In fact, says Kraft, she has placed employees in positions that have lasted as long as three years on a full-time basis. Not so, says Kraft. Of course, each company has its own rules, but by and large, being a temp is no longer akin to being relegated to the bottom of the employee heap. That is also not the case. And then there are the students who might start out in their freshman year of college and temp all the way through graduate school.
Temps also can earn good money.
Salaries are not the minimum wage many might have believed. What temps earn is commensurate with their skills and experience. While Kraft's temporary staffing service, which specializes in office support, secretarial support, and administrative positions for the medical administration field, does not have entry-level positions available, there are staffing agencies who provide training or internship programs. In fact, ninety percent of staffing companies provided training at no cost to their temporary employees, according to a quarterly survey conducted by the National Association of Temporary and Staffing Services. In 1997, an estimated 4.8 million temporary workers received specific training in a wide variety of career-building skills.