OK, here is my latest idea. I won't be able to make it happen, but I suspect someone will, and it will be sooner than later.
Employment agencies, both those that offer only temporary workers and those that provide searches and temp-to-perm staffing solutions are missing the boat. A really good, nationally-known brand, could give the industry a slam against the side of the head if it would strike up a strategic alliance with one of the major office supply stores...Office Depot, Staples, Office Max, etc. Think if it...everything for the office. A huge network of prospective clients who either buy online or send staff to a local store many times a month.
Rather than needing to remember which agency they used last time, managers could simply call Office Depot and put in an order: "Temp-to-perm; proficiency in MS Word and Excel; familiar with MS Access; experience handling a busy multi-line telephone reception area; high marks in grammar, spelling, and writing; personality must be suitable for pressure-cooker environment." Et cetera. The agencies could maintain offices in the office superstores and could even establish virtual assistantships that would bring the best and brightest from their pools into the superstore to do work...and show off to prospective clients.
Both employment agencies and the office superstores would have to be willing and able to adjust their thinking and their business models a bit, but I believe doing so could provide a huge benefit to customers/clients and build business for both of them.
Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples...if you'd like to explore this and my thought processes, get in touch.
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