, please contact the Registered Business Section by phone at
(973) 504-6370 or by mail at:
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Regulated Business Section
124 Halsey Street
P.O. Box 45028
Newark, NJ 07101
Resume Services/Agent
To determine what type of agency you should be registered as, please contact the Registered Business Section by phone at
(973) 504-6370 or by mail at:
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Regulated Business Section
124 Halsey Street
P.O. Box 45028
Newark, NJ 07101
Temporary Help Service Firms
A temporary help service firm provides temporary personnel on their payroll to clients for temporary assignments.
Alerts
To determine what type of agency you should be registered as, please contact the Registered Business Section by phone at
(973) 504-6370 or by mail at:
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Regulated Business Section
124 Halsey Street
P.O. Box 45028
Newark, NJ 07101