They are banging at my door to get in.
I guess there signs the economy is getting better or maybe not. I am getting more and more calls from temporary firm recruiters digging for temporary contract gold; sadly, many of these firms are bottom feeders with low balling wages and no benefits. The line is the same. “We are a national staffing firm and are currently seeking a (insert position) for a prominent client of ours.” This may sound great but one may want step back before saying yes.
I would like to leave the following advice when the call is coming in. First, of all most important unless you know the company, do not automatically accept the offer to submit; some companies are good other companies are just bottom feeders looking to get their feet in the door. May of them will lowball the wage and offer squat for benefits. The second equally important is to know thy company. Get to know the client company; some have exclusive relations with a staffing firm. Find which staffing firm has people located at the client’s campus. Important is many bottom feeding temporary agencies will flat out lie and say they have an exclusive relationship when the film are only are third party submitters. Finally keep good records of each submission. The last thing you need is disqualification from a position you are applying to due to a double submission.
I going to split my thoughts on the economic and retraining into separate post.
