Mrs. Micah: 7 tips for using a placement agency
Mrs. Micah: Finance for a Freelance Life has this post 7 tips for using a placement agency or temporary agency to find work.
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The hiring company probably wants to make sure it only pays what it has to. For example, when I was hired last summer it was on a temp-to-hire basis. After about 2 weeks, my boss told me she was planning to hire me but the company had a policy.
They were paying the agency, which was paying me. The agency took a commission on my pay, so I made $X/hour and they were paid $Y an hour.
Posted: June 21st, 2008 under Financial Literacy, In the Blogosphere, Temporary work.
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