agency work
Staffing firm placement
Agency work is employment arranged through a staffing agency rather than directly with the company where the work is performed.
The worker is technically employed by the agency, which handles payroll and placement, while the client company directs the day-to-day tasks.
Agency work is often temporary or contract-based: She did agency work for six months before landing a permanent position.
Also called temp work or contract work.
- freelanceSelf-employed project work
- hired gunPaid outside specialist
- tempingWorking temporary assignments
- job insecurityUncertainty about continued employment
- feast or famineMarked by wild extremes
no benefits · interim · seasonal · underemployment · contract labor · revolving door · staffing agencies · staffing shortage · employee benefits · employment contracts · temp to perm · job placement services · recruitment services · labor regulations · gig economy · casual labor · gig · job hopping
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- side workside job, side jobs, side hustle, side gigs, side hustles
- contract workcontract labor, contractors, subcontractors, freelancers, freelancing
- temp worktemp, temps, temping, warehouse temp, temporary worker
- UK Employmentemployee rights, redundancy, maternity leave, paternity leave, sick pay
agency workpermanent employment
Ongoing work with no termination date
permanent position · permanent staff · full-time employment · lifetime employment · tenure
agency workdirect hire
Employee without middleman
self-employment · freelancing · sole proprietorship · entrepreneurship