Need some extra cash or are you currently unemployed? Or do you want to give yourself the gift of learning a new job skill? Whatever the reason, pursuing a temporary job during spring break and summer months can have many payoffs. Read on to learn how you can beat the heat this summer by taking a temp job.

Turning Summer Vacations into Your Advantage
Soon we will enter vacation season, which often requires many employers to scramble filling vacancies. And nearly all of those companies will turn to temporary workers to help fill that need.

Approximately two million people per day are employed by staffing agencies. If you’d like to be one of them this summer, a good place to start is to visit or talk to your local Spherion office. Temporary agencies have a database full of clients who are in need of extra help during the summer months.

Agency staff can connect you with a position that fits your schedule, desired location, and environment. And, applying for a temporary job is relatively quick and simple. With Spherion, you can either:

• Apply online by submitting your resume
• Search available jobs

Extending Your Summer Employment Gig
Sometimes earning extra cash isn’t the primary benefit to temping during the summer season. A temporary job offers the opportunity to land a job or newly-developed skills.

Many workers find that temporary positions can help identify leads for other job openings within the organization. According to the American Staffing Association:

• More than 90% of staffing companies provide training to their temporary workers
• 70% of workers say they gained new skills during their assignment

Regardless of whether the job ends in a permanent one, use the temporary work to learn some new skills, build your network of contacts or to simply maintain your work ethic.