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Most of us know how hard it is to find a job in six months and now that there are no extensions the temp agencies will be needed more than ever. That's because they usually have relationships with employers who don't advertise to the public which is not a good thing when applying to jobs as an outsider. And I think since unemployment is only 26 weeks a person who loses their job today should sign up with a temp agency right away to avoid being in a situation of having to find work without any income after six months.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Temp agencies don't exist because of unemployment, they exist because employers sometimes need to hire temporary workers. Whether it's vacation coverage, special projects, or a no-commitment potential workforce expansion, the unemployment level isn't going to change that sometimes what an employer is looking for is a temporary worker.
Actually such traditional users of temp services are now a minority of temp agency clients. Most temp clients are using agencies to provide workers that replace employees. These workers receive no benefits, are paid less, and can be fired with one phone call. See the permatemp thread. Notice how most temp jobs are advertised as temp-to-hire. Although some companies do that only 27% actually do.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Temp agencies don't exist because of unemployment, they exist because employers sometimes need to hire temporary workers. Whether it's vacation coverage, special projects, or a no-commitment potential workforce expansion, the unemployment level isn't going to change that sometimes what an employer is looking for is a temporary worker.
Temp agencies exist to provide a possible path to permanent employment which is something a person would need if they run out of UC benefits. And even if they are looking for a temporary worker someone still is able to have some type of cash flow while still looking for permanent employment outside the agency.
Actually such traditional users of temp services are now a minority of temp agency clients. Most temp clients are using agencies to provide workers that replace employees. These workers receive no benefits, are paid less, and can be fired with one phone call. See the permatemp thread. Notice how most temp jobs are advertised as temp-to-hire. Although some companies do that only 27% actually do.
But I think if someone had a choice between no job and no benefits versus a temp job with no benefits they will take the temp job because of the temporary cash flow.
It depends on how much the temp job is paying and what the conditions are. I'd rather eek by on welfare than work a lot of the temp jobs out there. Also taking a temp job can be risky for UI compensation. They are well known to try and push their crappiest low paying job on people receiving UI and report them to UI board if they refuse.
It depends on how much the temp job is paying and what the conditions are. I'd rather eek by on welfare than work a lot of the temp jobs out there. Also taking a temp job can be risky for UI compensation. They are well known to try and push their crappiest low paying job on people receiving UI and report them to UI board if they refuse.
But a single man without kids cannot get welfare only food stamps so he would have to go to the temp agency.
But a single man without kids cannot get welfare only food stamps so he would have to go to the temp agency.
A single man without kids will have had a better chance of putting money in the bank.
It depends, as MSchemist80 says, on the details of the temp job. In addition to lots of them being horrible work for low pay, having a temp job can make it harder for you to look for a better job. I'd rather treat looking for work a full-time job than try to work it in around the schedule of a $12/hour temp job.
A single man without kids will have had a better chance of putting money in the bank.
It depends, as MSchemist80 says, on the details of the temp job. In addition to lots of them being horrible work for low pay, having a temp job can make it harder for you to look for a better job. I'd rather treat looking for work a full-time job than try to work it in around the schedule of a $12/hour temp job.
But if someone loses their job now they are faced with the slow hiring time of the year which is July and August so you are losing 2 months of UC due to the summer season. So even if job searching is treated as a full-time job it may not matter much since the summer has started.
But if someone loses their job now they are faced with the slow hiring time of the year which is July and August so you are losing 2 months of UC due to the summer season.
They're slower months, not "lost". Taking a temp job that doesn't pay what you think you can earn in a permanent position is still a waste until you've exhausted all hope of that permanent job.
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