Enjoy Flexibility and Great Jobs by Working for a Temporary Agency

When I came home from college each summer and winter, I made a visit to my local Adia Temporary Agency in Hayward, CA. It's now called Adecco and the headquarters are located in Redwood City, CA. I had great luck getting jobs that would keep me busy all summer and all through the winter break. If I wanted a little time to spend with friends or take a long weekend, I just told them I wasn't available and didn't accept jobs during that time. It worked out GREAT.

When I graduated from college, I started to interview for jobs. To keep the money coming in, I went back to my temporary agency and told them I'd be interested in short term jobs. They got me a job, in their office as a temporary receptionist. It worked out great and at the end of a few weeks, a position became available in the office for a supervisor. I interviewed for the job and got it and for nearly 5 years worked for Adecco Temporary Agency placing people on temporary and full time jobs.

I have recommended temp agencies to so many people. Some take my suggestions and have great experiences, but many people just don't want to give the temp agencies a try.

Most temporary agencies do have full time placement services as well as short term, temporary jobs. In our office we had a person dedicated to full time placement. There is no fee to the applicant.

It think one of the misconceptions about temporary agencies is that you just can’t stay busy or work a 40 hour week. However, you can stay as busy as you are willing to be, going from one temp job to another.

It's not always easy to be a temp. Many of my summer jobs during college breaks were receptionist work and it took me about half the day to get everyone's names straight, and then the job was over. That wasn't always easy or fun, but I stuck it out.
On the other side of the desk, I quickly learned who my star temps were by the flexibility they would demonstrate accepting as many jobs offered to them as they possibly could. Those were the temps I thought of first with the plumb jobs came in. Those were the temps who always stayed busy and who the clients would request back again and again.