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20 Temping things |
Ever considered working as a temp? If not, why not? Temping has much going for it, says Lisa Dendle. |
Ever considered working as a temp? If not, why not? Temping has much going for it, says Lisa Dendle
1. Some 17.4 per cent of UK temps will go \'temp to perm\' and 10 per cent of PQ temps are taken on permanently within three months of starting a role.
2 Be a true genius like Albert Einstein who started out as a temporary inventory clerk at his local patent office. Albo then went on to discover the theory of relativity which states that, however many family members you have round for Christmas dinner, there will always be turkey left over. I\'m eating turkey sandwiches for lunch even now.
3 There are 6 per cent more temporary workers in the UK this year than in 2003, and 13 per cent more than the previous year.
4 The Agency Workers Directive, if implemented, aims to ensure temps get comparable pay and conditions to a permanent colleague after a period of time.
5 Rule the known world. The Romans created one of the greatest empires ever known with soldiers who would have a contract to fight and live as a Roman, and which would be renewed when required. In return, this temporary army saw such wonders as ancient Egypt, Jerusalem and Norwich.
6 Temporary workers are entitled to earn at least the national minimum wage and receive up to 20 days paid annual leave.
7 The average rate of pay for a part qualified temp is in the region of £15 per hour - up to 10 per cent higher than a permanent counterpart.
8 Everybody was kung fu fighting. Why tie yourself to one master as the Samurai do, when you could be a Ninja, part of a formidable fighting force for hire to the highest bidder?
9 The most common reasons for hiring a temp are to cover permanent vacancies, sickness, holidays and peak workloads, special projects and specialist roles.
10 Temps in the UK now account for £23 billion of the recruitment sector\'s turnover.
11 Discover a New World like Christopher Columbus, the Italian who discovered America while temping for the Spanish. Others claim that it was the permanent employee, Americo Vespucci, who found America hence the name, while others still maintain that calling a country Christopher would have just been silly.
12 Some 8.25 per cent of temps meet their partners while on assignment.
13 Temping is a great way to accumulate cash - you get paid for all those long hours over month end.
14 Walk like an Egyptian. It is thought the ancient pyramids were built by skilled and well-paid craftsmen, many of them contractors from neighbouring lands.
15 As a temp you will be joining a prestigious club which includes such greats as William Shakespeare, a Warwickshire lad, who while temping for various wealthy patrons in London wrote over 100 plays and sonnets. He penned the immortal words: \"All the world\'s an office and all the people in it are temps\" (we think).
16 Temp work is a great way of building a diverse skill and experience set as well as making worthwhile contacts with key figures across the industry sector.
17 Try before you buy. Shoppers have had this luxury for many years, so why, when it\'s one of the most important decisions in your life, should you not have the same option when it comes to work? Temping gives you the ideal opportunity to see if the job is right for you before signing on the dotted line.
18 Don\'t get short-changed. While working as a temp you will be paid for every week of each month you work, unlike permanent staff who, over the course of a year, can get short-changed to the tune of 13 days.
19 God created the world in six days and on the seventh day he rested. This was only possible due to Him creating temps the day before, who took advantage of double time on Sundays and finished the work off.
20 The World Cup would not have been won in 1966 if not for temps. When Jimmy Greaves couldn\'t play, Geoff Hurst was drafted into the side, kept his place throughout the tournament, and of course made history when England lifted the trophy.
Lisa Dendle is a director of recruitment consultants Walker Dendle. |
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