How to Be a Permanent Temp: Winning Strategies for Thriving in Today's Workplace

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Summary: Very thorugh guide for freelancers and independents
Review: Excellent book for those thinking about permanently freelancing or working as an independent. Helps you decide if it's right for you and gives much info. on how to get started. Title may lead you to believe that it's about temping in the traditional sense, but it actually addresses a whole new workforce that the information technology age has enabled...those who want to work from their home or their own business office on their terms.

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Summary: A justification of the worst kind of wage slavery.
Review: This book is an apology for and "justification" for the worst kind of exploitation and wage slavery. I could have toned this view down and sugar-coated it- but I won't. This is the kind of book that the paracites who profit from temp slavey use to justify their "industry".
Personally, I have known alot of people who have been trapped in the temp labor market. I do not know of one who voluntarily works this way. Who in his right mind voluntarily works for low wages, no benefits, and no job security? I know, temp firm propaganda emphasises that many people "voluntarily" work as temps because of the "variety" and "flexibility." I have yet to meet one.
Actually, I would classify this book as dangerous. Working as a temp can do irreparable damage to your career and your resume. There are interviewers that will see multiple temp assignments on your resume and automatically assume that that you are "unstable" and fit for nothing else. You find yourself in the trap of "once a temp, always a temp."
We are not just talking unskilled or clerical labor here either. I myself have seen this temporary labor disease sweep the engineering profession.
I recently saw a statistic where it was stated that Manpower Incorporated is the largest employer in the nation now. We are in deep, deep, trouble....

Rating:
Summary: Very thorugh guide for freelancers and independents
Review: This book is an apology for and "justification" for the worst kind of exploitation and wage slavery. I could have toned this view down and sugar-coated it- but I won't. This is the kind of book that the paracites who profit from temp slavey use to justify their "industry".
Personally, I have known alot of people who have been trapped in the temp labor market. I do not know of one who voluntarily works this way. Who in his right mind voluntarily works for low wages, no benefits, and no job security? I know, temp firm propaganda emphasises that many people "voluntarily" work as temps because of the "variety" and "flexibility." I have yet to meet one.
Actually, I would classify this book as dangerous. Working as a temp can do irreparable damage to your career and your resume. There are interviewers that will see multiple temp assignments on your resume and automatically assume that that you are "unstable" and fit for nothing else. You find yourself in the trap of "once a temp, always a temp."
We are not just talking unskilled or clerical labor here either. I myself have seen this temporary labor disease sweep the engineering profession.
I recently saw a statistic where it was stated that Manpower Incorporated is the largest employer in the nation now. We are in deep, deep, trouble....

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Summary: Useful guidebook
Review: This book is an easy-to-read guidebook on making money as a freelancer. There are lots of great tips and the author has done the research so that you don't have to spend hours searching the Web or going to the library to find information like hourly rates and things to know (like health insurance and other small business issues).

Rating:
Summary: Useful guidebook
Review: This book is an easy-to-read guidebook on making money as a freelancer. There are lots of great tips and the author has done the research so that you don't have to spend hours searching the Web or going to the library to find information like hourly rates and things to know (like health insurance and other small business issues).