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If you’ve been on the job market for a little too long and you’re starting to feel the pinch regarding the state of your bank account and your plans for the future, then connecting with a temporary staffing agency can bring your plans—and your finances—back on track. And if you’re about to step onto the marketplace and you’d like to keep every option open from the start, make sure you add temporary and temp-to-hire positions to your list. In fact, no job search is complete without this additional leverage. Here are a few reasons why.

1. Temporary positions often pay well.

In an earlier era, temp jobs were often considered minimum wage placeholders, or ways to fill the gap between one professional position and the next in order to pay the bills. This is no longer the case. Temp agencies and their employer clients are now staffing increasingly specialized and professional positions in tech, IT, hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, and a wide range of other industries. If you think your temporary options are confined to repetitive, low paying manual labor, look closer.

2. Temporary positions come with low commitment.

If you’re hesitating to accept an offer because you can’t see yourself making a long term commitment to a specific location or employer, a temp job can help. If you don’t know what the future holds, that’s no reason to go without work or misrepresent your plans to a permanent employer. Just contact a temp agency and let them know your needs.

3. Temporary positions are flexible.

If you sign on with a temporary staffing agency and you’re place with an employer who can’t provide the culture, exposure, experience, or working conditions you need, simply let your agency know that the position is a mismatch and you can be reassigned to another employer. The employer won’t suffer and neither will you. On the other hand, if you love everything about your temp job and would like to be hired on a full time basis, your employers and the staffing agency can make this happen as soon as your contract period ends.

For more information on temporary positions and how a temp-to-hire contract might be the right move for you, reach out to the staffing professionals at Expert.

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