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Spring Personnel - One of the Best
Other Recruitment Consultancies
Member Name: pigpogs
Product:
Other Recruitment Consultancies
Date: 18/08/00, updated on 18/08/00 (1133 review reads)
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Advantages: The flexibility to "be your own boss".
Disadvantages: As with all temp work, if the work dries up, so does your income.
I have been temping for several years now, and for the last couple of years have been working through Spring Personnel. They were one of the first agencies to fully embrace the concept of paid holidays for temps, and are now leading the way in organising financial services such as savings and life assurance (in conjunction with Legal & General).
When registering with some agencies, you effectively become an "employee" of theirs, which can become awkward when needing time off for job interviews, etc. At Spring Personnel temps are officially known as self-employed contractors, so effectively when temping with Spring Personnel it is possible to "be your own boss", and work when you want to.
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