Temping For The Summer Holidays

In the ‘olden days’ students used to use their summer holidays for travelling, having fun and generally just being lazy. But those days have gone now and many students find that the only way they can afford to continue with their studies is to work during the holidays. But what do you do?

Well the best thing to do is to sign up with a recruitment agency and try to secure a good position. There are some jobs, for example in shops or bars/cafes that may be advertised in the local papers, but many office and secretarial positions are only sent to a recruitment agency, since they know that the agency will have people to do those jobs.

So if you go to an agency, you have so many more options than you would do if you just look in the local paper. It is a lot easier to get a reasonably well paid temping job with an agency than through the papers.

You can also find quite varied positions: so you could find work as a carer, in a hospital, in a nursing home, in an office, or vets and so on. Some agencies may have particularly good links with local employers and so they can attract the best jobs, which is another good reason for choosing them.

Finding work these days is hard for everyone and since unemployment is quite high, many people who want full time permanent employment will actually start looking at any job, even a temporary one. So beat off the competition and go to an agency: they will save you time, get you the most interesting jobs and if you keep a good relationship with them, you can get work again in the future.

So whilst all your friends are out doing hard manual labour or cleaning jobs, you can pick up some valuable work experience in an office or some other location that will actually make your CV stronger. How cool is that?