Trading Places

Trading Places Recruitment is a dynamic South African recruitment agency specialising in manufacturing and technical staffing across both blue-collar and white-collar positions. The firm serves diverse industries and maintains a team reflecting the sector diversity it serves, positioning itself as a specialised provider of premium and personalised staffing solutions. Trading Places leverages an extensive, meticulously developed candidate database providing access to a large pool of qualified professionals and skilled tradespeople. The company delivers tailored recruitment services addressing specific employer staffing requirements across manufacturing, technical trades, and administrative roles.

Trading Places specialises in placement of manufacturing and technical positions including roles such as machine operators, injection moulding specialists, maintenance technicians, toolmakers, quality assurance managers, engineers, machine programmers, warehouse workers, foremen, and supervisory positions. The company also places administrative and support roles including human resources coordinators, customer service representatives, administrative assistants, and operations supervisors, and non-technical roles including sales representatives, marketing managers, and copywriters. Trading Places offers permanent staff placement (permanent positions) and contingency staffing solutions (staffing on demand for variable requirements).

Trading Places Recruitment operates from Germiston in Johannesburg, South Africa, with business hours Monday through Thursday 08:00-17:00 and Friday 08:00-14:30. The company works with employers to understand staffing requirements and with candidates to identify suitable employment opportunities. The firm emphasises the importance of matching qualified candidates with appropriate roles and employer organisations.