Manpower Agency in India
Hire permanent skilled and semi-skilled staff through a manpower agency that recruits across India. We staff employers inside India and source Indian workers for employers in the Gulf, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Tell us the trade, the headcount, and the location, and we return a shortlist.
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What Is a Manpower Agency?
A manpower agency recruits and places workers with employers, usually at skilled, semi-skilled, and operational levels rather than in professional or executive roles.
The term means different things in different markets, and the difference matters. In much of the world, a manpower agency supplies contract labour, invoices the client monthly and remains the legal employer. In India, the phrase is used more loosely, covering everything from permanent recruitment consultancies to labour contractors.
We are the first kind. We place permanent employees onto your payroll, and we are paid once, on placement. We do not supply contract labour; we do not invoice monthly, and we never remain the employer of record.
That distinction decides who we can help. If you need forty welders on your books permanently, that is our work. If you need forty welders for eleven weeks on someone else’s payroll, it is not.
We recruit across India and place Indian workers internationally. For overseas hiring specifically, see our global manpower services.
How We Recruit Manpower
Volume manpower recruitment fails at the joining stage, not the sourcing stage. Plenty of agencies produce a hundred names. Far fewer produce forty people who actually turn up on day one and are still there in month four. We screen for commute, accommodation, wage expectation and family situation before we shortlist, because those are what decide attendance, and attendance is what you are actually buying.
Manpower Agency Costs and Timelines
What It Costs:
For individual permanent placements, our fee is a percentage of the hire’s first-year salary, agreed before the search and payable on joining. For volume manpower requirements, we agree a fixed per-placement fee, because percentage pricing is the wrong instrument when you are hiring forty people at similar wage bands.
How Long It Takes:
Domestic Indian placements: shortlist in 7 to 12 working days, joining typically within 3 to 5 weeks including notice. Overseas placements from India: shortlist in 2 to 3 weeks, with a further 6 to 14 weeks for visa, medical, and emigration clearance depending on destination.
What Our Manpower Agency Services Include
Volume Recruitment for Skilled Trades
Welders, fitters, electricians, technicians, machine operators and plant staff, recruited in batches against a mobilisation date rather than individually.
Semi-Skilled and Operational Staffing
Helpers, warehouse staff, drivers, housekeeping and facilities roles, screened for attendance and retention rather than credentials.
Indian Manpower Sourced for Overseas Employers
Employers in the Gulf, Africa and Southeast Asia sourcing Indian workers. Alliance sources and screens candidates, and overseas deployment and emigration clearance run through a recruiting agent registered with India’s Ministry of External Affairs. See our Middle East manpower practice.
Recruitment Across India’s Manpower Corridors
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat and the NCR supply most of India’s skilled and semi-skilled workforce, and we choose the source market for each brief. For South India, see our manpower consultancy in Chennai, manpower consultancy in Bangalore and manpower consultancy in Kerala. In the west and north, employers work with our manpower consultancy in Mumbai, manpower consultancy in Pune, manpower consultancy in Delhi and manpower consultants in Gurgaon, and in the east with our manpower consultancy in Kolkata.
Mobilisation and Joining Support
For volume requirements, we coordinate documentation, travel, and joining logistics, because a shortlist that does not mobilise is not a placement.
Permanent Placements Only
Every worker is added to your payroll as a permanent employee. We do not supply contract labour, we do not operate as an employer of record, and we do not invoice on a monthly per-head basis.
Our Manpower Recruitment Process
Step 1: Requirement and Wage Band Scoping (45 minutes, within 2 working days)
We establish the trade, the headcount, the location, the wage band and the joining date. For overseas requirements, we also establish your visa position and which emigration clearance category applies, because that sets everything downstream.
Step 2: Source Market Selection (3 to 5 working days)
Which Indian states and cities realistically supply your trade at your wage band. This is where most volume manpower briefs go wrong, and getting it right shortens everything that follows.
Step 3: Sourcing and Screening (7 to 12 working days to shortlist)
Direct sourcing through our regional offices, with screening on trade competence, documentation validity, commute or accommodation viability, and wage expectation against your band.
Step 4: Trade Testing and Client Selection (1 to 2 weeks)
Practical assessment where the trade warrants it, then client selection, including in-market selection drives where you are hiring at volume and individual interviews would be too slow.
Step 5: Documentation, Clearance and Mobilisation (3 to 14 weeks depending on route)
Domestic hires move on notice. Overseas placements require a work visa from the employer’s sponsor, medical checks, emigration clearance and travel; emigration clearance runs through our MEA-registered recruiting-agent partner.
Step 6: Joining, Retention Check and Guarantee Period (first 90 days)
Volume manpower attrition concentrates in the first eight weeks and is almost always about accommodation, wage clarity, or supervisor handling rather than capability. We check in with you and the workers at 30, 60, and 90 days, and if a placement does not hold inside the guarantee period, we re-run it at no additional fee.
Industries We Serve
Need Qualified Manpower?
Tell us the roles, location, and hiring timeline. We’ll assess your requirements and build a focused shortlist.
Trades and Markets We Recruit For
Engineering and Fabrication
Welders, fitters, fabricators, machinists and quality inspectors for manufacturing and project environments.
Construction and Infrastructure
Masons, carpenters, steel fixers, plant operators and site supervisors.
Electrical and Mechanical Maintenance
Electricians, instrumentation technicians, HVAC and maintenance staff across industrial and facilities settings.
Oil, Gas and Energy
Project manpower for upstream, downstream and energy infrastructure, predominantly overseas placements.
Logistics and Warehousing
Warehouse operatives, material handlers, drivers and dispatch staff.
Facilities, Hospitality and Support Services
Housekeeping, catering support, security-cleared and facilities staff.
Western and Northern India
Maharashtra, Gujarat and the NCR, serving manufacturing and infrastructure employers directly.
The Gulf
UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, where Indian manpower is the established source.
Africa and Southeast Asia
Project and operational manpower across East and West Africa and Southeast Asian markets.
Who We Recruit Manpower For
You Are Mobilising a Project Against a Fixed Date:
Forty or a hundred workers across several trades, where sequencing and documentation matter as much as sourcing.
You Are an Overseas Employer Sourcing Indian Workers:
The established route, but one where clearance category and documentation decide the timeline, not recruitment speed.
Your Attrition Is Concentrated in the First Two Months:
People are joining and leaving before they are productive. That is a screening and expectation problem, and it is fixable.
You Are Hiring a Trade Your Local Market Has Run Out Of:
Usually a signal that the search needs to move to a different source state rather than intensify where it is.
You Have Been Using Labour Contractors and Want People on Your Own Payroll:
A different commercial model, and often a compliance-driven decision. It is the model we work in.
You Need Documentation Handled, Not Handed Over:
Overseas manpower fails on paperwork more often than on people.
Why Choose Alliance Recruitment Agency as Your Manpower Agency
Most manpower briefs arrive as a number and a trade. Forty welders, Chennai, start in six weeks. The number is almost never the hard part. The hard part is that the forty people who accept your offer and the forty who are still on site in month four are usually two quite different groups, and the gap between them is set months earlier, by decisions about wage band, accommodation and source market that nobody treats as recruitment decisions.
We treat them as recruitment decisions, which means we ask about them before sourcing and sometimes tell clients their brief will not work as written. That conversation loses us assignments. It is also why our volume placements tend to still be in post when the second invoice would have fallen due at a labour contractor.
Our Client Reviews
We had to recruit a large number of workers for a new production unit and needed the hiring handled within a fixed deadline. Alliance coordinated sourcing and screening across multiple locations and kept the candidate pipeline moving. It took a significant amount of pressure off our internal HR team.
Our staffing requirement covered both skilled and semi-skilled positions, and previous agencies were sending too many unsuitable profiles. Alliance understood the workforce requirements before starting the search and provided candidates who were much closer to our actual needs. The process was organised and easy for our managers to manage.
We needed manpower for an expansion project and wanted one recruitment partner who could handle multiple roles at the same time. Alliance managed sourcing, screening and interview coordination efficiently and kept us informed throughout the process. Having one team managing the recruitment pipeline made the entire hiring exercise much more manageable.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A manpower agency recruits skilled, semi-skilled and operational workers for employers, from welders and electricians to warehouse and facilities staff. It sources candidates, screens and trade-tests them, and coordinates documentation and joining. In India the term covers both permanent recruitment and contract staffing; Alliance places permanent employees on the client’s payroll and is paid once, on placement.
No. We place permanent employees only. We do not supply contract labour, do not act as employer of record, and do not invoice monthly per head.
Yes. Volume requirements are recruited in batches against a mobilisation date, with in-market selection drives where individual interviewing would be too slow.
Yes. We source and screen Indian workers for employers in the Gulf, Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe, and deployment runs through a recruiting agent registered with India’s Ministry of External Affairs, which handles emigration clearance through to arrival.
Engineering and fabrication, construction, electrical and mechanical maintenance, oil and gas project manpower, logistics and warehousing, and facilities and support services.
We recruit across India’s main manpower source states, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal and the NCR, and choose the source market for each brief based on the trade, the wage band and where candidates are most likely to accept and stay. Candidates are screened and trade-tested before you see a shortlist, whichever state they come from.
Placement fees depend on the model. For an individual permanent placement, Alliance charges a percentage of the worker’s first-year salary, payable on joining. For volume requirements, we agree a fixed fee per placement in advance, so the total cost is known before sourcing starts. Whichever model applies, the fee, the payment trigger and the replacement terms are agreed in writing first.
Domestic Indian placements: shortlist in 7 to 12 working days, joining within 3 to 5 weeks. Overseas placements: 2 to 3 weeks to shortlist plus 6 to 14 weeks for visa, medical and emigration clearance.
For overseas placements, the employer’s sponsor applies for the work visa and we provide the candidate documents it needs. We coordinate medical checks, emigration clearance and travel through to arrival.
By screening for commute, accommodation, wage expectations, and family situation before shortlisting, and by checking in at 30, 60, and 90 days after joining.
How to Choose a Manpower Agency in India
- Engagement model: confirm whether the agency places workers permanently on your payroll, supplies contract staff, or offers both, and which one fits your project.
- Trade testing: ask how skills are verified before shortlisting, and whether you can attend or observe the tests.
- Source markets: a good agency will tell you which states have the trade you need at your wage band, not just promise volume.
- Documentation: for overseas roles, ask who handles visa, medical and emigration clearance, and how long each step usually takes for your destination.
- Early attrition: ask what the agency checks before shortlisting to make sure workers join and stay.
- Fees in writing: the fee model, payment trigger and any replacement terms should be agreed before sourcing starts.
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