How to Find Temporary or Permanent-Temp Work
Temporary Work is Available for Those in Different Phases of Life
Nov 11, 2009
Temporary work benefits different categories of people. It may benefit someone switching careers, a stay at home mom looking for some extra part time work or students just coming out of college wanting to feel out the various fields and industries before they commit to any one occupation. Temporary work has to be applied for and requires a certain amount of familiarity with basic skills such as computing, typing, word processing and working various types of office machinery. A person needs a fair number of these skills to acquire a temporary position and sometimes is required to take a test of basic skills before being placed into a position.
How to Find Temporary Work
Temporary work can be found one of two ways. It can be found by going into the yellow pages and looking under “Employment Agencies.” Once there, a job seeker may find a plethora of listings for temporary agencies that may be under different job categories (sales, customer service, accountants, etc.). A job seeker may also respond to an online or newspaper posting for a specific job which has been placed by a temporary agency or headhunter. A headhunter is a professional job seeker who looks for employment for others and places them into positions with which they are best suited.
Types of Temporary Positions
Temporary positions vary from agency to agency. For instance, there may be assignments available that are strictly for people with skills in the advertising or healthcare industries. Most agencies typically place workers into temporary 9-5 positions or part-time positions under “general administrative” work. People who have a great amount of flexibility may be professional “temps” and go to work anywhere there is an assignment. These workers actually wait to be called for their next assignment after one ends. A job seeker or temp may hope to go from a "temp" to a "perm" position if the opportunity presents itself. Then, there are also recruitment agencies that cut out the temp work and simply place job seekers permanently into suitable positions.
The Pros and Cons of Being a Temp
Temping has its positives and negatives. On the negative side, most temporary agencies (for the most part), have never offered any health benefits to their temps. In recent years, some agencies have started offering healthcare packages. Temporary work may not be reliable, as assignments come and go, so security with one job is never really there, unless of course, the position is a “permanent” temporary position. It is also difficult to form lasting work friendships as a temp because a temp worker does not stay in one office for very long.
On the positive end, temporary work offers a lot of variety and diversity and can accentuate any professional’s working portfolio. Temporary work gives a person the much-needed on-the-job skills to perform in almost any position. Furthermore, it opens workers up to new and exciting fields, careers, and opportunities they might otherwise never have known existed.
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