Canada
CA 53934040 | Procurement

Permanent Personnel Recruitment in Canada Procurement Price, Data and Insights

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IBISWorld Research Department
Analyst New York
This report is intended to assist buyers of permanent personnel recruitment services. Permanent personnel recruitment agencies help businesses source employees by developing job profiles, listing employment vacancies, screening candidates, and referring applicants for permanent employment. Candidates referred are not employees of personnel recruitment offices.

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IBISWorld's research coverage on the Permanent Personnel Recruitment procurement and pricing environment in Canada includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.

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About this Market

What’s this procurement report about?

This procurement coverage of the Permanent Personnel Recruitment market in Canada includes Entry-Level Talent Placement, Volume Hiring Campaigns, Technical Recruitment Services and Executive Search Services. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-781-Activities of employment placement agencies, NACE-78.10-Activities Of Employment Placement Agencies, NAICS-561310-Employment placement agencies and executive search services and UNSPSC-80111700-Personnel recruitment.

What common market terminology is included?

Common market terminology included in the Permanent Personnel Recruitment procurement coverage includes Recruiter (An employee of the recruitment agency who works on the project.), Pre-employment Screening (Behavioral and skill tests that help to efficiently eliminate unsuitable candidates.), Hiring Funnel (The process of hiring from beginning to end.) and Direct Hire (A person hired for a specific, permanent position.).

What companies are included as top suppliers?

The top companies covered in the Permanent Personnel Recruitment procurement report as suppliers are Pinnacle Solutions Inc., Kelly Services, Robert Half International Inc., Hays PLC and Manpowergroup Inc..

Opportunity Assessment

What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?

The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Permanent Personnel Recruitment market in Canada category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.

The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) of placed candidate's first-year salary, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.

Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Permanent Personnel Recruitment market environment.

Buyer Power Score

What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?

The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Permanent Personnel Recruitment procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.

These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.

Price Environment

What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?

The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Permanent Personnel Recruitment market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.

Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.

Supply Chain & Vendors

What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?

The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Permanent Personnel Recruitment market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.

Business Requirements

What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?

The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current market price for Permanent Personnel Recruitment?

The 2026 benchmark market price for Permanent Personnel Recruitment is 22.58 of placed candidate's first-year salary. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 0.78 from 2023-26.

Who are the top vendors in the Permanent Personnel Recruitment market?

The top vendors in the Permanent Personnel Recruitment market include Pinnacle Solutions Inc., Kelly Services, Robert Half International Inc., Hays PLC and Manpowergroup Inc..

What factors affect the price of Permanent Personnel Recruitment?

Fees are typically calculated as a percentage of the candidate's annual base salary, with higher salaries resulting in higher recruiter payouts. For example, a 20% fee on a $100,000 hire equates to $20,000.

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