US STAFFING

Staffing:
Staffing pertains to recruitment, selection, development and compensation of subordinates.
Today Staffing is known as Human Resource Management and involves manning or filling various
positions in the organizational structure. Activities like determining manpower requirements,
assessing the number of people presently available in the organization, recruiting and selecting
candidates, training and placing them in the organization come under the purview of staffing.
About United states & Time Zones:
The United States of America (also referred to as the United states, the US, The USA or America)
The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states
Washington D.C., the capital district, lie between the pacific and Atlantic oceans, bordered by the
north and Mexico to the south.
States and Codes of America:

States

Codes

Capitals

AL

Montgomery

Alaska

AK

Juneau

Arizona

AZ

Phoenix

Arkansas

AR

Little Rock

California

CA

Sacramento

Colorado

CO

Denver

Connecticut

CT

Hartford

Delaware

DE

Dover

Florida

FL

Tallahassee

Alabama

Georgia

GA

Atlanta

Hawaii

HI

Honolulu

Idaho

ID

Boise

Illinois

IL

Springfield

Indiana

IN

Indianapolis

Iowa

IA

Des Moines

Kansas

KS

Topeka

Kentucky

KY

Frankfort

Louisiana

LA

Baton Rouge

Maine

ME

Augusta

Maryland

MD

Annapolis

Massachusetts

MA

Boston

Michigan

MI

Lansing

Minnesota

MN

St. Paul

Mississippi

MS

Jackson

Missouri

MO

Jefferson City

Montana

MT

Helena

Nebraska

NE

Lincoln

Nevada

NV

Carson City

New Hampshire

NH

Concord

New Jersey

NJ

Trenton

New Mexico

NM

Santa Fe

New York

NY

Albany

North Carolina

NC

Raleigh

North Dakota

ND

Bismarck

Ohio

OH

Columbus

Oklahoma

OK

Oklahoma City

Oregon

OR

Salem

Pennsylvania

PA

Harrisburg

Rhode Island

RI

Providence

South Carolina

SC

Columbia

South Dakota

SD

Pierre

Tennessee

TN

Nashville

Texas

TX

Austin

Utah

UT

Salt Lake City

Vermont

VT

Montpelier

Virginia

VA

Richmond

Washington

WA

Olympia

West Virginia

WV

Charleston

Wisconsin

WI

Madison

Wyoming

WY

Cheyenne

Time Zones:
In US there are four time zones and they are as follows
1.
2.
3.
4.

Pacific Time Zone (PST)

Mountain Time Zone (MST)
Central Time Zone (CST)
Eastern Time Zone (EST)

1 hour is difference between every time zone.

Example: if time in EST is 6:00PM then the time in CST is 5:00PM, MST 4:00PM, PST 3:00PM
By seeing the following picture we can came to know the states which fall under the different time
zones

Visa:
H-1 B specialty occupation (Professionals) visas:
Professional workers with at least a bachelors degree (or its equivalent work experience) may be
eligible for a non-immigrant visa if their employers can demonstrate that they are to be paid at least
the prevailing wage for the position.
H1B visa valid for a span of 2 years and they can work for any company and it can be extend for 2
more years and also one more year. If they are completing 5 years then they can apply for Green
Card EAD. After verification then they can get Green Card .
Can work for their employer only (C2C)
H4: H-4 visa is a visa given to immediate family members (spouse and children under 21 years of
age) of the H-1B visa holders.
L1: L1 Visa is valid for one year and that person should work for a particular company and the visa
can extend for one more year also. Once the person stays for more than five years can apply for EAD
and can get the green card after the verification process.
L2: L2 visa is a visa given to immediate family members (spouse and children under 21 years of age)
of the L1 Visa holders.

F1: F1 Visa is given to the students and it is valid for 2 years (18 months for studies and remaining 6
months for the project work) and the student can apply for OPT (EAD) and the student can work for
21 hours per week.
Green Card
Are permanent resident (authorized to work for any employer)
Can go for any tax terms 1099, C2C, W2
B-1, B-2Tourist/Visitor visas:
Available to all visitors coming to US for business or pleasure. B-1 business visitor visas are for a short
duration and must not involve local employment. Nationals of certain countries may be eligible to visit
the US for upto 90 days without obtaining a visa.
OPT EAD: optional practical training:
Any F-1 students can apply for OPT. OPTs are authorized to work for anyemployer.
Can go for any tax terms 1099, C2C, W2
Basics Software Consulting Industry:
Staffing firm:
Staffing firm places the consultants in different business on temporary or permanent basis. Staffing
form (United software group Inc) clients are financial firms, pharmaceutical companies, media
companies, consulting forms and proffered vendors.
Consultant:
A consultant is a professional or expert in a specific field who has a wide experience of the subject
matter. He usually works for a consultancy firm or is self employed and engages with multiple clients.
Who is end client or client?
Where the consultants works.
Example: Chrysler, general Motors, JPMC, CitiGroup, bank of America, Sony etc
Who is preferred Vendor?
Example: TEK systems, Kforce, Comsys, Modis etc
Who is a vendor?
A staffing firm is a layer between preferred vendor and the employer of the consultant.
Data Base
Data Bases are useful for finding the candidates resume or cv. We can find the resumes or by following
ways:
1. Yahoo IM

2. Groups
3. Gmail
4. Portals (Dice, C2C, Monster,CB)
5. Database developing in Excel Sheet
Tax Terms:
corp to corp :
It is the Parole run between two incorporations (Pvt Ltd.)
H1s are eligible. US Citizens & GCs may also eligible provided he/she has incorporated company.
1099
In this tax term the consultant himself pay his parole taxes.
US citizens $ GCs are are eligible. No H1s.
W2
W2 is of two types and they are classified as follows:
First type- W2 is with benefits. In this case the consultant will get insurance, paid vacations and
travelling expenses.
Second type- W2 is without benefits. In this case the consultant will get only parole taxes.
US Citizens and GCs are applicable.
OPT/CPT:
Is a period during which a graduate or under graduate student with F1 status completed or been
pursuing their degree for more than nine months are permitted to work for at most one year on
student visa without needing to acquire a work H1B visa. They are now permitted a total of 24
months towards practical training. Any F1 students can apply for OPT and get a legal status to work
in US. They can only work with company that sponsored their employment. OPT are authorized to
work for any employer.
US phone number format: state code-area code-number (614-###-####)
What is social security number?
In the United States, a social security number (SSN) is a nine digit number issued to US citizens,
permanent residents and temporary (working) residents.
Format: 000-xx-xxxx
Employer identification number or EIN:
Employer identification number or EIN (also known as federal employer identification number (FEIN))
is Unique nine digit number 00-0000000

Daily process
Client/ CEO/ Business Development Manager/ Accounts Manager

Requirement

Role, Duration Location

Skill Set Responsibilities

Recruiters

Analyzed by the
Recruiter
Finding Resume From

Yahoo IM

Groups

Gmail

Finding
out
Resumes

Portals

some

LinkedIn

Database

Have a conversation with consultant & Employer

Finally We Will Be Having

Following INFO

Consultant Details
Updated Resume
Employer Rate
Confirmation

Send To CEO/BDM/Accounts
Manager
IT Technologies
JAVA, J2EE
Documentum
Java Front End
Java Server Side
Java, J2EE
WebSphere
X-Other
WPF - Windows Presentation Foundation
VB.net
VBA (Visual Basic for Application)
Visual Basic
x-Other

Dot NET, VB, ASP, C#

ASP, .NET
BizTalk
C#
SharePoint
Silverlight
WCF - Windows Communication Foundation

Data Warehousing/ETL
Ab Initio
Ascential Data Stage
Data Analyst
Data Architect
Data Modeler
Infomatica
SAS
x-Other

Database Developer
Access Developer
Mysql Developer
Oracle Developer, PL/SQL
Power Builder Developer
SQL Server Developer
Sybase Developer
Tera Data Developer
x-Other

SAP
SAP ABAP
SAP AFS
SAP ALE
SAP AM

SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP

HCM
HR
HRMS
IM
ITS

SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP

APO
AR
Basis
BI
BPC
Business One
BW
CCM
CO
CO-PA
CO-PC
CRM
DBA
EBP

SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP

KW
LE
LS
MDM
MM
Net Weaver
PE
PI
PLM
PM
PP
PS
QM
R/3

SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP

ECC
EP
ERP
FICO
Security
SEM
SRM
TDMS

SAP SCM
SAP SD
SAP SD Functional
SAP SD Technical
SAP TEM
SAP WM
SAP XI
x-Other

DBAs
DB2/DB DBA
Informix DBA
MySQL DBA
Oracle Apps DBA
Oracle DBA
SQL Server DBA
Sybase DBA
Tera Data DBA
x-Other

QA/Testing
QA Analyst
QA Engineer
QA Lead
QA Mainframe Environment
QA People soft tester
QA SAP Tester
QA Siebel Tester
QA Unix Environment
QA Web Environment

C++, VC++
C++
VC++
x-Other
X-Other
Oracle apps
Oracle Apps Developer
Oracle Apps Functional
Oracle Apps Technical
Oracle Apps Techno Functional
Oracle CRM
Oracle E-Business
Oracle ERP
Oracle Financials
Oracle Identity Management
Oracle Portal
Oracle SCM
x-Other

Unix, C, Shell Scripting

C, SQL, Shell Scripting
Ca7 Job Scheduling
Unix C Programming

Reporting Tools
Actuate

Micro strategy
Oracle Business Intelligence

People Soft
JD Edwards
Peoplesoft DBA/Admin
Peoplesoft Developer
Peoplesoft Functional
Peoplesoft HCM
Peoplesoft SOA
Peoplesoft Technical
Peoplesoft Techno Functional
x-Other

Biro
Business Intelligence
Business Objects (BO)
Cognos
Crystal Reports
Hyperion
Siebel
Siebel Analytics
Siebel Configuration
Siebel CRM
Siebel Developer
x-Other

x-Other
EAI-Middleware
MQ Series
Tibco
Web Methods
Business Analyst
Business Analyst
x-Other

Project Management
Infrastructure Management
Portfolio Management
Process Management
Program Management
Project Manager- Functional
Project Manager- Technical
Remedy Management
Risk Management
x-Other
Telecomm Engineer
Tivoli Admin
Unix Admin
Weblogic Admin
Websphere Admin
x-Other

Sys Admin/Network
AIX Admin
Cisco admin
Citrix admin
Configuration Management
Linux Admin
NT Admin
SAN
Security Identity Management
Solaris Admin

Mainframe
Application Programming
CA-7, Operations
Mainframe Developer
System Programming
x-Other
PHP
Technical/Content Writer
x-Other

Web/Internet
ColdFusion
HTML, Web Developer
LAMP
Lotus Notes/Domino
Multimedia, Graphics

Embedded System
Embedded System
Real time programming
Telecom Area
x-Other

IT Sales/Recruiting
Business Development Management
Technical Recruiter
Technical Sales/Account Management
x-Other

SalesForce.com Administration
SalesForce.com Business
Sales Force.Com

SalesForce.com Development

Mobile Application
Android
Blackberry
iPhone
Mobile Application Development

IT Executives
Chief Administrative Officer
Chief Business Officer
Chief Communication Officer
Chief Data Officer

x-Other
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Information Officer
Chief Legal Officer
Chief Networking Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Technical Officer
Director
Executive Director
President
Vice President
x-Other

Chief Executive Officer

Engineering
Aerospace
Chemical
Civil
Electrical and electronic
Environmental
Industrial
Manufacturing
Mechanical
Nuclear
Optical
Other/Multiple Skills
Petroleum
Telecommunication
Transportation
x-Other

Other/Multiple Skills
Bio-Tech
Healthcare
Pharmaceuticals
Statistician
x-Other