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44,000 New Temporary Jobs Created

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San Francisco : CA : USA | 14 days ago  
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One of the few bright spots in today’s job market is temporary agencies. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that temporary agencies hired 44,000 additional people between July and October at a time when other businesses and industries were shedding jobs.
Unfortunately many Americans won’t be applying for these jobs because they simply don’t know how. A large number of American employers including big corporations and federal, state and local governments fill a high percentage of their jobs using temporary agencies. Yet most Americans know little or nothing about temporary agencies or how to use them to find a job.
A new book called Find Work Through Temporary Agencies can show you how to use temporary agencies to find jobs. Written by Daniel G. Jennings - a veteran of several years work at different temporary agencies - this book shows people how to find temporary agencies, how to register with them and more importantly how to use their services to find work.
Jennings has worked for temporary agencies for years and he knows all the tricks of working at them. He tells jobseekers how to get noticed by temporary agency recruiters, how to get interviewed at temporary agencies and how to make themselves more likely to get placed in a temporary job.
Temporary jobs can lead to permanent positions at big corporations and government agencies. Many employers use temporary jobs as try outs for new employees. Others use temporary agencies as their human resources department.
Even if temporary jobs don’t lead to permanent employment they can be a great source of extra income and experience. Individuals can get skills and experience that they can add to their resumes. Unemployed people can also put a few extra bucks in their pockets by working through temporary agencies.
Temporary agencies don’t just place office workers any more, jobs in almost all sectors including high technology, manufacturing, retail truck driving, hospitality and construction are now filled by temporary agencies. Every working adult needs to know what temporary agencies are and how to use them to find work.
Until now there has never been a book that can guide people through the temporary process. Now there is Find Work Through Temporary Agencies: A Survival Manual for the New Economy by Daniel G. Jennings. This book is available as a paperback from www.amazon.com and will soon be available as an e-book on the Amazon Kindle.

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Posted By Write4Life Write4Life | 14 days ago
Great topic! Temp jobs (often called contracting roles) are also good for a person in between jobs because they are easily described and look better than gaps in resumes to employers.

The use of temp staffing is expected to continue to rise. Temp agencies assume responsibilities for the employee and thus the company usually pays the "agency" a negotiated hourly rate. Because the person working is not the employee of the company they are not counted in many of the accounting principles and without have to pay vacation, benefits etc... the company writes off the hourly rate.

Now, I will add that there is a key point to understand if you decide to take a "temp" or "contract" role. You will most likely foot a great deal of the benefit costs (if not all) and vacation time is not usually paid - and some of these "temp jobs" last years... so factor the benefits you usually get as a full time employee into the hourly rate you are comfortable with!

Maryann
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