What is a temporary employment agency?

It is an agency which recruits, trains and assigns temporary workers. These agencies deal primarily with support positions, allowing managers to increase and decrease their staff as demand dictates. Barnard College undergraduates and alumnae may want to use temporary agencies to find interim employment opportunities. You can register with them to find daily, weekly, monthly or longer positions. Virtually every profession is represented in today's temporary workforce. If you are interested in a particular industry such as law, fashion, consumer products, hospitals, finance, etc. you should seek temporary work with the agencies that your selected industry uses. Why would I want to work as a temporary employee? As a temporary employee, you work for and are paid by the agency, but you actually work at one of their client sites. You might want to work as a temporary worker for a variety of reasons: as a method of exploring different industries, for flexibility and money while you job hunt ...