What are Temp Agencies?
The purpose of temp agencies is to allow businesses to carry on while key employees are out of the office. This comes in especially handy during times of illness, maternity leave or vacation. The word temp is short for temporary, as in temporary employment. By hiring a temp, employers don’t have to worry about work piling up in the case of an employees’ extended leave. Temps can also relieve the stress of those employees expected to pick up the slack. Temp agencies don’t only offer temporary employees to companies looking for vacation or maternity fill-ins, however. If businesses have special tasks to be completed that are too much for existing employees, but would rather not hire additional staff, they can turn to temp agencies. Temps can work one day for a particular business, or they can work for the same company for months. Here’s how it works. Let’s say a business manager is looking for someone to handle a year end filing project, but would rather not overburden a permanent member
Well they want somebody has worked in other jobs before to go work for them. What they look for is people with experience really. Another thing is they are looking for people who want to do over time and also take a small pay. The average agency will pay its worker around 6 pounds a hour. Temp agencies are easy to sign up with all you need is a CV and come dressed in smart your self. Agencies pay out on time and a lot of them also offer holiday pay. With temporary agencies a lot of overtime pay is possible which has happened to me with a lot of them when using them. They ar…
