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Temporary Employment/Temping Jobs

A collection of the best temporary employment -- temp job -- sites for job-seekers searching for temporary work.

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CORESTAFF Services -- a progressive staffing service (temping, project staffing, temp-to-hire, etc.) with more than 100 U.S. offices and on-site client locations serving thousands of companies in a wide variety of industries. Some of the career fields they specialize in are: accounting/finance, banking, customer service, graphic design, information technology, office administration/support, and sales and marketing. Free to job-seekers.

Kelly Services -- one of the higher-profile national temp agencies. It's been around since 1946, has more than 1,800 offices around the world, and claims to provide placements to more than 750,000 employees every year.

Manpower -- has offices in 50 countries (and more than 1,250 in North America). Like the other large agencies, they offer short or long term postings, as well as temp-to-perm (which they call contract-to-hire) opportunities in a wide range of fields, but they seem to specialize in technical jobs.

Net-Temps -- designed specifically for the staffing industry, job-seekers can search for your ideal job on a national, state or city level, as well as by job titles or skills. Free.

Spherion Staffing Services -- provides temporary, temp-to-perm, or permanent talent to all types of companies and organizations, with a specialty in administrative and clerical, light industrial, accounting and finance, information technology, scientific research and development, and legal services. No cost to job-seekers.

Westaff -- for job-seekers looking for temporary employment and temp-to-hire opportunities in the areas of office, light industrial, and light technical. Search for jobs and send your application to one of the 350+ local offices. All job-seekers -- entry-level, career professionals, students, returning to work, even variety-seekers -- can find opportunities. Free to job-seekers.

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