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I left my full-time job last spring after I decided it was the wrong job for me, a toxic workplace, etc. Since then I have been working part time for my significant other's business. However, I've been trying to get back into a full-time job to get my career going again. Like many others, I've gone through multiple interviews with no offer. It's very frustrating but I refuse to let it get me down especially now that the new year is here and I know hiring will pick up again. I have a bachelors degree and about 8 years of work experience post-college.
Recently I a recruiter from a staffing agency contacted me regarding a contract-to-hire position which sounds pretty appealing to me overall. Even though the pay is not great I am highly considering it and hoping I might get an offer.
Just wondering -- Has anyone else with a similar background considered or taken a "temp" job? If so, what was your experience like?
Do what you gotta do to pay the bills. I started out as a temp with a bachelors degree. I've been there 10 years now after being hired full time after 6 months as a temp.
Think of temping as an extended job interview. It allows you to get to know a company while showing off your skills. It's also a way to network and become a "known quantity" in an industry.
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Despite having an MA, plus professional certifications, I worked in a long-term "temp" position after taking early retirement, just to have extra income--over and above my pension. Yes, I felt that I was being severely underpaid with just $17 per hour, but I did it for a few years.
My profession is plagued with staffing agencies. It is really bad for the profession. These agencies pay horribly, offer no benefits or badly substandard ones, offer no job security and their clients are typically the sleaziest companies imaginable.
First stats from the WE Upjohn institute for Labor Economics are 27% of temp to hire jobs ever become permanent and only 18% overall. They will always tell you it is temp-to-hire and if you do a good job you will be hired to get you to take the lousy job and motivate you to work hard. You are being carrot and sticked.
I worked such a job for 3 years and was on the verge of quitting the profession.
Last edited by MSchemist80; 01-09-2017 at 06:19 PM..
I left my full-time job last spring after I decided it was the wrong job for me, a toxic workplace, etc. Since then I have been working part time for my significant other's business. However, I've been trying to get back into a full-time job to get my career going again. Like many others, I've gone through multiple interviews with no offer. It's very frustrating but I refuse to let it get me down especially now that the new year is here and I know hiring will pick up again. I have a bachelors degree and about 8 years of work experience post-college.
Recently I a recruiter from a staffing agency contacted me regarding a contract-to-hire position which sounds pretty appealing to me overall. Even though the pay is not great I am highly considering it and hoping I might get an offer.
Just wondering -- Has anyone else with a similar background considered or taken a "temp" job? If so, what was your experience like?
i did it. I was having difficulty finding employment and I was happy to find the long term temping assignment. The pay was terrible but it helped pay the majority of my bills. I did not become permanent but that is okay. The pay was too low to survive on long term. I did eventually find a job. They say the best time to find a job is when you are employed.
Yes, it's normal. Unfortunately, being a temp is more often than not the only way to get a job. It can also take a long time to get hired full time, some never do. The pay isn't good either. But at least it gets you the job. I started as a temp and I was hired full time in 4 months at my current job. I hate my job but it pays the bills. You have nothing to lose by trying it, so go for it.
My husband started his engineering career through a temp agency. He was hired on after 6 months and has now been with the company 17 years.
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