Tempting job offers
With regular staff on vacation, many companies have started their search for temps to pick up the slack left by absent employees, while seasonal businesses, such as fruit farms or tourist destinations, are looking for workers to do a job for just a limited period of time.
Research by Ranstad Tempservice shows that 52 percent of companies employ temporary workers for seasonal production, 47 percent because of an increasing number of orders they receive, and 36 percent need people to replace personnel on vacation.
"An ideal moment to look for a temporary job is June. In July it is often too late. Vacation jobs are most popular among daytime students, who do not have time to work during the school year, and who still want to earn extra money," says Agnieszka Bulik, a member of the management board at Ranstad. Temporary jobs are also a chance for the unemployed to take a first step towards a career, as 14 percent of employers treat temporary employment as a stepping stone to a permanent position.
In Poland, there are about 100,000 temps in the temporary employment market, which is growing by 30 percent a year and whose volume is an estimated zł.520 million. Temporary workers constitute about 0.5 percent of all the employees. The turnover of temporary work agencies in the ZAPT association, a Union of Temporary Work Agencies, was 307 million in 2004.
Research by Ranstad Tempservice shows that 52 percent of companies employ temporary workers for seasonal production, 47 percent because of an increasing number of orders they receive, and 36 percent need people to replace personnel on vacation.
"An ideal moment to look for a temporary job is June. In July it is often too late. Vacation jobs are most popular among daytime students, who do not have time to work during the school year, and who still want to earn extra money," says Agnieszka Bulik, a member of the management board at Ranstad. Temporary jobs are also a chance for the unemployed to take a first step towards a career, as 14 percent of employers treat temporary employment as a stepping stone to a permanent position.
In Poland, there are about 100,000 temps in the temporary employment market, which is growing by 30 percent a year and whose volume is an estimated zł.520 million. Temporary workers constitute about 0.5 percent of all the employees. The turnover of temporary work agencies in the ZAPT association, a Union of Temporary Work Agencies, was 307 million in 2004.
