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Follow the Science: Ze Frank Teaches Us True Facts and Life Lessons

Success

Subsequently, he temped as an illustrator for a big ad agency, where he learned early versions of Flash and code-based animation. “I True Facts still includes unscientific asides, but it’s also highly educational. (They’d misheard his birth name as José. No problem. I took to that computer stuff so fast,” Frank says. “I

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On the Outside Looking In

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was out of work, temping here and there for a year. Many professional associations have monthly dinner meetings with educational speakers. Don’t underestimate the value of temping. Working for a temp agency can either land you a full-time job or help to keep you employed while you are looking.

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Happy Retirement to someone who gave me a chance.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I temped here and there for a year. Finally, I got a job interview through the temp agency for a one-year contract. I got more of an education from him than I ever could have received at school. I had worked for a lawyer while living in Northern Alberta and knew I didn’t want to do that again.

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Is Your Resume Hot? Or a HOT mess?

Melissa Peoples

The gentleman on the call introduced himself as a consultant with a well-known local staffing agency who had reviewed the resume I had uploaded to the organization's website. But then, at the end of that first week, I received a call, seemingly from the job search Universe.

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The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

Small Business Labs

Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.   The CNN article focuses on the growing use of temps.  When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

3) Work with temping and recruiting agencies – all of them When you are looking for a job, contact every temp and recruiting agency in town. Sure, some of them might have the same jobs, but you will soon find that sometimes a company will only work with one specific agency. Job hunting is a numbers and timing game.

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Answering Reader Mail: Finding Temp Agencies in Los Angeles

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JH recently wrote me and asked the following question, "With so many temp agencies out there, I don't know which is/isn't good. I was wondering if you could give me the name of the temp agency you worked with. The best strategy is to sign up with every single temp agency in town. Thanks so much in advance!"

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