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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In the UK today there are lots of temporary jobs still available.  Companies and organisations will always have a need for permanent staff, simply because there are times when they need extra staff to cover for times when staff are off on maternity or paternity cover, staff may be ill, or at holiday times. 

Some organisations even require staff just for busy times: so if your business is absolutely frantic at Christmas or Easter, then temporary staff will be taken on to get companies through these very difficult times.  So you shouldn’t assume that there are simply no jobs out there.

People are losing their jobs, but many, many people still have work.  And so there are admin jobs around, you may just have to look that little bit harder to ensure that you can secure a job that really suits your needs.

One of the best ways to get started is actually to register with a recruitment agency, so that you start to get a flavour of the type of jobs that are available.  The range of opportunities may be more limited, but you will probably find work without too much difficulty, if you sign up with a reputable agency that has some good recruitment consultants on board.  They can show you the vacancies they have and also advise on how you can secure a position.

On the whole, the UK media like to talk everything down and certainly media reports do make everyone think that there are no jobs to be had: but there area and all you have to do is to make sure that you are qualified, presentable and have a good attitude when you turn up to interview: so that you are the person who bags the job- not someone else!

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