On The Job

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Perhaps you had a health issue, and took a leave of absence and now you can't get your old job back. One option that could prove beneficial while you're trying to get your career back on the right road is temping. Most of them (76%) work fulltime, while 49% of temps say it's a way to get a permanent job.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 1, 2013

ProPublica's The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants are Getting Crushed covers the dark side of temporary work. Key quote on the life of low paid temps: Many get by on minimum wage, renting rooms in rundown houses, eating dinners of beans and potatoes, and surviving on food banks and taxpayer-funded health care.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

I worked and temped at various places in general administrator/secretarial roles until I found a job where I really felt I could make a difference. You are well known for your networking skills, what initial steps did you take to increase your network? I got married, moved countries (with a cat) and had a baby in 9 months!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

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. It could be that you are good at organizing, or have a lot of ideas, or have good visual design skills, or are very nice, or funny, or know a lot about Photoshop.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 7, 2018

Remind yourself of accomplishments, skills you have developed and your unique traits; focus on what you do have control of. One full-time job and a few temp positions came after that one. With a positive outlook, adapting to change provides control and allows the opportunity for personal and professional growth. Family or home life.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

Other jobs, because they were temp to full time, I didn’t even have the benefits of paid vacation time or paid sick days for almost a year. It always perplexes me when small companies do not hire a temp or have in mind another staff person to fill in for the admin or EA to go on a vacation or call in sick.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

And as I was working, job hunting and/or temping, I had to find other sources of happiness. This was mostly as a temp during very slow months when the entire industry was on vacation, but I’m sure the paycheck wasn’t as amazing as yours. Your health and sanity should not be compromised. It also looks bad on one’s resume.

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