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$ 13
Oct 2007
Canoga Park, CA
Engineering
Excellent work from temporary workers  more... close row
$ 25
Jan 2008
Scottsdale, AZ
secretarial/personal assistant
Temps help when regular employees take vacations  more... close row
$ 800
Feb 2008
Chicago, Illinois
Title Insurance
Administrative assistant had the week off  more... close row
$ 95
May 2008
Little Rock, Ar
human resource officer at a construction company
Price per day for temporary HR employee  more... close row
$ 25
Apr 2008
Hastings, Florida
City Clerk, Local Government
Price per hour for temporary transcriptionist  more... close row
$ 17
Jun 2008
Atlanta, Georgia
Construction Project Management
Price per hour for temp admin  more... close row
$ 17
Apr 2008
Miami, FL
adminstrative/clerical
Temporary help while starting a new business  more... close row
$ 19
Feb 2007
Chicago, Illinois
Law firm
Price per hour for temporary receptionist  more... close row
$ 25
Jan 2008
San Diego
Admin Assistant
Office temp was wonderful and organized him  more... close row
$ 385
Nov 2008
Bay City Mi
Secretary
Temp employee to cover for surgery  more... close row
$ 200
Feb 2008
West Palm Beach, FL
Per day cost for receptionist that had to be replaced  more... close row
$ 32
Apr 2008
cambridge, ma
Clerical
Cost per hour for very basic temp worker  more... close row

Description of service

At my company, we hired a temp worker to do some basic work, which included answering phones, taking care of sending and receiving packages, routing calls and taking messages, as well as some more project specific duties including managing client lists and a few other things. The employee was hired on a temporary basis to fill in for one of our regular workers who was out for a couple of weeks. We hired this employee through a well known temp agency.


Review of Service

Overall, the temp did a pretty good job. Our expectations were not exceendingly high. We basically wanted someone who is cordial, responsible, and has basic office and computer skills; that is pretty much what we got. I would have been hesistant to give this temp more than the most basic of tasks. While she did not exactly fill the shoes of the worker she was subbing in for, I did not really expect her to. This temp employee did suceed in taking the heat of the rest of us when one of the important members of our staff was out.


Tips

Be specific with the agency about the skills you require of your temp - knowledge of certain computer programs, etc. You don't want to have to wasted your own time teaching someone how to use excel, for example.


$ 120
Mar 2007
San Diego, CA
Architecture firm
Temp worker for last minute vacancy  more... close row
$ 800
Dec 2007
Austin, Texas
Administrative
One week of replacing executive assistant  more... close row