By Cathy Reilly
Temporary employment is a three-sided work relationship:
1 - The client company where the "temps" perform their work.
2 - The staffing service which has client companies where temps are placed to work.
3 - The temporary employee.
As a temp, you are always going to be linked to your staffing service and to the potential client companies where you perform your work assignments.
This means you have two employment partners who will assess your skills, abilities, and performance.
These two partners are the pipeline for your work:
The good news is that as a temp, you are actually in the business of You, Inc. This means you are your own product.
No one but you can bring the exact same formula to your temp assignments. Because of this, you have the ability to stand out and make yourself memorable and desirable as an employee.
As a temporary employee, it pays to realize that many client companies are impressed by temps who treat their temporary work assignments like a full-time job. This can result in a "temp-to-perm" transition.
Assuming skill and experience levels can be met, demonstrate basic good business practices such as being on time, dressing appropriately, making a great first impression, demonstrating a positive attitude, being respectful and considerate of others.
These are the steps you can take, for each of your employment partners, to become the temp everyone wants to work with:
The staffing service is your real employer -- the ones that issue your paycheck. You want them to be happy with your work, too.
Here's what they need from you:
Consider your temporary work as an opportunity to stay up-to-date, perhaps learning some new skills, while you earn an income, expand your network, and perhaps garner some good recommendations for that next permanent job (if a permanent job is what you want). Temping does also provide you with the opportunity to "audition" for a permanent job - read "Temporary Work Can Be a Job Audition" for more information.
Cathy A. Reilly is the author of The Temp Factor: The Job Seeker’s Guide to Temporary Employment and The Temp Factor: The Complete Guide to Temporary Employment for Staffing Services, Clients, and Temps. For more information about temporary employment, read Cathy’s books, or email her at thetempfactor@aol.com. Follow Cathy on Twitter @cathyareilly, and connect with her on LinkedIn.
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