Here is an dictionary definition: An Employment Agency is a company whose business is to help talented people find work and help employers to find the people they need.Īny business which is not an Employment Agency, is therefor unable to legally place models in work - simple as that.įinding work for any agency is the tricky bit. To do that, they would need to be a modelling Employment Agency, regulated by Employment Legislation. These businesses and many more, admit usually in tiny print, on their web sites, they are not an Employment Agency and therefore, legally cannot place models in paid work. 'UK Models' make it very clear with a 'tick box' on their home page confirming they are not an agency and therefor legally cannot find their models work, what is on offer instead, is a pricey photoshoot. this admission is buried deep in the small grey print and not what you want to hear as a model looking for work. 'Star Now', 'Models Connect' and 'UK Models' are just a few of many online companies who are not model agencies but instead are 'showcases' and offer these fluffy services, with no prospect of finding paid modelling work.īuy way of example, Models Connect quote: 'Models Connect Ltd does not actively seek work for members, only gives access to modelling and casting agencies to use the website and search for new faces.'. What they usually offer, is either a 'showcase' opportunity, where they suggest 'you may be contacted', 'cant live without' advice, or flashy, studio and location photo-shoots, followed by expensive photographs, all of which, somewhere along the line, you will be expected to buy. There are plenty of catchy online 'modelling companies' offering so called 'essential modelling and talent services'. There is huge confusion facing people interested in modelling and below we explain how and why.

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