| Working through temporary job agencies can fill the | | | | working with an agency can help you to gain that |
| gap when you're between jobs and open up new | | | | much needed experience. |
| opportunities that you would not find without signing on | | | | 6. Contract work through a temporary agency can |
| with a temporary staffing agency. | | | | prevent gaps in your resume. If you have been out of |
| Too many people overlook the benefits of signing on | | | | work for a period of time, employers can start to |
| with temporary job agencies. They worry they'll be | | | | question the gap in your work history. Working with an |
| underpaid, assume temp agencies don't have leads on | | | | agency can limit the gaps in your work history so they |
| good jobs, or they don't understand the potential for | | | | do not become an issue for employers. |
| temporary work to turn into a more permanent job. | | | | 7. Some temporary staffing agencies provide access |
| Benefits of Working with Temporary Staffing | | | | to benefits. This is not the case with all agencies, so if |
| Agencies: | | | | benefits are important to you, be sure to ask about |
| 1. Working in a contract position through a temporary | | | | them when you sign on with the agency. |
| staffing agency can provide a much needed source of | | | | 8. If you have marketable skills, you can access well |
| income. | | | | paying jobs through temporary job agencies. You'll find |
| 2. Employers often call on temp agencies to fill | | | | a range of salary levels in temp agency jobs; don't |
| immediate needs. That is, they work with an agency | | | | assume you cannot make a fair wage in a job you |
| when they need someone on the job as soon as | | | | found through an agency. |
| possible. For that reason, working with a temp agency | | | | 9. Many temporary agencies provide training. It's in their |
| can be very helpful if you need to find a job fast. | | | | best interest to have a highly skilled pool of labor, so if |
| 3. Many great companies hire their full time staff | | | | you need to brush up on your computer skills or you |
| through temp agencies. They bring in new staff on a | | | | need WHMIS training, you can access that training for |
| contract basis, and if the person is a good fit for the | | | | free through some temporary agencies. |
| job, they bring them on full time with the company. | | | | 10 The staff at temporary placement agencies get |
| Some companies do all of their hiring in this way, and, | | | | plenty of job leads that are not advertised. Working |
| for that reason, working with temp agencies is the only | | | | with a temporary employment agency can open up a |
| way to get hired at some great companies. | | | | lot of job opportunities that would never be available to |
| 4. A contract position can provide you with great | | | | you if you choose not to work with an agency. |
| networking opportunities. You'll have the opportunity to | | | | Don't be too quick to dismiss the benefits of working |
| meet many people in your industry and may develop | | | | with a temporary agency. You may be quite |
| some good job leads through those interactions. | | | | pleasantly surprised by the possibilities that arise when |
| 5. You can gain experience in a new field. If you have | | | | you use this job search strategy. |
| the skills to do the job, but you lack experience, | | | | |