Ever hear of a temp-perm role in industry? The company tries you out for a few months before hiring you as an official employee. They won't pay benefits until I'm an official employee but in the(cont)

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I would do it. I quit Resnick and did the same thing. Got hired by industry about 6 months after being a temp

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I've done it. It's real, but risky -- some companies may string you along, but it varies from company to company.

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meantime, they are willing to pay me $40/hr and time and a half after 40 hours a week.

Don't do it.

I should add that I was laid off from public accounting. The pro here is that I still get money, experience, and no gap in my resume.

Well in that case do it.

^Thanks. I was wondering what the average timeline is. I was assuming it would hopefully be around 6 months.

Laying off seniors?

I did it after I was laid off early in my career. The job turned out to be 95% receptionist and 5% accounting and I hated it. But my contact helped me get placed in a direct hire role about a month later. Pro tip: ask how many people they've gone through trying to fill the role. In my case, there were about 8 before me.

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