Temporary Employment: Recognize The Opportunity

The Access HR Team | 1 Mar 2009 1:13 PM

Why Temporary Employment?

There are many misconceptions about temporary employment, resulting in assignments being overlooked by job seekers. Responses from people unfamiliar with temporary work usually sound like; “no I don’t want to be locked in”, “it will reduce my chances of gaining full time employment” and “it’s just a waste of time”. However, temporary employment is often a great option for many people, and this article discusses the many benefits helping you to recognize those advantages.

Benefits to Temporary Employment:

Good jobs don’t grow on trees, and with current economic downturn available positions are not as common as they once were. Temporary assignments can be used as a fantastic way to earn money whilst you are job seeking.
Temporary positions are a fantastic way to gain experience within a particular industry.
Students can access temporary employment, balancing study schedule with assignments
Temporary assignments are a quick way to pick-up new skills or to improve your existing. Temporary employees are often required to use client’s software program, and proficiency in current computer applications looks great on a resume.
Temporary positions are good for filling gaps in resumes, showing recruiters that although you were not working / studying full time you were doing something.
Working for a variety of employers provides you with a greater exposure to different types of management styles, company cultures, products and services.
Flexibility! Temporary employees are often able to arrange their work schedule and personal priorities.
Temporary positions can turn into a position that needs to be filled permanently, even if you are not told that it is a temp to perm hire you may have a shot at the permanent position.
Temping for Access HR provides our consultants with an opportunity to get to know you, rather than becoming a name on the database.
Feedback from clients is sought by Access HR. Favourable feedback places you in the “good books” with our consultants, and allows us to provide you with a recommendation to our clients.

How to succeed being a Temporary Employee?

Review the basic job duties and objectives with your Recruitment Consultant, but also clarify all aspects with your on-site manager. Avoid misunderstandings, and be more productive from the onset.

A temporary position is NEVER a carefree, zero responsibility job. Access HR prides themselves on providing excellent service to all their clients, constantly seeking feedback on a temporary employee’s performance. Feedback resulting in performance not at the required level, does result in the temporary employee being performance managed.

The more professionally you approach a temporary assignment and the greater value you add to the project, the more likely managers will be to comment favorably on your performance to Access HR or even make you an offer of permanent work.

Don’t be afraid to ask for specific information that may be necessary for you to do your job. This may be from your onsite manager or from a consultant at Access HR.

Keep in touch with Access HR whilst in and out of temporary assignments.

Many companies push staff to produce more with fewer resources, and as the stress increases so do problems with quality, output, non-attendance and ultimately turnover. Employing temporary staff assists your permanent employees to avoid burnout, reduce the costs of defects, avoid productivity losses and limit turnover expenses.

For further information or to register for temporary employment please contact Anna Lane or Kim White on 9544 1899.