JobSurfer

I’ve always wondered, what is a temp agency?

I always thought they were somehow controlled by the government. Anyone needing a job could just walk in and be guaranteed to leave with an assignment. Didn’t have to be good, didn’t have to be classy, but it was work and that’s what mattered. Jennifer Lopez plays a temp in “Monster-in-Law,” and while I know better than to believe everything I see in the movies, I noticed that she always had on or another job to go to every day.

I can’t figure anything out from the internet. I ask for temp agencies and get a dozen listings, I send my information through their website, and…. Nothing. No email, no calls, no acknowledgment whatsoever. Do I go to the office? Do I call and make an appointment, harass them every day?

Are they going to garnish my wages to pay for the service they’re offering me? Would I be better off trying to find a job on my own, in the middle of this economic crisis, when people who are far more qualified than me are applying for jobs on my level and I’m going to be the poor schmuck washing dishes at the Cheesecake Factory?

Boo, bad economy. Boo, retail. Boo, internet.