Temp Jobs

When I was in college many years ago, I went to a temp agency and they found me a part time position for 2 weeks. I filled in for a woman who was going on vacation. She answered phones for a company and it was a great paying position. It worked perfectly, as I was off from college. The money helped me pay for textbooks.

I am currently signed up with two different temp agencies. One of the great benefits for me is that I may decide not to work for a few days or months. I can take a position that is temporary or interview for temp-to-hire positions. In that case, the agency would place me with a company for up to three months. That gives me and the employer time to determine if we are a good fit. Recently, I applied for a temp-to-hire administrative assistant position, but I knew within two months that I did not want the permanent position. I like the fact that I get to choose! Currently, I am with a temp firm that has benefits, such as insurance, holiday and sick pay. I doubt that I will ever go back to one permanent position.

it was alright...i worked at several places for a day here and a day there. in a way this is good because sometimes it will lead to a job, sometimes not....but it is good experience because you learn to do a lot of different things.

I worked for Volt temporary services a few years ago. They put me on a 1 year assignment at Hewlett Packard in Colorado Springs. The pay was decent and a permanent position was possible, though when the project was complete I left to go to another full time job with benefits. I liked the fact that I could pick whether I wanted full-tim or part-time and whatever worked best for my schedule. Although I just wanted full-time at that point to earn a living as I was new to the state. They were a pretty good agency to work for as I recall.

I worked at a temp agency for a few years. Getting you a job means money in the agencies pocket as you probally already know. However, if a company desides to keep you on as there employee and not the agency, you will start receiving your full pay. I found that most people looking for employment could benefit from the temp agency because you could ask to work somewhere else till you find the right job for you. Most companies will evaluate you after 90days and decide whether to keep you on as there employee. A lot of the work is assembly or factory work, with some clerical.

I wish I could help you. But you also know that I am out of work right now. I am also looking for work. And since I got my green card now, I can work legally now. But my problem is that I don't have car yet and a driver's license. It's hard to work around here because places are too far. Maybe this spring. Anyway, I asked for an application form in the nearest grocery store which we frequented. I filled it up and submit it the last time my mother-in-law and I did our weekly groceries. So I was hoping that if a need for a new personnel comes spring or summer, I will be hired at Hannaford, and work in the grocery. I don't mind if I will do bagging, or customer service. I just need to work and get out of the house.

Well, it's nice to see that other people have had a good time working as a temp. I had a horrible time and never got an offer of a permanent job. Mostly, I did data entry and accounting, but all the agencies I worked for said that everyone complained about me. I think I was just too good of a worker. I would never work for a temporary agency unless I had to, they treat you like crap.

I love to work temp job as it will give more experience in different field and it is fun.

Temp agencies are great, they are nice way to get in the door of major companies. I work temp as file clerk for the State of Florida, and eventually was offered a permanent job. I got that assignment from Manpower. I also did temp work with Kelly Services, they kept me really busy. I work in doctors offices, insurance etc.

When I got home from my trip around the world I did some temporary work that an employment agency found me. I worked in a behind the scenes bank work. It was really boring like counting cheques and putting them through a machine. I did meet some lovely people there, mostly students and other young people. There was some bad feeling because the bank had made its permanent employees redundant and then hired them in casual positions. Therefore some of them decided to leave that is why they needed so many temps. Then the agency found me a temporary position with an insurance company. The business wads getting too many telephone calls to handle so they needed a few temporary staff. I found that some of the working hours were tiring. I liked working 8am until 4pm but I hated working 12 noon to 8pm. The other temporary staff were friendly and their ages ranged from late teens to early sixties. Both of these jobs were full time and done to get money to begin my teacher training. I wouldn't have wanted them to lead to direct hire but this sort of thing often happens. Good luck with any temping that you do.

I have used a temporary agency in the past. I was always sent on accounting/finance assignments because that is my degree. It just so happens that every single assignment I was ever sent on offered me a full time position. I never accepted any of them because I was at a place in my life where I needed the flexiblity of temporary assignments. But I think it is a wise thing that companies do, hiring temporary workers to see if they are a good fit. I did it many times myself when I was in hiring positions.

Yes I have! I am doing that now and I did it before my previous job. When I was working at a temp agency before my previous job I got placed twice one was a direct hire and the other was a temp to hire and I got both. The first was a District office clerk (I was dealing with contracts and deliveries.) The second one I was an Admin and was hired in two months. Now I am back doing it because I left that company. I was not an admin anymore I was a developer analyst. But now I am temping again as an Admin. I hope to get a job that is permanent that is not an admin job. What are you looking to do?

When I was a nurses aid I use to work the pools all the time. The pay was so much better for that kind of work, if you worked for the pools. It was rare that I did not get the hours I wanted. Nursing homes are so often short staffed. I also agree that is was very nice to pick and choose my hours to suite my schedule. With the nursing homes though once you worked for the pools they could not hire you on permanent, until you had not worked in their home for 6 months. Plus I was never too sure just were they would send me all the time either. I could work 3 different nursing homes in a week. But other then those things I liked it, and at the time it brought in a nice income.

I work in a teaching center for alomst three months.And i am a university student.so i take the job part time.it provide me money so i am not going to get money from my month.but it is really a hard job,i have to work for six days per week.

In the past, I have worked for temp agencies. I liked the flexibility of it. I could take long or short-term jobs. I got to see the inner workings of many companies. Some I thought I would like to work at but after spending a week there, I was glad that I didn't. There were a few companies that I loved so much and ended up taking a permanent job that they offered. It was fun.