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Old Mar 10, 2017, 10:03 PM
Anonymous52222
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Originally Posted by LiteraryLark View Post
I'm glad you're giving it another shot.

I went to the temp agency twice. The first time was 9 months ago. I got as far as receiving job offers when a FT job came up. 9 months later after losing my job, I went back and they gave me a job offer on the spot. The catch is, yes, they have job offers, but there's more to it. Some jobs will accept you right away, sometimes they want interviews and drug tests. I'm still waiting to hear back, but if the job says no, the temp agency will find me another one.

But I need a track record, as I've never been at the same job for more than 6 months...and I've been working since I was 18. If I can stay at the temp agency, then two years go by and maybe I've worked two weeks here, two months there, it doesn't matter when applying for future work because then I can say I've stayed with the same company for a few years.

AND! AND! AND! There is also the possibility of being hired on FT if a particular job likes me from the temp agency! That's how my grandma spent her life-long career at KJ. She was a temp agency for a few years and then she worked at KJ temporary and then eventually they liked her so much they hired her FT and she spent the rest of her working career at KJ.

So there is hope! Please give it a shot. If you hate a job, stick to it until the contract is over, then you can decide from then what jobs you're looking for and hopefully you'll end up in a lifelong career thanks to temp. And it'll look good on your resume to work for a temp agency while getting all kinds of skills that future employers will love.

I really wish you the best and tell me how it goes. You deserve the best.
Thanks. At this point I will do any job no matter how crappy it is to build experience and start saving up some money. I just have to work through a couple other challenges that are holding me back (poor social skills, poor interviewing skills, and poor resume building skills) but I am willing to give it another go this week. I'll have a talk with my case manager Monday and see if he can help me at all.

The reason why I am in such a rush to find work right away is because my long term goal is to start my own business doing some kind of online goods resale or refurbishing electronics and appliances but doing so takes money and as such I want to save up as much money as possible while I am getting most of my living expenses paid for me.