{"id":458836,"date":"2020-06-10T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welovesalt.com\/news\/2020\/06\/temping-as-a-career-choice-3\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T12:43:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T11:43:06","slug":"temping-as-a-career-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/news\/career-advice\/temping-as-a-career-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Temping as a career choice!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Blog post by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/claire-baker-3b2a254\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claire Baker,<\/a> Practice Lead, Auckland<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever considered temping?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that almost one-quarter of employers say they utilise temps regularly and the number of people choosing to temp has increased in the last five years by 21%. So, it is evident that this market is growing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have worked in the contingent space for many years and one thing I have realised is that everyone has questions about this market, but they don\u2019t quite know where to get the answers from. It can be a challenge knowing where to start! My advice would be that you take your time. Do your research and truly understand the market before you take the plunge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if you do decide to try the Temping, what\u2019s in it for you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>You will have the control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will gain valuable experience working with a range of companies and industries,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flexibility to work when you want to \u2013 You call the shots!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can fit work around your lifestyle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can gain new skills and learn new software.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You may find your perfect permanent job!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The contingent market can offer you a wide range of options and if you are taking a career break, studying, moving overseas or perhaps you just need flexibility and can\u2019t commit to a permanent situation? There is a myriad of great reasons to try temping. &nbsp;Why not give it a go and discover the benefits!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blog post by Claire Baker, Practice Lead, Auckland Have you ever considered temping? Did you know that almost one-quarter of employers say they utilise temps regularly and the number of people choosing to temp has increased in the last five years by 21%. So, it is evident that this market is growing! I have worked&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":460206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7997],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497781,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458836\/revisions\/497781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welovesalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}