Pro runs the whole temp lifecycle — worker pools, availability, dispatch, text recruiting, geofence clock-in, timesheets, same-week pay handoff — with AI that recommends and coordinators who decide. Built for volume, not one hire at a time.
Recruiting tools weren't built for temp.
An ATS is built for one hire, one pipeline, one polite timeline. You fill twenty by Monday, turn them over in ten weeks, and pay them Friday.
Your worker pool churns like nothing an ATS was designed for. The average temp cycles out in about ten weeks, and staffing turnover runs near 400% a year — you rebuild your roster every quarter. TempGuru was built inside that reality — by a founder who owned staffing agencies and worked the pool herself.
So the fill runs on text, not email threads. Workers see open shifts and raise their hands from their phones; you're not chasing a cold list. Reactivation, availability, and dispatch live in one place — because temp is a volume business, and volume dies in a spreadsheet.
Temp agency software manages the full assignment lifecycle — worker pools and availability, client job orders, shift dispatch, text recruiting, timesheets, and payroll/billing handoff. Unlike recruiting tools built for permanent hires, it's built for volume, turnover, and same-week pay. TempGuru Pro is that system, for $424/month.
Seven steps. One system.
Every temp job on earth moves through the same seven steps. Each one is a place your week goes to die when it lives in a different tool.
Order, fill, dispatch, clock-in, timesheet, invoice, pay. Run them in five tools and you become the integration — retyping, reconciling, apologizing. Run them in one and the data walks itself from the client's text to the paid invoice.
If a step lives in a spreadsheet, that step is where you'll lose Saturday.
Pro is not a feature list. It's your operation, running.
Guru is your client's entire interface, by text — they place orders, ask who's coming, change details, approve timesheets, and ask about invoices without ever logging into anything. The staff portal lets workers see open shifts and raise their hands — interest and availability flow in instead of being chased down. AI recommendations rank those hands by reliability and history; your coordinator approves every assignment. The mobile app clocks workers in with geofence and selfie verification. The Client Hub puts it all under your logo for clients who like dashboards — Guru covers the ones who don't. QuickBooks sync and e-signature close the books without a second job.
And because software alone never fixed an agency: Pro ships with an operator-written AI-for-staffing playbook and a cohort of agencies working the same problems.
What you're buying is a roster that fills itself.
From text to staffed.
A real order shape, on Pro: a warehouse client adds six to tomorrow's early shift at 6:47 on a Tuesday night.
Guru confirms and files the order in a minute. The AI ranks fourteen available workers four minutes later. Your coordinator approves six from the couch — dinner isn't cold yet. Workers confirm in the app; the client watches the roster fill in their Hub. Twenty-four minutes, no phone tree, no spreadsheet.
Speed isn't a luxury in temp staffing. It's the product.
Fire the stack. Keep the work.
Temp agencies don't lack software. They run five subscriptions stitched together with exports and prayer — and re-key payroll by hand every Friday.
The service fee is simple: $10,000 in billed shifts = $250. It scales with revenue you invoiced, not seats you might use.
AI recommends. You decide.
Every AI feature in Pro is decision support, not automation. That's a design position, not a disclaimer.
The fill is two-sided. Workers raise their hands in the staff portal; the model ranks the hands it can defend — availability, reliability score, history on this kind of shift — and shows its reasoning. No worker is assigned by a machine. The report builder answers plain-English questions and hands you the chart; you decide what it means. That shape is why agencies trust it — and, increasingly, why regulators require exactly it.
And let's say it now: someday a recommended worker will no-show anyway. The model flags the risk before call time, your coordinator sees it early, and backfill is one tap. Judge the system on the season, not one at-bat.
Recommendations carry reasons. Decisions carry a name.
This is where shortcuts get expensive. Gig apps rent you 1099 crowds and leave the classification risk on your desk. We built for W-2 agencies on purpose.
Payroll handoff, workers' comp, and wage records that survive an audit.
A coordinator approves every AI-recommended assignment — the architecture NYC's AEDT rule and Colorado's AI law point at.
No setup fee. Migration included. Your data stays exportable. Month-to-month exists.
Three plans. One is the answer for most.
Essentials, $254/mo + 2% — the full platform: scheduling, dispatch, timesheets, invoicing, base reporting. For agencies replacing the spreadsheet.
Pro, $424/mo + 2.5% — everything above, plus the parts that replace your stack: Guru (clients run orders, changes, timesheets, and invoices by text — no login), AI recommendations, geofence clock-in, your-brand Client Hub, AI reporting, QuickBooks, e-signature, the playbook and cohort, same-day support. $499 month-to-month if you'd rather we re-earn it every four weeks.
Scale, from $999 — white-label on your domain, SSO, API, dedicated CSM.
Roster migration, client setup, rate configuration — every plan, no setup fee. Branches $99/mo. SMS metered honestly at $29–$79.
What Pro looks like by payday.
Monday, a client adds twenty for the DC; text recruiting fills fourteen by lunch and the AI ranks the rest for your approval. Wednesday, a worker's reliability dips — flagged before it becomes Friday's no-show. Thursday, geofence clock-in kills a buddy-punch before it reaches an invoice. Friday, timesheets flow to payroll clean — same-week pay, no re-keying. Monday, the pool is still warm, because the workers got paid on time.
You filled the volume without living in the spreadsheet. That's the product.
Your roster. Our problem.
A demo takes thirty minutes. Bring a real order — your volume, your pay/bill rates, your chaos — and watch the clock yourself.
“Pro was built by someone who owned staffing agencies. This is the system we wish we'd had when we ran ours.”
Megan Hayward — Founder & CEO, TempGuru
Plainly answered.
What is temp agency software?
Software that manages the full assignment lifecycle for a temporary staffing agency — worker pools and availability, client job orders, shift dispatch, text recruiting, timesheets, and payroll/billing handoff. TempGuru adds job orders by text through Guru, AI candidate ranking your coordinator approves, and geofence clock-in.
How is temp agency software different from an ATS?
An ATS is built for one hire at a time — a pipeline that ends at an offer. Temp software is built for volume and turnover: a churning worker pool, shifts filled by the dozen, same-week pay. TempGuru runs orders, shifts, dispatch, and billing; plenty of agencies keep a lightweight ATS alongside it.
What is text recruiting?
Filling shifts by SMS instead of email threads and phone tag. Workers see open shifts and raise their hands from their phones, and you reactivate a cold pool with a text. In TempGuru it's built in, so interest and availability flow straight into the ranked fill.
How do temp agencies handle no-shows?
Predict, then backfill. TempGuru scores worker reliability, flags risk before call time, and lets your coordinator approve a ranked backup in a tap — closing the gap before the shift starts, not after.
Do my clients have to log into a portal?
No. Guru gives clients full access by text — placing orders, asking who's coming, changing details, approving timesheets, and invoice questions. The Client Hub is there for clients who prefer a dashboard.
Does the AI auto-assign workers?
No. It recommends best-fit workers with reasoning; your coordinator approves every assignment. Decision support, not automation.
What does Pro replace?
A typical stitched stack of ATS/CRM, scheduling, time tracking, client portal, and e-signature — $1,685–$3,835/month — for $424/month plus 2.5% on billed shifts.
Is there a setup fee?
No. Roster migration, client setup, and pay/bill rate configuration are included on every plan.
How much does temp agency software cost?
Standalone staffing platforms typically run $800–$2,500/month before add-ons. TempGuru is $254–$424/month plus a 2–2.5% service fee on billed shifts. Pricing is public — it's on this page.