Anyone been through a Temp Agency?
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Brittany
Director of Production
Just wondering if anyone else has gone through a temp agency, I'm leaving right after I post this message to try it out since no one is really biting my job resume.
Was it a good or bad experience? Are they useful?
Anyway, just wanted peoples opinions.
Was it a good or bad experience? Are they useful?
Anyway, just wanted peoples opinions.
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jmason
Curious and Wondering
Yep, me. I went through a temp agency for programmers two years ago, and still am now.
It wasn't bad, since you can work for as many as three companies successively without writing a letter of resignation. All the company has to do is not renew your agency's individual contract for you and your agency will try to find your next company to work with. It's a good boost for your resume once you eventually opt out of the agency.
Then there's the pay. The company pays the agency, and agency pays you minus the "agency fees" and other fees. But the pay is good/bad depending on the type of job you applied for in the agency and how much the company is willing to pay the agency for your services.
The only sad thing is that you'll be doing the extra work. My agency requires my timesheet faxed to them every 15 days plus periodic reports on my activities, signed and verified by my programming team leader. And you have no control over the client company selection. If you end up in a company you dislike, you have no choice.
But I'm still a temp employee. Why? My temp salary is bigger and less taxable than the regular employee pay at my agency's client (the HR department is brutal with computing a regular employee's pay).
It wasn't bad, since you can work for as many as three companies successively without writing a letter of resignation. All the company has to do is not renew your agency's individual contract for you and your agency will try to find your next company to work with. It's a good boost for your resume once you eventually opt out of the agency.
Then there's the pay. The company pays the agency, and agency pays you minus the "agency fees" and other fees. But the pay is good/bad depending on the type of job you applied for in the agency and how much the company is willing to pay the agency for your services.
The only sad thing is that you'll be doing the extra work. My agency requires my timesheet faxed to them every 15 days plus periodic reports on my activities, signed and verified by my programming team leader. And you have no control over the client company selection. If you end up in a company you dislike, you have no choice.
But I'm still a temp employee. Why? My temp salary is bigger and less taxable than the regular employee pay at my agency's client (the HR department is brutal with computing a regular employee's pay).
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Brittany
Director of Production
Blah, well it was a bust anyway. Apparently that temp agency employees people for 'careers' like after they're done college. She said I would need work during college and that she suggested waitressing.
Soo, back to square one. I'll be submitting more apps, I guess.
Soo, back to square one. I'll be submitting more apps, I guess.
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Tegumi
"im always cute"
ZiggyOtaku wrote...
Apparently that temp agency employees people for 'careers' like after they're done college.Depends on the temp agency. I've gotten a job through a temp agency before that was most definitely not career-oriented.
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Brittany
Director of Production
Yea, I later looked around at some other places via google maps. I have an appointment monday morning. I just didn't feel the need to add that on there since no one really responded anyway.
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Hey, tell me how it works out for you.
I'm changing to a resident-firefighter position, which puts me on a different schedule then the rest of the world, and need to find a job which is okay with me working a day here and there. (I think once every four days...?)
I am sincerely hoping for something like a longshoreman thing. You come in the day you wish to work, and pick from a bucket with your assigned rating. Ratings are based on supervisor reports and days you've worked (ratio).
(I think that's the gist of it, I really just talked to a guy on the bus for twelve minutes)
I'm changing to a resident-firefighter position, which puts me on a different schedule then the rest of the world, and need to find a job which is okay with me working a day here and there. (I think once every four days...?)
I am sincerely hoping for something like a longshoreman thing. You come in the day you wish to work, and pick from a bucket with your assigned rating. Ratings are based on supervisor reports and days you've worked (ratio).
(I think that's the gist of it, I really just talked to a guy on the bus for twelve minutes)
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I've done a variety of jobs for different companies through different agencies and (as already said) it really depends on the agency and the company you could end up working at.
My latest work was as a quality auditor at a factory in the UK and it was great. Great job, great people, great pay, just great. But the worst temp experience I had was at another UK factory but they put me working next to the sites main power generator on a machine that was spewing water all over the place.
Needless to say I quit that job after one day (after all, I quite like my own health).
My latest work was as a quality auditor at a factory in the UK and it was great. Great job, great people, great pay, just great. But the worst temp experience I had was at another UK factory but they put me working next to the sites main power generator on a machine that was spewing water all over the place.
Needless to say I quit that job after one day (after all, I quite like my own health).