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temp agency
noun as in job bank
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In 1970, she worked at a temp agency in the city, hoping to scrape together enough money to support her theater career.
The temp agency assured the 43-year-old artist that it would be a short-lived gig — a week at the most.
“That’s usually an indicator when temp agency employment goes up. It means employers are hiring. … They basically try out employees to see how they’re working, and if they’re working out, well, they offer them a permanent job with that company. And that’s down right now,” he said.
Workers under Hudson’s banner were offered severance, while the many employees who’d been hired via a temp agency called Adecco received nothing, despite often doing the same work as their staff counterparts.
Gaspar Morales, who worked for Sister Schubert’s until August, said he regularly saw children as young as 12 and 13 putting in 10-hour overnight shifts at the factory, and sometimes helped them get hired through a temp agency.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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