With Christmas right around the corner, many retail companies are gearing up for the holidays hiring more temporary help which they will be putting to work almost immediately. If you have already submitted applications to some of your favorite retail stores within the last three months, it would be a great time to contact them and let them know you are still looking for work.If you submitted applications past that three months period, go in and complete another application.
This is also an excellent time to sign up with some of the temporary employment agencies since they will often fill requests for companies who are having staff members taking vacations at this time of year.
One thing you need to remember is that even though you might just be hiring in on a temporary basis either as Christmas help for a retail store or through a temporary employment agency, there is always the possibility that you could end up landing yourself a permanent position.
Showing posts with label temporary employment agencies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label temporary employment agencies. Show all posts
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
A New Week Renew Your Vigor
Okay, so last week was a drag! You sent out 50 resumes, didn't get a single call back. The job boards on the Internet are looking mighty skimpy right along with your bank account! You are beginning to panic because there just doesn't seem to be anything out there and each week that goes by you are thinking how much longer can I hold on! The hamburgers and hot dogs are now being downsized to macaroni and cheese and poor man's spaghetti (that's made without meat in case you've never had it up until now) and hopefully there is enough in the cupboards to hold you till the next unemployment check comes in!
Before things get any worse, if you haven't looked over to the right side of this blog and taken advantage of the resources listed there, SHAME ON YOU! Start going down the list and get signed up at some of those places, use some of the search engines to put in new resumes and conduct job searches. Read some of the work at home material that is available over there. Believe me, trust me, you really and truly can find some decent places to work listed there. Many of them won't cost you a dime, others will only ask you for money to conduct background checks as the final step in the hiring process.
Each day this week, promise yourself you are going to send out no less than 20 resumes each day, that you are going to call at least 5 personal friends daily that you know and ask if they happen to know of any positions that might be available. Sign up with a Temporary Employment Agency, contact someone from your business contacts (such as your insurance agent, the coach of your son's football league,the pastor at your church, your dentist) and ask them if they might know of someone who would be looking to hire someone with your qualifications.
Expand your employment search area. Start looking at cities 25-50 even 100 miles away from where you are now. Research the largest employers within that city and send out resumes to them.
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Before things get any worse, if you haven't looked over to the right side of this blog and taken advantage of the resources listed there, SHAME ON YOU! Start going down the list and get signed up at some of those places, use some of the search engines to put in new resumes and conduct job searches. Read some of the work at home material that is available over there. Believe me, trust me, you really and truly can find some decent places to work listed there. Many of them won't cost you a dime, others will only ask you for money to conduct background checks as the final step in the hiring process.
Each day this week, promise yourself you are going to send out no less than 20 resumes each day, that you are going to call at least 5 personal friends daily that you know and ask if they happen to know of any positions that might be available. Sign up with a Temporary Employment Agency, contact someone from your business contacts (such as your insurance agent, the coach of your son's football league,the pastor at your church, your dentist) and ask them if they might know of someone who would be looking to hire someone with your qualifications.
Expand your employment search area. Start looking at cities 25-50 even 100 miles away from where you are now. Research the largest employers within that city and send out resumes to them.
If you are thinking of working for an Internet Call Center, This Plantronics Noise Canceling Headset is an excellent buy.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Temporary Employment Agencies
There is a great article over at Yahoo today regarding temporary employment and the myths that go along with them.
Having worked in the industry as a placement counselor, I can tell you that this article is right on!
A well written article by Doug White who is with Robert Half, International and I hope you will take time to go read it.
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-the_truth_about_temp_work-1390
There are several additional things that I would like to point out that Mr. White could have added to his article.
When you do take an assignment, you will need to report that to your unemployment office because your check will be reduced by the amount of money that you earn on that assignment. You will need to report this after you receive you paycheck for the assignment and then your next unemployment check will be lowered by that amount.
Many temporary job assignments turn into full time employment. By hiring through a temporary employment agency, a company has an opportunitiy to see prospective full time hires in an actual work environment before making an actual offer to employ them. They can see first hand how you interact with other employees and supervisors, as well as how well you work independently and as a team member. As Mr. White pointed out, in these extemely volitle times, companies are cautious about making a hiring decision. The hidden cost of hiring is probably close to 33% over an above the salary offered. There is a big investment to put someone on their payroll nowadays.
Back when I was working in the temporary agency field we did not offer any benefits to the people we sent out on assignments. I am glad to see that there have been some changes in the industry where some of the temporary employment agencies are now offering that to their temporary staff of people.
In this article, the author briefly stated that there can be opportunities to learn new skills, that the agency itself may offer you an opportunity to learn new skills right there at their office. I know that we used to do that all the time, everything from improving your typing skills to learning new computer programs. You can also learn new skills directly on an assignment. I found that there were times when I had someone who was extremely computer literate but lacked a lot of expertise in one of the particular computer programs that a client might want for an assignment. If that person was strong in other programs, especially one that was similar to the the one they had requested, they would actually give that person an opportunity to fiill the assignment and then teach them how to use the program in question. Of course what comes to mind is working spreadsheets. Maybe you have experience using Lotus 123 but never worked with Excel; or you have used the Word word processing program but never used Works. If you have used one or the other, it is easy to switch over to the other program.
The other thing that I want you to know, from working in a temporary employment agency, is that we didn't just sit back and wait for companies to call us with their needs. We would actively call companies telling them about the great applicant that we are wanting to find work for to see if they might happen to have a position they could utilize their skills.
I worked for two temporary employment agencies where we would have engineers, computer programers, and management personnel seeking work back in the 1980's. We would actively look for positions to place them in on a temporary basis, calling companies to see if they might have a need for these people. Back when I was working, we never mentioned the person's name, just their skills. We did the same for all of our clerical and accounting people, as well as our construction personnel.
Last but not least, Doug White forgot to tell you that working temporary jobs will help keep your self esteem up as you go through this economically slow employment time. Getting out there and working on temporary assignments gets your face out there in front of potentinal hiring opportunities. You never know if someone you happen to work with on one of your assignments may know someone at another company who is looking for someone with your qualifications. Perhaps even within the company you happen to take the assignment for, there are other positions which you could qualify for on a permanent basis. By working temporary, you are getting up, getting dressed, putting on a smile and going out and doing something very productive!
Please don't think of working as a "Temp" is your last resort, make it one of your first choices. Go ahead and take some jobs that are different than you are usually used to doing, go have some new experiences. You might find that they are really something you need to explore further in your permanent job search.
Having worked in the industry as a placement counselor, I can tell you that this article is right on!
A well written article by Doug White who is with Robert Half, International and I hope you will take time to go read it.
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-the_truth_about_temp_work-1390
There are several additional things that I would like to point out that Mr. White could have added to his article.
When you do take an assignment, you will need to report that to your unemployment office because your check will be reduced by the amount of money that you earn on that assignment. You will need to report this after you receive you paycheck for the assignment and then your next unemployment check will be lowered by that amount.
Many temporary job assignments turn into full time employment. By hiring through a temporary employment agency, a company has an opportunitiy to see prospective full time hires in an actual work environment before making an actual offer to employ them. They can see first hand how you interact with other employees and supervisors, as well as how well you work independently and as a team member. As Mr. White pointed out, in these extemely volitle times, companies are cautious about making a hiring decision. The hidden cost of hiring is probably close to 33% over an above the salary offered. There is a big investment to put someone on their payroll nowadays.
Back when I was working in the temporary agency field we did not offer any benefits to the people we sent out on assignments. I am glad to see that there have been some changes in the industry where some of the temporary employment agencies are now offering that to their temporary staff of people.
In this article, the author briefly stated that there can be opportunities to learn new skills, that the agency itself may offer you an opportunity to learn new skills right there at their office. I know that we used to do that all the time, everything from improving your typing skills to learning new computer programs. You can also learn new skills directly on an assignment. I found that there were times when I had someone who was extremely computer literate but lacked a lot of expertise in one of the particular computer programs that a client might want for an assignment. If that person was strong in other programs, especially one that was similar to the the one they had requested, they would actually give that person an opportunity to fiill the assignment and then teach them how to use the program in question. Of course what comes to mind is working spreadsheets. Maybe you have experience using Lotus 123 but never worked with Excel; or you have used the Word word processing program but never used Works. If you have used one or the other, it is easy to switch over to the other program.
The other thing that I want you to know, from working in a temporary employment agency, is that we didn't just sit back and wait for companies to call us with their needs. We would actively call companies telling them about the great applicant that we are wanting to find work for to see if they might happen to have a position they could utilize their skills.
I worked for two temporary employment agencies where we would have engineers, computer programers, and management personnel seeking work back in the 1980's. We would actively look for positions to place them in on a temporary basis, calling companies to see if they might have a need for these people. Back when I was working, we never mentioned the person's name, just their skills. We did the same for all of our clerical and accounting people, as well as our construction personnel.
Last but not least, Doug White forgot to tell you that working temporary jobs will help keep your self esteem up as you go through this economically slow employment time. Getting out there and working on temporary assignments gets your face out there in front of potentinal hiring opportunities. You never know if someone you happen to work with on one of your assignments may know someone at another company who is looking for someone with your qualifications. Perhaps even within the company you happen to take the assignment for, there are other positions which you could qualify for on a permanent basis. By working temporary, you are getting up, getting dressed, putting on a smile and going out and doing something very productive!
Please don't think of working as a "Temp" is your last resort, make it one of your first choices. Go ahead and take some jobs that are different than you are usually used to doing, go have some new experiences. You might find that they are really something you need to explore further in your permanent job search.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Working A Temporary Job Through Agencies
I just finished reading an article on the Yahoo financial page regarding temporary work in case you would like to read it. The article states how in other downturns of the economy, as we began to pull out of the slump, companies would hire temporary workers to fill in the gaps and with the idea that they would become permanent employees in a short period of time.
Things are different this time around. Employers are still very concerned about the stability of the economy so if they are hiring temporary personnel, they are keeping them as temporary at this point in time.
It used to be if you worked for a company as a temporary for about three months, you could almost be assured that you were a good match with the company and would be hired on a permanent basis.
Some reasons that companies are hiring on a temporary basis, is that they do not have to match your Social Security and FICA funds, they do not have to offer you health insurance benefits, they do not have to give you vacation time or enroll you in their retirement programs and they don't have to worry about unemployment benefits if they wish to let you go.
Even though they have the additional cost of hiring someone through a temporary personnel employment agency, it is worth it to them to save all the other expenses of a permanent hire.
After reading the article and with my past experience as a personnel officer for temporary employment agencies, I can see how this type of employment is going to be on the increase for many years to come with our present recovery mode of the economy.
If you are out looking for a job, you can look at this in either a positive or negative way. I hope you will look at it as an excellent opportunity for you to be able to explore new occupations that you may not have considered in the past.
One of the great things about working as a temporary is that you can get out of an assignment if it isn't a good fit, just as well as the company that needed a temporary!
There could be positions available that are only a day in length to those that are months long. The variety of positions available are numerous and your agency will try to match your skills to those positions that are available.
One of the drawbacks is you never know when you will be called for work and that there can be times between jobs where you will not work and you will worry about having income to come in. That is why many people who work as temporaries will sign up with several different agencies in the hopes of having work through one of them at all times.
If you have been unemployed for any length of time and your networking hasn't seemed to be working and you aren't sure about working from home on your own, perhaps this will be an alternative way for you to find some employment.
**** Please let me know if this article was helpful*******
Things are different this time around. Employers are still very concerned about the stability of the economy so if they are hiring temporary personnel, they are keeping them as temporary at this point in time.
It used to be if you worked for a company as a temporary for about three months, you could almost be assured that you were a good match with the company and would be hired on a permanent basis.
Some reasons that companies are hiring on a temporary basis, is that they do not have to match your Social Security and FICA funds, they do not have to offer you health insurance benefits, they do not have to give you vacation time or enroll you in their retirement programs and they don't have to worry about unemployment benefits if they wish to let you go.
Even though they have the additional cost of hiring someone through a temporary personnel employment agency, it is worth it to them to save all the other expenses of a permanent hire.
After reading the article and with my past experience as a personnel officer for temporary employment agencies, I can see how this type of employment is going to be on the increase for many years to come with our present recovery mode of the economy.
If you are out looking for a job, you can look at this in either a positive or negative way. I hope you will look at it as an excellent opportunity for you to be able to explore new occupations that you may not have considered in the past.
One of the great things about working as a temporary is that you can get out of an assignment if it isn't a good fit, just as well as the company that needed a temporary!
There could be positions available that are only a day in length to those that are months long. The variety of positions available are numerous and your agency will try to match your skills to those positions that are available.
One of the drawbacks is you never know when you will be called for work and that there can be times between jobs where you will not work and you will worry about having income to come in. That is why many people who work as temporaries will sign up with several different agencies in the hopes of having work through one of them at all times.
If you have been unemployed for any length of time and your networking hasn't seemed to be working and you aren't sure about working from home on your own, perhaps this will be an alternative way for you to find some employment.
**** Please let me know if this article was helpful*******
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