Quote (dirTyMan @ Aug 21 2013 12:42am)
Temp angencies? Not sure exactly what this is .
Might be called something different in canada. Basically temp=temporary work. When businesses need someone to plug a hole while they're looking to hire someone permanently they will sometimes pay a temp agency to find it for them. How it works is:
You sign up with the temp agency and indicate what your skills are
Businesses submit jobs they need filled
The temp agency matches you together
It's not as good as full time employment but has a few advantages in that you will usually find jobs faster and it will give you a variety of experiences to put on your resume/CV. The downsides are that pay is usually lower because a lot of jobs will be hourly pay with no benefits (much better than minimum wage though), it's part time instead of full time, and it isn't always consistent to find something.
All of that said, I would still suggest trying it if you can find one, and just working the temp job while still looking for an entry level position. That's what I did, on day 11 of my law firm tasking I had an interview and got my current job. Without the temp work I would have made $0 for the 6 months I didn't have a full time job
I got a bunch of resume items on it too like experience drafting legal docs, economic forecasting, proctoring research experiments, using applied statistics to derive models, etc. My buddy Dave also got hired at the end of his temp because he did the job so well. You may have to weed through a couple jobs where you just do typing but those aren't bad
This post was edited by dxlightning on Aug 21 2013 06:14am