Part Time Careers

What if you could try out different jobs and see how much you like them before actually starting in them?

Temping is a great way to find an entry level career – here’s three reasons why.

Great place to start if you have little or no network

Evey job recommendation site and article tells you to “work your network”

What if you don’t have much of a network? Or have recently moved to a new city? Or are looking for entry level careers?

Temping is a great way to start building a network of individuals.

You’ll work in a variety of roles, in different companies and industries.

Keep in touch with everyone you meet – these people could be a reference to something that you would really like to be doing.

- Work on multiple streams of income for Entry Level Careers

One thing that’s been a major asset to me was having multiple streams of income.

When looking for entry level careers, and temping, there is sometimes downtime between jobs.

If this is the case, focus on ways that you can still have income coming in when you’re not working.

Online surveys and data entry are great examples of this – with little or no skill, you can be up and running in no time.

The important thing to consider is that there are many scams in this area – sometimes $30 or $40 for a proper guide to this type of work is worth the investment.

- Focus on always making a good impression.

Many temping jobs turn into full time entry level careers. You never know where you could be working, or what the potential may be.

I personally know one person who was working the temping circuit, and one day got a call for a Fortune 10 company (many using outside agencies instead of their own internal staff).

The next thing she knew, she was full time with that company and moving up the corporate ladder. Today, she is a six figure executive – all from a connection through a temping agency!

  By the time you’re at the interview stage, a potential employer is seriously considering you.

The interview has the potential to be the great equalizer of the part
time careers world – the person with the worst resume of an interview
group can easily blow all other candidates out of the water with solid
interview performance.

Here’s how to make sure you make the best first impressions:

- Review your resume and the basic points you made in it

This will ensure that you know “you” off the top of your head – too
many times it’s happened that people forget what they’ve said about
themselves – specific numbers, achievements.

This will make your resume information more credible, remove discrepancies, and keep the conversation going at a strong pace

- Check your background on google, review your facebook information for anything

Search your name on google, as well as your name with your city,
university, previous employers, and other organizations you’re with.

Employers will do these similar searches on you, and it’s likely that they will have a perception of you from it.

If it is good news, great.

If it is not, then you have a chance to acknowledge the perspective and do something about it in your interview.

- Check to see if your interviewers are on google or facebook

The purpose here is to see if there’s a common interest that you can bring up in your own life that they can connect to.

DO NOT tell them you have done this search, and do not bluff them into
thinking that you’re a fan of some obscure sport like underwater
kickboxing if you really aren’t.

Keep in mind that if you’re successful, this person will soon be your co-worker – you want to be as truthful as possible.

- Focus on the first impression

First impressions really do make a difference in part time careers. If
you look confident and assured, and are pleasant to talk with, you’ll
have a much better chance of success.

- Sit up straight and speak clearly

People really do judge the little things, and proper posture and tone
come off as confident, while lack of confidence and a slouch come off
as somebody who is unsure of themselves.