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You've already decided to take the job, so that's handled.
The next thing is how to increase the likelihood that you will convert to permanent employee once you are on the job.
Of course, do all the normal things - arrive a few minutes early, leave a few minutes late, be sure to focus on your work at work, be social. But also ask people directly. You can ask your co-workers what they've noticed, you can ask your boss what their expectations are.
The answer might be coy or deceptive, but probably not.
You'll just have to wait and see. Six permanent job offers were made to me while doing temp work. I've also had at least that many, if not more, temp jobs that did not result in job offers.
You can't necessarily tell ahead of time; the recruiter just gives you the address and you go, without a screening first. But, as I said, since you've already make the decision to take the offer, you don't need to worry about the screening interview.
Different companies use temps for different reasons. Sometimes it's really necessary to see someone work for a month or two to find out what their work ethic is. Othertimes, people have a short-term project that just needs a specifically-skilled temp worker.
You'll have to wait and see before you figure it out.
I would say that where I work, most FTEs started out as temps/limited contracts, but the majority of temps/limited contracts don't end up becoming FTEs...if that makes sense?
It totally depends on the company, the position, the business environment at the time, the department's headcount budget situation, and the attitudes of everyone involved, not to mention the characteristics of the individual temp.
In other words, it's so extremely situational that there is absolutely no way to judge it from outside. Heck, both of the major companies I've worked in for years (20 yrs, 17 yrs), it's changed from year to year from "no one ever gets on permanent" to "most of our recent hires came from that". All it takes is one VP to change over your department to totally change the situation.
The other thing is that once an agency has you temping, they don't want to lose you as a temp. You are basically inventory to them. I have a friend who used to work for Robert Half Accountemps and he told me that. They might place a person in a temp to hire position and after two or three months the employer might call them and say, "We like this person. We would like to hire him on permanently." Then the temp agency will call the person and say, "I have another temp to hire opportunity for you. I can get you $2 per hour more than you are making now." They make more money off of you as a temp than a permenent hire.
The good thing about a temp job going permanent is that you can often negotiate a higher salary than you can for a direct hire. For any employer, hiring is very expensive and time consuming. In addition to that, there is always the risk that the new person will not be happy and quit after six months or wind up not working out. Then the employer has to incur the additional expense of recruiting, hiring, and training a new person. If a person has been temping in a role for several months, by the time the employer decides to hire the person on permanently, that person has already proven him/herself. That employer may be willing to pay a higher salary for that person since there is not the risk involved that there is hiring an unknown quantity.
They told me it goes at least until the end of the year and then they will let me know if they get the head count or not. One week notice. I’m accepting it since there is not much else out there and I am almost 49 and it seems harder to get a job as we get older. I hope if it works out it becomes permanent. It’s large security company working with freight forwards to receive the correct paperwork to ship overseas. Pay isn’t great I just want something I can be permanent at.
Welcome to city-data. A friend of mine got an accounting job after being a temp at the company. He took 10 years off to care for his elderly mother so was missing 10 years of employment when he was ready to go back to work after she passed away.
It does happen if they like the way you work
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