i have been a temp for a long time but it was also supposed to be temporarily (no figure of speech intended) but now i am finding it hard to find a permanent job but in some cases i am getting an interview!
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Are you actually applying outside your agency to get a permanent job?  Keep trying, putting in applications and resumes.  Cause if not, then you can't complain...as well, you need to continously check in with your agency and tell them I want a permanent job.  Period.  Then they will set you up with temp to hire and hopefully if you do a good job you will be hired as a permanent worker. \nOtherwise it might also be the area  you are in...it could be depressed and not have a lot of good jobs available.  That and unfortunately it is a way of companies to continue their business without having to hire regulars, pay people more money and often give them health benefits if they do become permanent.  Kind of a sellout by employers.  Look for union jobs if you can or at least a company with a good reputation.  Try there!!  \n\nLast thing too, if you can't do it alone, get a headhunter.   You can see if someone else can find you a permanent position.  \n\nGood luck!\n\noh...the only other thing my be your performance.  Check to see how you are doing and if it's good, then do the other stuff I suggested.  If it's not, then find ways to improve it.
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With three jobs it does look like a job hopper..I worked in HR for many years and when I see that I pass and go to the next resume.. As for the Temp Job, that is okay as long as you state it was a temp job..For the second job, and third job..You can post the 2nd job and state you were layed off..As for the third job keep it off the resume..
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Have you put in for unemploymen? If not, do so immediately. Then get down to the unemployment office and use their resources to help your job search. Here we have computers, copiers, and free want-ad copies.\n\nAlso, don't sneer at temp positions - a lot of companies to temp-to-hire as a way to vet their new-hires. If they don't work out, they let them go. If they work out, they hire them permanently.\n\nAlso, depending on what your speciality is, start contacting head-hunters. DON'T go to the ones that charge you, go to the ones that make their money from the companies. I got a year contract-to-hire that way just recently after being laid off over a year ago and unable to find a job.
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Here’s my whole meandering ramble about this having come from a temp agency, worked contract jobs and on-staff positions.\n\nTrue, employers cannot FIND good people to hire.  The problem doesn’t lie with the people looking for work, the problem lies with the way they recruit.  Too often the people doing the recruiting have no idea of what would make a good candidate for the position.  \n\nThey have their list of requirements they look for and that’s about all.  People who’s background or resumes don’t exactly match are automatically disqualified from the start; problem is, nomenclature in companies and schools differ so a job title from one company might not hold the same title in another.  If a person puts down their old job title and the recruiter is unaware that it is an identical job, that resume is scrapped without ever being thoroughly analyzed.\n\nThe other problem is with the recruiting agencies.  Everyone knows what it means to be a temp; no respect marginal training, alienated from team events, no benefits, little compensation, possibility of being unemployed without notice.  People will tend to avoid, at all costs, going to a temp agency to get a job.  This leaves two types of people at the agencies – those who slipped through the networking cracks and are qualified but have no more leads, and those who are under qualified and under skilled.\n\nStaffing agencies have their list of clients and openings they want to fill and they will, of course, look at the qualified candidates for those jobs first.  But what happens when this particular staffing agency has no jobs available in this person’s field?  Will they advertise this person to perspective clients in order to place them where their talents can be put to use or just place them in the first available position they desperately need to fill?\n\nNow take company XYZ.  They have the perfect job for that previous candidate but they use agency ABC for their recruitment, not the one the person went to.  Of course agency ABC now has the same problem the other agency has, many under qualified candidates with few qualified candidates.\n\nWhat of the person who was already placed in a position that wasn’t in their filed?  Are they happy with their work?  Do they feel satisfied?  Probably “no” for each of those.  An unhappy employee is going to be a poor employee and so the company feels they cannot find good people to hire.\n\nRecruiters aside, let’s take look at the companies.\n\nMany companies want the “best of the best”.  I’ve seen this with my own eyes where an employee who’s been with a company since its conception gets promoted and their job opens up.  Does this company look for the same qualities the previous person had when they started the position?  The answer’s “no”.  The company now looks for a person with 3 times the qualifications of the previous person.  In fact, the old employee would probably not be qualified for their old job in this case.\n\nEmployees are also going to be hesitant to give 100% if they know their own company will not give them the same.  Too many companies have no loyalty to their employees and treat them as a liability more than an asset.  They will often extend probationary periods just to get out of hiring a new person.  They will fire employees for technicalities such as being 2 minutes late, rather than giving them the benefit of the doubt.  They’ll also cut compensation packages such as salaries and health benefits, but they still expect their employees to give 100%.\n\nCorporate America is basically a cesspool of greed.  Their definition of a “good” employee is one who will bend over, drop their pants, take it with a smile and ask for another.  Fortunately more and more people are becoming disheartened by this treatment so you start hearing the phrase - Employers cannot find good people to hire.
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i just read/answered your other question and it sounds like they did call you back and you have an interview soon. soo yayyy, thats great!!! good luck!!!...and see everything happens for a reason lol
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When I found myself in that position, I chose to leave the position and search on my own.  It made sense for me because I found the environment to be very unpleasant, and I had sufficient savings to fund myself during the search.  In reference to "Katie's" comments above, hiring managers like that aren't looking for motivated, independent and confident people, they are looking for people who will come into a company and do as they are told.  You probably don't want to work for such people anyway.
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go to lots of interviews, even for jobs you don't want.  you will get comfortable with the format so when you interview for a job you actually want, you will be relaxed.
595345
D's right. If you know what you are doing, take the job and roll with it until something better comes along. Steady employment looks better than temp work on a resume. [edit:] Especially since they are offering free training. Even if you think you're overqualified, there's always the chance to learn something new.
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It can't hurt, if you're interested in the job.  I know people who got a job cause the person who initially got the job decided to quit (or got fired) within a few days.
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You should start looking now and just continue to look until you move and when you get there.  The job market changes constantly.  Feel free to send in your resume too but mention in your cover letter that you won't be there for another six months.  I believe it would make you look motivated/
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No doubt. My buddy convinced me to sign up with him at a temp service. We were both looking for jobs, I was actually interviewing for real jobs while he was looking more at something that would give him beer money. Anyway, we went and signed up, and the next day they told us to come in and they had something for us. We got there, they told us to go to the Hilton on the strip to the maintenance dept. We get there, they give us these ridiculous white lab coat looking things, they were to small, and a dust pan and broom, and told us to go sweep up in front of the hotel. ALL DAY, middle of summer in Vegas, in front of the hotel. I stayed for an hour, my buddy stayed longer only because he couldn't find me. That was the one and only time I went to a temp service.
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I worked in the staffing industry.  You should list the agency you worked with and treat it as employer.  I would suggest using a phrase such as "short term contract" versus using the word "temp"  Working through and with an agency these days in so popular most employers would expect to see temp work on your resume.  Do not add in any work under 3 months!!
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didn't know you were looking for a full-time job...\n\ntrust me on this, it would take you too much time to do this.
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Because maybe God has another plan for you sweetie maybe on the next job you get you could meet your husband and you never know why things happen the way that to do until this thing happens and then your like ooh that is why I did not get that job at that other company because maybe thery are going out of busneiss in a year and they know that you need to work for a longer time than just a temp job. Don't beat yourself in the head it was there lost not yours and it will get better just pray for guidence and ask God to lead you to the right appilcation and you will find a good job.  I hopes that helps.
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YES..It happens everywhere. I agree with you..bunch of sh*tbags. It is sad especially when you are trying so hard to get a job and  you know you are qualified and they just want to say..You have a really good resume. I have to interview several more people first before making my decision but you are qualified. You will be hearing from me soon. Then no phone call.... What really ticks me is you are over qualified for the position.?? HUH?? How can you be over qualified for a position????????????????????????
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Yes. you go in there and they ask you what type of salary your looking for, then they call you the next day and ask if you can go to work that same day for wages way less than what you asked for and a different position. I have experienced this with every temp agency I've worked for. The agencies are such a joke
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I have done temp work for about 5 years if you told them in the interview that you weren't comfortable and they wanted you anyway make sure the temp agency has taken note to that. If you don't like the job or feel like you can do the job let the temp agency know immediately finish the day and you shouldn't have any problems blacklisted not sent out on another assignment etc.