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A short article containing six tips to help someone prepare for their first temp job, written by someone who´s spent many months in temp work.

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Temp jobs are a great way to learn new skills while working flexible hours. On the other hand, temping will be a completely unique and unpredictable working experience. Here´s some advice for your first day that you probably won´t be getting from your temp agency.

Don´t show up on time - show up early

It is inevitable that on your first day at a job it will pour rain, transportation will be impossible and the elevators in the building will be under repair. Give yourself an extra 15-20 minutes. You´ll be thankful for it, even if you only use the time to relax over a cup of coffee.

Wear comfortable clothes

This may seem like odd advice but before you get to a new assignment you will have no idea what tasks you’ll actually be doing. Temps tend to be assigned the odd jobs around the office that no one else really wants to take on. You may find yourself bent over filing cabinets, making posters on the floor or, as I once found myself, traveling to the 44th floor of the Empire State Building in a thunderstorm to buy Boy Scout badges for the CEO´s son. This is not the time for stilettos or silk trousers. Dress professionally but make sure your clothes won´t hold you back, no matter what is asked of you.

Keep a stiff upper lip

The vast majority of supervisors I have had at temp jobs have been kind and supportive. However, every once in a while you will come across a jerk who has decided that temps are there to be abused and insulted or thinks it is somehow your fault that the copy machine was broken before you arrived. Stay calm and professional. Keep reminding yourself that it´s just one day of your life. When you finally get out of there, tell your temp agency that you don´t feel comfortable working under that supervisor again. Twelve dollars an hour is not work your dignity!

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