Temp services...

Temp services take care of all the paperwork. They pay all the taxes and stuff, and send out the w-2's. It makes things easier if they decide not to hire you. That way the company doesn't have to fire you, and deal with unemployment and processing your w-2. The company just sends the temp agency a check until they find the employee they wish to hire. My husband did a temp-to-hire thing once many years ago. It worked out pretty well once he was hired on full time, but he hated working for the temp agency - just because he knew what they were being paid for his work (he got about 1/4).

Good luck with that:) I hope its something you enjoy. Ive never gone to work for one for myself I've been lucky to find actual jobs but hey if I was in need of a job that would be my last resort and yes I do think its so they can get out of paying benefits they hire temps. I heard the pay is higher though is that true?

I have worked for two temp agencies. Both were okay nothing to brag about but nothing to complain about either. I did not get my current perminate job through a temp agency. The reason companies like to use a temp agencey is to see if the person will work out. If for some reason they don't like you or you can't "get" the job they can request some one else. You get placed some where else. Its kind of a live interview. I worked at one job for 16 weeks I was told it was a temp to hire job. Then I got pregnant and the place I was working didn't like that so they requested some one else go there. I was sent some where else. The can legally do that because it was techanclly a temp job. For the duration of my pregnancy I worked at a few different places and in my 8th month I told them I was done and would call them when I was ready to go back to work. Before I was actually ready to go back to work I heard about my current job - applied and got it. So I didn't go back to the temp place. The place I am at now had a temp in here for 3 months in between the girl that was here for 6 years and myself. She didn't do the job well at all and they asked the temp agency not to send her back. Well that was after she didn't show up for a week. Anyway you should be okay with the temp agency. You have to remember to turn every thing in on time so you get paid on time. Make sure you call them if you are taking a day off even if you call the place too. Make sure your time card is correct. Normally any problems come from the place you are working not the temp agency. The place you are working pays a lot more then you are making. Like I was paid 10.00 an hour for a while but the place was paying 19.00 an hour for me. That covers the cost of insurance, workers comp, there fee and so on. You shouldn't know how much they are paying for you but because my job was to pay the bills I knew lol. GOOD LUCK!

I haven't found work through a temp agency, but I have been interested in trying to find one. I have been hoping from one job to the next recently and finding a job that will cater to skills has been stressful.

Well, i have never myself worked for a temp agency but i know my mother and my father have while i was young and i have a friend who went and did like a one day job and they paid him for his hours... congratz oin getting the job! hopefully everything will work out for ya now...

I have worked through a temp service called Kelly services, and I have had 3 jobs with them, i was hired on with two but one of them i got laid off, anyways I don't like them only because they have no benefits so it would a bad thing to get hurt. I think employers like temp services is because they can get a feel of the person and see if they are fit for the job they are doing. That way they don't have to do a ton of paperwork themselves to find out the person isn't right for that job. In a way it's a good deal for the employer just not really for the employee.