Many clients use temporary staffing for day-to-day coverage and permanent recruitment for key roles.
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Temporary Staffing
Cover absences, busy weeks and one-off projects without adding permanent headcount. Tell us the role, the shift and the start date — we recruit, screen and schedule the workers, and you scale up or down as your needs change.
Single shifts to multi-month assignments
Workers screened against your role requirements
Easy to extend, adjust or wind down
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Permanent Recruitment
When you are hiring for the long term, we take on the sourcing, first-round screening and coordination so your team only meets candidates who fit the role, the schedule and your workplace.
Role profile built with your hiring manager
Candidates screened on experience and qualifications
Interview scheduling handled for you
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Contract Staffing
Bring in people for a set scope or a fixed term — a system rollout, a facility move, a backlog clean-up. You get the skills you need for exactly as long as you need them.
Fixed-term and project-based placements
Clear start and end dates
Option to convert to permanent where suitable
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Seasonal Staffing
Holiday volume, harvest, summer events, year-end inventory — plan ahead with us and have trained, scheduled people ready before the rush arrives.
Planning ahead of peak periods
Ramp-up and ramp-down on your timeline
Returning workers where available
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High-Volume Recruitment
Opening a new site, adding a shift or landing a large contract? We run the recruitment campaign, screening and scheduling needed to bring groups of workers on board together.
Group hiring for new shifts and sites
Coordinated onboarding and start dates
One point of contact for the whole team
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Emergency & Short-Notice Coverage
Call-ins, vacations, sudden orders. Our office is open weekdays and our team is reachable around the clock for clients, so short-notice requests do not wait until Monday.
Client support available 24/7
Vacation and call-in coverage
Fast turnaround on urgent requests
At a glance
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Temporary Staffing
Permanent Recruitment
Contract Staffing
Seasonal Staffing
High-Volume Recruitment
Emergency & Short-Notice Coverage
Best for
Absences, peaks, projects
Long-term roles
Defined scope or term
Peak seasons
New sites, added shifts
Call-ins, sudden orders
Typical length
Days to months
Ongoing
Set end date
Weeks to months
Varies
Same day to weeks
How it starts
Staff request
Role profile call
Scope & term agreed
Plan ahead of peak
Recruitment plan
Phone call or request
Terms, pricing and employment arrangements are confirmed in writing before any placement.
How it works — employers
From request to workers on site, in four steps.
A clear process, one point of contact and no unnecessary paperwork.
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Tell us what you need
Share the role, number of workers, location, schedule and start date. It takes a few minutes.
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We recruit
We search our candidate network and run targeted recruitment, then screen applicants against your requirements.
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Candidate matching
Suitable candidates are presented for your review or scheduled directly, depending on the arrangement.
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Ongoing support
We stay involved — adjusting numbers, replacing no-shows and supporting you as needs change.
People power every business. Let’s find the right ones.
City Employment connects Canadian businesses and workers through responsive staffing and recruitment. Tell us what you need — we’ll take it from there.