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I've recently been offered a 6 month contracted programming position with a company through a temp agency. I've never done business through a temp agency and am wondering what questions I should ask when I speak with them.
I've compiled a small list of...
Started by RobotCaleb on
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With the current market banks do not look favorable on temp/contract.
Contract ended and I wanted to continue working for the company but break free of the "temp agency of the deal (6mos of contract work).
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I applied to about 5 temp agencies when I first arrived in Arizona...They never had any of the jobs they advertised, don't rag on Office Team, they are just like every other temp agency..full of crap!
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I have worked for about 5 different temp staffing agencies during: I applied to about 5 ....
I have worked for several temp agencies during my 20 years of working off and on during times this method for their in house staff.
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Temp agencies will send you on an assignment and not tell you exactly when it will end. They will simply call you on the phone at home, after 5 p.m., and tell you not to go back the next day. This is now standard procedure at most temp agencies.
The agency...
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Temp agencies to use agencies for placement....
(2) / No (12) J M Andrews in Baltimore, Maryland said: Its a business model .
Here are some more reasons to avoid temp agencies:
1) They will sell your information to third.
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Not impressed with temp agencies---- They never call you EVER! I have applied with so many and I am more than enough qualified ---
They are such a turn off --- All of them
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They are not monsters,....
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With temp agencies---- They never call you EVER! I have applied with so many and I am more than that these temp agencies accept bribes from employees who are working for them.
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Well one of the employment agencies i registered with 2 weeks ago contacted me by leaving a voicemail message on my cellphone informing me they had a job offer for me. I literally called them back in exactly 30 minutes. She thanked me for calling her ...
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State Unemployment offices HATE temp agencies...If you decide to dress and drive to register HATE temp agencies...If you decide to dress and drive to register with an agency for a specific job of the representatives....
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I did a search on temp agencies on the forums because I'm looking for different work experiences and internships are out of the question (not currently in a degree program) but found only very old threads (2002-2006).
What are your recent experiences ...
Started by yumyumdonuts on
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Academic) friend who sometimes picks up work from temp agencies in a major metropolitan area hasPre-GFC, I got some temp assignments that were fairly unpleasant, and had a hard time finding any with a few agencies but never....
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I'm thinking of trying my hand at some office work and a friend suggested using an agency. I live on the outer Eastern fringes of Melbourne, so I need an agency that will get me work in the East to the CBD (is Northern or Western suburbs really won't ...
Started by Daybreak on
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If you're looking for full.
I'm in Sydney, but I've worked through temp agencies many times and am pretty sure the procedure as a receptionist/admin officer (temp for the first 3 months, now permanent).
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I posted this question in one other forum, but I was hijacking a thread, so to be fair to the poster in that thread, I am bringing the question up here, to see if I can get some feedback.
Has anyone from the northern states used a temp agency to hire ...
Started by mattfromNY on
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So if it was 14 and hour sound off the one time we looking into... .
agency manager (she is also a very good customer of mine for 5 years into a temp agency they wanted 50% above what we paid the employee.
Meeting with the temp.
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Yes they are. A couple of years ago I applied at one not far from me. First they lied and said they had a marketing job when they didn't. Then when I asked why they didn't hire me they used the lie that I spilled coffee on my resume. Considering I don...
Started by New_Wave_Princess on
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If you live up North, I....
Had I known she was a nasty lady ex-lax brownies is definitely something I'd do .
You could return to try to make up with her, bringing along a gift of ex-lax brownies .
I think you should have spilled an extra large on her desk .
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Over the last few months i have been looking to change career from graphic artist to web developer. I used to be a senior web developer during the dot com boom, overseeing a few juniors but decided to follow graphics a little more and left software behind...
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Robert Half Technologies, in my area seems to not want to help me get a direct hire job but want for work in New Zealand, but I have never... .
Well, possibly flagged a temp.
Putting your foot down' with the agencies will get you anywhere ...
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