Executive Temping: A Guide for Professionals [Paperback]

Saralee Terry Woods (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 22, 1998

EXECUTIVE TEMPING

Temporary employment is booming with opportunities for high-level professionals. Whether you are in between jobs or looking for a change, this complete handbook offers the expert guidance you need to dive into--and stay afloat in--the ever-growing temp pool, from interviewing techniques, testing, and salaries to turning a temp job into a full-time position, and much more.

"Temping is the preferred work style of millions of professional and technical workers. Executive Temping will be the owners manual for their careers." --Carl Camden, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Kelly Services, Inc.

"Executive Temping is one of the hottest trends in the job market today, and Saralee Woods offers a thorough, pragmatic approach for succeeding in this field." --Tony Lee, Editor in Chief, careers.wsj.com.

"The quintessential how-to book for professional and executive temps. The temps' best way to improve their skills and receive on the job training." --Jane Jones, Creative Training Solutions, Inc., former officer of the National Association of Temporary Staffing Services (NATSS).

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

A guide to how professionals can take advantage of one of today's hottest career opportunities. Due to corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and the soaring costs of health care, more and more companies are replacing full-time personnel with temporary employees. And the fastest-growing type of temporary employee is the professional looking for work between jobs--a category that includes high-level people in virtually every field.

From the Back Cover

EXECUTIVE TEMPING

Temporary employment is booming with opportunities for high-level professionals. Whether you are in between jobs or looking for a change, this complete handbook offers the expert guidance you need to dive into—and stay afloat in—the ever-growing temp pool, from interviewing techniques, testing, and salaries to turning a temp job into a full-time position, and much more.

"Temping is the preferred work style of millions of professional and technical workers. Executive Temping will be the owners manual for their careers." —Carl Camden, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Kelly Services, Inc.

"Executive Temping is one of the hottest trends in the job market today, and Saralee Woods offers a thorough, pragmatic approach for succeeding in this field." —Tony Lee, Editor in Chief, careers.wsj.com.

"The quintessential how-to book for professional and executive temps. The temps' best way to improve their skills and receive on the job training." —Jane Jones, Creative Training Solutions, Inc., former officer of the National Association of Temporary Staffing Services (NATSS).

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Product Details

• Paperback: 235 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (April 22, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471241571
• ISBN-13: 978-0471241577
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,414,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Practical; but, caution, June 6, 2002

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Dennis Tobolski (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Executive Temping: A Guide for Professionals (Paperback)

In April 2002, I purchased Executive Temping by Saralee Woods and Kennedy Information's The Directory of Temporary Placement for Executives, Managers and Professionals (ninth edition). I found the summary questions to differentiate between an employee and consultant found in The Directory of Temporary Placement for Executives, Managers and Professionals to be a good review of this important subject. Many of the suggestions found in Executive Temping are practical, geared toward helping an executive-level professional refine their presentation to both staffing service and prospective employers. My intention was to use the books for a letter marketing campaign. I selected 52 name and addresses from the two books for mailout on May 2002. My returned mail rate is not favorable showing bad addresses of 24-30%. If you want to use these books as an overview of executive-level temping, Executive Temping by Saralee Woods may more closely fit your requirements. If you wish to use the books as a source for temporary staffing services name and address information, proceed with caution - both books have outdated address information.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent career guidance for professional temporary workers, July 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Executive Temping: A Guide for Professionals (Paperback)

"Executive Temping" is a gem for any professional who wants or needs an alternative to self-employment or a traditional job. Five of the chapters cover opportunities and work contexts for temping in information technology, accounting and finance, healthcare and science, engineering, and law. Other chapters cover critical aspects of temporary employment, such as pay, how to choose the right service, how to connect with the service, and how to interview. The four chapters that cover survival on the job impressed me particularly. Although couched in terms of "your first temp job," Ms. Woods has actually included an employability skills course for adults. Every lesson I learned in my working life, and some I wish I had learned are contained in those chapters.

The organization and style of "Executive Temping" make it an easy read for anyone. Chapters are nicely broken into shorter topics, and filled with "real people" stories th! at illustrate the points. This book is a valuable addition to career guidance literature.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable tool for those who want or need to temp., June 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Executive Temping: A Guide for Professionals (Paperback)

Executive Temping is for all those who must work and deal with the idiosyncracies of the late 20th Century workplace. In today's marketplace no job is secure, no worker exempt from downsizing. The average person will change careers five times in his or her lifetime. For those transitional times, Executive Temping is the perfect "How-To" book. The first half of the book deals with high level executives who have been laid off or who wish to change career fields. Executive Temping tells the reader how to use the temping business to bring in money, learn new skills, and try out different professions while considering future career options. The second half tells first time temps how to make the best impression, how to develop a top-notch relationship with the staffing company and how to transform a temporary position into a permanent one if they desire. Ms. Woods does a great job of making a potentially dry subject vibrant. Her use of anecdotes as examples makes her book an easy read. Executive Temping is a must for high school graduates, students temping their way through college, person's re-entering the work force after a sabbatical and those executives in the midst of changing careers.