How to cope with unemployment
- This is a preview of the essay.
To view the full text you must login!
If you are unemployed, one piece of "advice" that you may have received is"try working with a temp agencythey offer all kinds of fabulous opportunities". This advice often comes from someone who has never worked as a temp in their life. But there is some truth to this statement and temping can be a positive experience to someone between jobs.
Through my working career, I have worked as a temp between permanent jobs. There were both good and bad aspects of temp work, but the good far out-weighed the bad. In fact, I landed two permanent jobs through temp workincluding my current job. This has turned out to be a "win-win" scenario for both myself and my employer as each of us knew what we were getting.
What exactly is "temporary (or temp) work"? In its usual form, temporary work is obtained through signing up with a temporary employment agency. This agency will screen you, test you, and check references...