Just about any job search engine anywhere allows you to specify whether the job is part time or permanent. And temp agencies typically do all sorts: temporary jobs, temp to per, and perm. The only way to know is to call and ask them.

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Temp agencies are not hiring agencies. Meaning, yes, they specifically look to "rent" an employee for a short period of time and they get some form of compensation per hour, something like that. So yes, they would be ideal for finding a role with a set deadline. Typically once an employment goes past something like 6 months the company needs to chose to hire the person (and that becomes a separate deal) or let them go.

You'll have to go to the individual agencies and see what they specialize in. No single temp agency deals with all possible temp jobs. Some handle things like restaurants, others do factory/warehouse work, and others do offices. Call or email them and find out what they do.

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There are of course regional differences due to different laws and customs, even between different states within the US. But in general a temp agency gives the employees a long term job with them but then hire you out for short term jobs to other companies. This is how a temp agency can hook you up with a long term job. It is also quite common for companies to hire some of the temporary workers at the end of their contract. So it can be seen as a sort of a trial period where the company expect most not to be needed afterwards.

The list of jobs you provided is not the typical temp jobs. The demands for these jobs are pretty consistant so it makes a lot more sense to hire someone full time rather then the higher costs of temp workers. Where you do see a lot of temp workers are in phone sales, customer support, modeling business, conferance staff, etc. where the number of people needed can vary extremely based on various events. Where you do see temporary workers in other jobs it is often to replace a worker on temporary leave or in some cases to handle the increased demand around hollidays.

I got a job through an outfit called Manpower. They actually handled a pretty wide range of jobs - I was hired as a laboratory scientist for a one year contract. I went with the temp agency bevause I knew that I was going to go to grad school the next year. Basically, the company that I worked at payed them for my contract - and it seemed like a stiff premium at the time (like 50% of my salary).

Anyhow, it was a solid experience. They were begging me to stay on at the end of my contract but I was determined to go on with my education.

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