Temping Tips For Students

September 15th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Temporary Jobs London

If you are a student who has never worked, but you want to sign up for a recruitment agency and get some work for the holidays, or even during term time, creating a good curriculum vitae can feel a daunting experience. After all how can you write a curriculum vitae when you have no work experience?

Well there are things that you can mention on your curriculum vitae, that can demonstrate that you do have organisational skills or the ability to work well under pressure or to be reliable.

If you have done any kind of voluntary work then put this down on your curriculum vitae as if it were work experience. Then show how this voluntary work equipped you with skills.

If you have no work experience voluntary or paid, do not despair. If you have studied in 6th Form and are at University then you can demonstrate that you are able to work without constant supervision, that you are able to prioritise your workload, that you are reliable etc. It really is a case of using whatever experience you have and making it applicable to the working environment.

In the same way you can use your hobbies and interests to show that you are a person who is able to undertake various tasks or duties. If you have any interests that involve being part of a team, then these obviously demonstrate that you are a team player. Even things like playing in a football team, show that you are a team player.

So instead of thinking that you have no work experience, so you will get no temping jobs etc until you get your degree, then forget this kind of negative attitude. All it takes is a little creative thinking (but no dishonesty) on your behalf and if you are a student, then you should be bright enough to think how your school work, studies and interests can all show that you really are very employable!

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Temporary Job Agencies For Office Workers

August 8th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Temporary Jobs Help

Gone are the days when temping agencies were seen as being the small fry when it came to recruitment, with the larger, corporate agencies having the best vacancies and little temping agencies simply filling a gap in the market. Now temporary job agencies for office positions are the major part of a £ multi-million industry in the UK: they are big business!

Temping agencies now help fill the gaps that happen, often at very short notice, when staff are sick, have to go off for unexpected periods or are on maternity/paternity leave. That means that they have a really solid corner of the market and now that more and more companies are keen to ensure that they rationalise expenditure, they will take on temporary staff instead of recruiting permanent members of staff who then have all kinds of rights in terms of redundancy etc. So temporary office workers can fill the gap and be cost effective. If you are interested in temporary work, then this is good news from your point of view, since it means that there are more opportunities available than if you were looking for a permanent position.

Office workers can also use temporary positions to augment their curriculum vitae, with the temping work offering the prime opportunity to try out different types of company and perhaps trying new areas of work, such as being a receptionist or working as PA/ Secretary. Temping also boosts your CV because it shows that you are willing to settle in quickly and can adapt to different working environments: key skills that not everyone has and it is very difficult to establish at interview if people have these skills or just say that they have them. With all these reasons for finding a temporary office job, it is hard to see any real reasons not to give temping a go and the best thing is: you may even enjoy it!

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Temporary Employment Use an Employment Agency

June 11th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Temping Agencies

If you are looking for temporary office employment in London and you have been looking unsuccessfully for a couple of weeks, then you might be starting to despair, but do not worry because it will be fine, you will be able to find a job, it just may take a little longer!

First of all, if you are using a recruitment or employment agency, then are they actually helping you to find employment? Do they have a wide range of positions to offer you? If not, then you should ditch that particular agency and go to another one!

Post your Curriculum Vitae online and make sure that you are keeping an eye on jobs going in the newspapers as well as online. Your Curriculum Vitae needs to be fairly good and if you do not have any relevant work experience the make sure that you get some, through doing voluntary work if required.

Be realistic about what jobs you can apply for. If you are starting off on your career path, do not think that you will be able to apply for positions running the company; instead you will have to start at a more junior level and build up to senior positions. Also be flexible about what hours you can work and what kind of pay you will be expecting, what kind of office you will work in. The more flexible, adaptable and so on that you can be, the better your chances of getting employment will be.

Treat finding a job as a job in itself and do not half-heartily browse through the newspapers or idly search online, in between checking out Facebook! Instead be ruthless and devote a lot of time to finding a dream temping job and then all you have to do is enjoy starting work!

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Student Temporary Jobs

May 22nd, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Temping Tips

When you are a student, you will certainly be cash strapped, so the best way of making some serious money is to look for work in the holidays, whether at Christmas, the long summer vacation or even at times when companies are very short staffed, for example at half term.

Temporary jobs can also be good for your CV. For example, if you are studying law, then why not try to get a job working in a legal practice. OK you may just be answering the phone, doing the photocopying etc but it shows that you are keen and willing to turn your hand to different types of work.

But your temporary job doesn’t have to be job related. You can try lots of different types of jobs to learn more about the kind of environment you fit into or you want to work in. You may learn more about yourself and what you are good at, or what you don’t like about being employed.

You can also use a temping position to get a reference. All you have to do is to be flexible, adaptable, work hard and make sure that you do whatever job to the best of your ability.  Then you can ask your recruitment agency or the company itself for a reference. Since many people don’t have good references, this could make all the difference in the cut-throat world that is the field of employment currently.

So don’t look down your nose at temping jobs: they can assist and boost both your career and your CV and along the way you may even meet people who are great company and who can teach you skills and equip you with experience that money simply cannot buy. And at the end of it, you get a pretty decent salary, so what have you got to lose?

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How Temp Agencies Has Evolved

May 15th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Temping Agencies

he temporary employment industry has gone through a number of transitions over the years. While temp agencies were originally used for hiring people to fill in for workers who were on vacation, it has now evolved into an industry which uses highly skilled workers. However, the temporary employment industry is considered to be a fringe market because it only employs workers for a short period of time. In the fall of last year, nearly 4 million people were hired to work for temp agencies.

Once the economy began to slow, many of these people lost their jobs. Despite this, temp agencies are expected to thrive in the US and other nations in the coming years. There are a large number of pros and cons which are associated with this industry. While temporary jobs are the bane of many people, others find them to be enjoyable. There are a number of good reasons why working with a temp agency can be good, and they can provide benefits which are good for both employers and employees.

The very first temp agency was created in 1946 by a businessman named William Russell Kelly. He devised a business model in which he could quickly higher clerks to perform tasks for a short period of time. The agency quickly swelled in size, and this business model has been used by many other companies since this time. Temp agencies are attractive for many reasons. When the economy slows down, many people have trouble finding jobs, while others may lose jobs that they’ve had for years. When this happens, temp agencies can be very attractive.

Statistics show that temp agencies now make up 5% of the workforce in the US. Another advantage that they have is that they are flexible. Instead of working 50 weeks a year for a traditional company, a person could work at a large number of temp agencies at the beginning of the year and then take the rest of the year off in order to go on vacation or attend college. Employers benefit from temp agencies because they can save money on health insurance, retirement, and other expenses. Parents who have young children to take care of will often find temp agencies to be extremely attractive.

At the same time, there are a number of disadvantages to temp agencies which need to be discussed. Because they are short term jobs, they do not offer health insurance or retirement benefits. This means it is up to the employee to open up a 401K or IRA in order to save for retirement. It is also the responsibility of the employee to make sure they have health insurance. With temp agencies, there is no such thing as job security. You may only be hired to work for one season, and it may take you time to find another temp job. If you run out of money between jobs, you could find yourself in financial danger.

Others see temp agencies as a sign that the US economy is declining. They feel that people should stay at a job for years, and should not have to switch jobs every few months. They cite outsourcing, immigration, and corporate corruption as a factor in why so many are turning to temp agencies. Those with these views tend to be older Americans who have retired or are nearing retirement. Despite these views, it is clear that temp agencies are here to stay.

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