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Temp employment agencies are flourishing in business and are situated in in all major cities and towns of Australia. According to a survey, Temping agencies find work for almost 100,000 people annually and from them nearly two-thirds of them are involved in casual work. By large we can classify temping agencies in four categories in Australia namely: personnel contractors, labour hire consultants, student employment services and employment agencies. Personnel consultants who are responsible for mainly executive, managerial and professional positions, Labour hire contractors hire contractors for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers. They are mainly located in industrial areas than in main markets of major cities. Many temping agencies specialise in specific fields for example accounting; agriculture; nannies; banking; carers; computing; engineering and technical; hospitality; industrial and manual work; legal; medical and nursing; mining; outback jobs; resort work; sales; secretarial; and tourism. Few of the agencies are mainly concerned for hiring temporary workers for jobs like baby-sitting, cleaning, cooking, gardening, and housekeeping. Many of the employment agencies handle both permanent and temporary employment. Agencies are normally forbidden from charging fees from job applicants, as they get their fees from clients, but in some states they may ask for registration fees. For permanent staff, the fees paid by the employers is a percentage of their annual salary and for temporary staff, agencies take a percentage of their hourly rate paid by employers as their fees. If you get a temporary job through a temping agency, you’re normally paid by the agency, weekly or fortnightly. The salary includes paid public and annual holidays after some specific period. Always check your contract and ascertain that how much and when shall you be paid the salary. Also, the conditions regarding termination of job must be cleared beforehand. Also, the temping agencies deduct income tax from the gross pay. You are required to give your tax file number to the agency within first few weeks of joining. Salaries differ substantially according to the type of job, but mostly secretarial jobs offer between $14 and $20 per hour. You normally are paid more for weekends and night shifts. There are even allowances given if you are ready to work in remote areas of Northern Territory and Western Australia (above the Tropic of Capricorn). Temping agencies earn good profit by finding jobs for people. But if they cannot assist you, they would tell you immediately and not waste your time. For more information about Temping Agencies in Melbourne please visit here: www.nightstarservices.com.au
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