Temping Jobs

If you are working in any kind of secretarial position and you are party to hearing all kinds of rumours, office gossip and even witnessing a bit of office politics going on, then the best way to impress your boss is to stay out of office politics!

Office politics really is a thorny issue. At its best it wastes time, since people can end up playing office politics instead of doing their jobs. At its worst it ends up with people feeling alienated, isolated and like they are not part of the team: in other words it is almost a subtle, or not so subtle form of bullying or harassment.

Staying aloof from office politics may not win you any prizes for collaborating with your colleagues, but on the other hand, your manager, if she is of any worth, will recognise the fact that you do not get embroiled in the childish games in the office and will respect that and as a result, respect you as well.

Some people think that it does not matter if they are doing a temping job, since they are not permanent, but it could well be that management would like to appoint a permanent member of staff and if they see that you are good and that you do not play games at work, then they are more likely to want to appoint you as a permanent member of the team. Secretarial jobs can be hard for employers to fill, so they are looking for people with the right skills, qualities and attributes to make a good contribution to the team, so you can fulfill their needs by simply being good at your job, but ignoring all the office politics and leaving childish games where they belong: in the playground. This will impress your boss and could well lead to a permanent, not just a temping role.

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Some people try being a temp and then move into a permanent position or they go back to university or have children and take a career break, but others actually never stop temping and wouldn’t have it any other way!

Temping is a great way of meeting new colleagues. You no longer have to worry about what the gossips are saying in the office or whether you ‘fit in’ with the culture and the environment. If you feel you don’t, you just move on and what is more, you know that it isn’t permanent, so you tend to find it easier just to blend in, safe in the knowledge that in a couple of months you will be elsewhere.

Some people find it hard to think about temping for the whole of a career. They think that staying in the same office for a long time, helps them to make friends with colleagues and form trusting friendships. But the reality is that if you ‘click’ with someone and they are going to be your friend, then they will be so, even after you leave, so don’t stay stuck in the same job because of the people there. Who knows in your next position, the staff team could even be better?

Many recruitment agencies are now reporting that a lot of temps are choosing the flexibility of temping over being tied to a permanent position and since these days, no job is guaranteed for life, temping is no longer a career filler, but can be considered a serious career. It shows that you have drive, flexibility, can get on well with people and can adapt to different situations, obviously very quickly: these are skills that employers welcome and any recruitment agency will confirm this. So instead of thinking just like everyone else, why not think a little bit laterally about your career and how temping may be right up your street!

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