Temping Agencies in general

Introduction to Temping Agencies Temping agencies are companies looking to give you a temporary job it can last from one day to even some few months its all depends on the job. Many recruitment agencies offer temporary jobs but never expect good pay on them at all its usually around 5 pound plus something a hour for most of the jobs. Any Benefits? If you have never worked before or hardly worked its a good chance to gain some good experience. You can also benefit by adding jobs worked as a temp on your CV for some people this can be handy. * My Personal Experience * I worked as a temp a little over a year ago and found it be ...  Read the complete review

 Recruitment Agencies  I have been working in Australia now for 5 months and have been moving around quite a lot so the best type of work to suit me was temping work. This as far as I can see can only be gotten through recruitment agencies unless you are very lucky to find something else. I am trained in administration in the fianance sector so office work was what I wanted to do as I knew it well. When looking for a job anywhere in the world through recruitment agencies it is best to sign up with as many as you possibly can. Some companies use the same recruitment agencies over and over again and some specialise in certain ...  Read the complete review

Firstly I am an agency employee with a long term contract this time, however, I am considered a temp. I have also in the past worked as a temp. My experience has led me to believe that you should always be employed by the employer themselves unless you genuinely like temping, I don't like working for an agency on a long term contract, I get paid less, and at any time I can be terminated. We have the same rights as temps but none of the benefits. Unions are attempting to change this, but for us the change will not come soon enough. I have been a temp before and I loved it, at one time I had three different part time temping jobs on the go, I was ...  Read the complete review

Temping. It's just one word, but means so much. What's the first thing that came to your mind when you saw that word? For a lot of people, I'm guessing it doesn't bring brilliant connotations - as a temp, you're moving around and there's a general lack of stability. As an employer, maybe you see temps as a waste of money. You pay them AND a third party for the work they do! Maybe as an employee you find yourself working with a lot of temps who don't seem to do very much? Well, as someone who has been working for a temping agency for the past three years now, I'm proud to call myself a temp and I hope to explain why, in the following review. As with ...  Read the complete review

As a recent graduate electronic engineer with a couple of years experience. I found myself in the farming capital of England devoid of an Electronics industry to apply to and in need of some temporary work to fill a void before starting a possible graduate training scheme in London. Now as an electronic engineer I am used to working effectively and working fast, I have learned not to suffer fools gladly and to work things out for myself where ever possible. I decided that a temping job for a few months withing electronic assembly or something like that would be better on my CV than a driving position. Plus I had happened to have seen exactly what I wanted in ...  Read the complete review