Finding Work through Temporary Agencies
Most people know that temporary agencies can find them work unfortunately they may not know how to locate or contact these businesses. These organizations are most useful to those who are proactive so a person will have to seek them out on her own.
Fortunately most of the services that provide temporaries are fairly easy to locate. They will be listed in the phone book and can be located through Google and other online searches. They should be listed under temporary or employment agency in the telephone book.
Another way to find these firms is to look at internet job boards such as monster. The organizations that operate in your area often advertise through these. Another advantage to this method is that the direct e-mails and phone numbers of recruiters at the companies are often placed in the online ads.
It is also a good idea to register directly with the big national temporary services such as Kelly, Manpower, Randstad, Robert Half, TalentTree etc. Sign up even if outfits don’t have offices in your area because they increasingly operate nationwide. It is not uncommon for somebody working with these firms to be placing people in positions halfway across the country. I was placed in two different positions in Denver by a TalentTree employee in Dallas for example.
Fortunately all it takes to sign up with the nationwide organizations is to fill out a simple online application. This can almost always be done through their websites. If you are employed as a long-distance temp you will be paid through direct deposit to your checking account or a loadable debit card.
If there are local offices for temporary outfits in your area you should pay a visit to them. Meeting the people who work there and networking with them is a vital part of getting placed by them. It is also a good idea to keep in contact with them by e-mailing, texting or telephoning those employees at least once a week.
Keeping constant contact is vital because such businesses are very unstable. There is a high turnover rate so you will need to keep on top of who is working there. It is also a good idea to let them see you as a person rather than an annoying person on the phone.
Go in whenever somebody at one of the agencies asks you to. That way you’ll seem like a reliable and responsible person.
Another good tip is to go out on other assignments for them. Even if you end up doing menial work it can make a temporary agency employee feel obligated to you, so he or she will place you in something that you are qualified to do.
Temporary agency expert Daniel G. Jennings writes under the pseudonym Jems Nichole. The is the author of Find Work Through Temporary Agencies: A Survival Guide to the New Economy and other books.
