temping
Short-term office work
Temping is working as a temporary employee, typically through an agency that places workers in short-term positions: She's been temping at law firms while she looks for something permanent.
The work is often clerical or administrative.
Someone who temps moves between assignments rather than holding a fixed position.
Of limited duration
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- transitionalConnecting two phases
fill-in · stand-in · substitute · cover · seasonal · bridging · day-to-day · on-call
Able to bend freely
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
- versatileCapable in varied contexts
- adjustableAble to be changed
- accommodatingWilling to help others
available · mobile · portable · transferable · multi-skilled · ready · floating · rotational
Power to act
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- staffingProviding personnel for positions
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
contract · job · position · hire · engagement · employer · employee · freelancer
Visitor-greeting office worker
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- clerkOffice record-keeper
- typistOne who keyboards
- administratorPerson who manages operations
bookkeeper · assistant · filing · front-desk · switchboard · mailroom · copyist · transcriptionist
short-term
Of limited duration
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
transitional · fill-in · stand-in · substitute · cover · seasonal · bridging · day-to-day · on-call
flexible
Able to bend freely
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
- versatileCapable in varied contexts
- adjustableAble to be changed
accommodating · available · mobile · portable · transferable · multi-skilled · ready · floating · rotational · variable
agency
Power to act
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- staffingProviding personnel for positions
recruitment · contract · job · position · hire · engagement · employer · employee · freelancer · contractor
receptionist
Visitor-greeting office worker
administrator · bookkeeper · assistant · filing · front-desk · switchboard · mailroom · copyist · transcriptionist · PA
- extra incomeside hustle, side job, freelancing, gig work, moonlighting
- side workside job, side jobs, side hustle, side gigs, side hustles
- temp workfill-ins, casual worker, substitutes, casual work, subs
- business movesmerger, acquisition, layoffs, restructuring, expansion
- job transitionjob search, unemployed, laid off, career change, interviewing
tempingpermanent employment
Ongoing work with no termination date
full-time employment · tenured · job security · permanent contract · lifetime employment
temporary, temporal, temporarily, contemporary, temp, temps, temporize, extemporaneous, contemporaneous