What is Bench Sales Recruiting?

Bench sales recruiting is a type of recruiting where the candidates residing in a country who are willing
to work are provided job opportunities under the companies’ payroll.

Payroll:

Well, payroll can mean a few different things:

1. Payroll refers to the employees you pay, along with employee information.
2. Payroll is also the amount you pay employees during each pay period.
3. Or payroll can refer to the process of actually calculating and distributing wages and taxes.

The team of recruitment will market the consultant’s resume through various techniques and find them
an appropriate project.

Bench sales include:

1. Sourcing the CV
2. Screening
3. Negotiating rates
4. Coordinating with clients
5. Follow up till offer
6. Joining of the candidate

Work Visa and Permits:

• Visa is an entry clearance certificate that is placed in a travel or passport document, which gives us
permission to enter into an applied country.

• In US, there are two categories of Visa which exist.

1. Immigrant Visa
2. Non Immigrant Visa

Types of Visa:
• Immigrant Visa - It is for those people who intend to live permanently in US

• Types of Immigrant Visa :

Green Card (GC) – An official document issued by US Government to alliance allowing them to work
permanently in US.

Permanent Resident – An allocation of residency to the incoming immigrants done on the random basis
other than the Green Card allocation.
• Non Immigrant Visa – This Visa is given to those immigrants whose permanent residence is outside US,
however they wish to stay in US on a temporary basis for a certain purpose – tourism, medical
treatment, business, temporary work or study.

• Types of Non Immigrant Visa:

H1B – It is a work permit under US immigration in which people can enter in US for three years if they
work in a specialized field and their employers cannot fill the position locally. It is initially granted for a
period of three years and can be extended up to a period of another years, hence the H1B visa is valid
up to a duration of six years. The programmers and other technically skilled people especially related to
Computers is enter US under this Visa Category.

H4 – It is granted to the dependents of immigrants who are on H1B work permit. People on this category
are not allowed to work in US.

J1 – Basically provided for someone from home country to US for training which should be useful for
home country.

L1 / L2 – Intra Company Transfer / Dependent Visa – L1 is a Non Immigrant Visa which allows companies
operating both in US and abroad to transfer certain class of employees from its foreign operations to US
operations for a period of maximum up to seven years. The employee must have worked for a subsidiary
or parent company of our US company for at least a period of one year out of last three years.

• EAD – Employment Authorization Document. An Employment Authorization Document (EAD) is work

permit that authorizes an immigrant to work in US for a period of time, usually one year. There are two
categories of EAD available : I485 EAD (Green Card EAD) OPT EAD

• Border Visas – As US shares its borders with two different countries, Canada and Mexico, there are
two work permits which allows people from these countries to work within US.

TN 1 Visa (Canada)

TN 2 Visa (Mexico)

Political Division and Time Zones:

• US is divided politically into following zones – East, West, North, South, Mid-East and Mid West.

• Due to its huge land area, US is divided into given time zones – EST, CST, MST and PST.

• In terms of time difference, EST is 1 hour ahead of CST, 2 hours ahead of MST and 3 hours ahead of
PST.
• For example Atlanta, GA (EST) will be 1 hour ahead of Dallas, TX (CST), 2 hours ahead of Denver, CO
(MST) and 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles, CA (PST).

Tax Terms:
• There are three tax terms which are prescribed in US Recruitment.

1. W2
2. 1099
3. C2C (Corp to Corp).

W2 – When a person is paid in form of W2, the employer automatically withholds a part of his pay and
pays all the necessary taxes on his own as per the required norms of Federal Government. These Taxes
include Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax, Social Security and Medicare Tax. It is further classified in
two parts:

1. W2 Salaried
2. W2 Hourly

 W2 Salaried – In this the employer pays the candidate on a daily rate basis. This means that the
consultant will be billed on 800 hours instead of 880 hours on a monthly basis. The candidate is
normally paid benefits (Medical Insurance, Paid Time Off, National Holidays and 401K
Contribution). The candidate is not qualified for overtime in this type of payroll.
 W2 Hourly – In this, the employer pays the on an hourly basis. This means that the candidate
will be billed for full 880 hours (8 hours a day * 5 days a week * 22 days a month). There are no
benefits or minimal benefits provided with this type of payroll. The candidate is eligible for
overtime.

 1099 – When a person is paid in 1099 payrolls, all money earned by the candidate is paid on an
untaxed basis. It is then the responsibility of the candidate to file and pay the appropriate taxes.

 C2C or Corp to Corp – In this a sub vendor to your staffing company does a 1099 type of contract
and then pays to his consultant on W2 Payrolls.

 To do a 1099 or C2C contract, a sub-vendor or the self contractor needs to have following
insurances.

 General Liability – Amount of $1 million (Mandatory, Always ask the candidate or vendor when
dealing a 1099 or C2C case).

 Errors and Omissions.

  Worker men’s Compensation

Employment types:
Full time Employment :

 In Full time employment, employee works for full time.

 He/she will be a permanent worker.
 Working timings - 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week for 52 weeks.
 He/she may enjoy the company benefits and allowances such as sick leave, Annual leave,
insurance benefits, Compensation, paid holidays where part time and contract employees may
not.

Part time employment:

 Part-time is defined as working between 1 and 35 hours per week.

 Work fewer hours than the regular time.
 He/she may not enjoy any company benefits.

Contract employment:

 There will be an agreement between an employee and an employer for a certain period of time.
 He/she may not enjoy any company benefits and allowance.

Per diem:

 Payment made by daily basis to the employees.

 The employee will get salary plus their expenses on each day.

Flow of Requirements:
For Example: Microsoft (End Client)  HCL  STAFFING COMPANY.

Microsoft will give the requirement to HCL and the HCL will give the requirement to vendors like
STAFFING COMPANY and STAFFING COMPANY will give requirement to Recruiters.

This flow is called as flow of requirement.

Employer: An employer is a person or institution that hires employees or workers.

Implementation Partner: The organization which implements the projects to the vendor.

Middle Layer (or) Prime Vendors: The organization which supports the end client and the vendors

Direct Deposit: Salary paid directly to the consultant to their bank account and not by sending in cheque.
Level of Experience:
1. Entry level/Junior level (0-3 years)
Entry level broadly refers to the point at which job seekers enter the job market with the minimum
required training and education, although not yet having work experience in the chosen field. Thus,
in the broadest sense, entry level is the entry point into a profession between education and
experience. However, this definition of the entry level has changed in recent years to often include
some level of actual work experience, depending on the specific job or career.

2. Mid-Junior level (3-5 years)

Mid-level position means that workers will be paid more than entry-level employees but that they will
be helping higher-level employees or managers. Mid-level positions usually require some education
and/or experience. Mid-level positions usually require a fair amount of responsibility.

3. Senior level (6-9 years)

This level includes fully competent professional. It involves possessing and applying a broad knowledge
of principles, practices and procedures of particular field of specialization.

4. Lead Consultant (9-13 years)

Responsibilities include under general supervision, plans, conducts and supervises assignments. Reviews
progress and evaluates results. The person may serve as a resource to others in the resolution of
complex problems and issues.

5. Architect (above 13 years)

A technical architect acts as a liaison between the upper management of a company and the designers
and developers who work on the company’s information technology (IT) needs. The technical architect
must anticipate and identify these IT needs and design a solution, and they must make sure the solution
works as efficiently as possible for all parties involved. It also is possible for technical architects to
specialize in a specific part of an IT framework, such as security. However, most technical architects are
responsible for improving end-user experience or ensuring a company’s internal digital framework
works smoothly.