Temp-For-Hire: Ten Ways to Survive the Temping Game

You're looking through the classified section because you either need a job or are in need of a new job. Once you run across something that seems like a perfect match for your qualifications and/or education, the excitement kicks into high gear until you have phone in hand and on the other end you hear,
"Thank you for calling ________Personnel/Services/Staffing. How can I help you?" Before you hang up because you think the ad is a chaser, there is a possibility that the other person on the line may be the connection to the opportunity you have always been in search of.

Reputable agencies realize that the key to success is customer, as well as employee satisfaction and understand that negligently making a incompatible match between a client and employee, not paying an employee on time or failing to carefully screen candidates for placement can be damaging beyond belief. You may have noticed in recent that more personnel services are asking to view resumes before setting up an appointment to register. Some of the larger agencies like Robert Half International are geared toward accepting career-oriented individuals so communication is key when it comes down to skills, actual commitment level and overall attitude. If you want a long-term (or permanent) position as an executive assistant, make sure you can deliver the goods (and then some) that you have on your resume'. Exaggeration of abilities causes embarrassment for the employee but a loss for both the agency as well as their client.