Category: Working With an Agency
How to Build a Strong Relationship With Your Staffing Agency Recruiter
Your relationship with a staffing agency recruiter is professional, but it is also personal in the way that most working relationships are. Recruiters deal with a high volume…
Understanding Who Is Your Employer When You Work Through a Staffing Agency
Whether a staffing agency is technically your employer or the client company is depends on the situation, but in most temporary arrangements, the agency is the employer of…
How Temporary Work Can Bridge You to Financial Stability
Temporary work has a reputation for being short-term and unstable, but that picture is incomplete. Depending on how you approach it, temp work can serve as a genuine…
Working with several agencies at once
You’ve just finished polishing your résumé and you’re ready to start applying. Most job seekers sign up with a handful of staffing agencies to widen the net, hoping…
What temp workers should know
When you walk onto a construction site or a corporate office as a temporary worker, the badge you wear often lists the staffing firm, but the work you…
How to Handle a Bad Fit Assignment Professionally
Not every temp assignment will be a good fit. The work environment, the tasks, or the management style may not match what you expected or what you need.…
Red flags worth walking away over
When a recruiter calls you about a night‑shift warehouse job and immediately asks for a copy of your driver’s license, the conversation often feels urgent and official. The…
Your Rights as a Temporary Worker: What Staffing Agencies Must Provide
Working through a staffing agency does not mean you give up your workplace rights. Temporary workers are entitled to important protections, and understanding them helps you know what…
Questions to ask a recruiter
When a recruiter reaches out, the conversation often feels like a sales pitch. Before you sign any paperwork, treat the call as a fact‑finding mission. Knowing exactly who…
How to Stand Out to a Staffing Agency Recruiter
Staffing agency recruiters work with dozens or hundreds of candidates. The ones who get called first for good opportunities are not always the most qualified — they are…
Turning a temp role into a permanent one
You begin a six‑week data‑entry temp assignment at a manufacturing firm, and after three weeks the supervisor asks you to stay longer. The request feels like a hint…
Your first day on assignment
You step off the bus at the industrial park, a clipboard in hand, and the name of the company on the building matches the email you received yesterday.…