Office Manager

DISCOVER STAFFING is seeking a temporary to hire candidate for an Office Manger/Executive Assistant position with an Alpharetta company. Responsibilities will include supporting the President, performing general accounting duties, assist Marketing as well as overseeing the daily operation of the office. Some human resource experience would be a plus. Must be self directed and have the ability and enjoy handling a variety of duties. Minimum of 2-5 years of previous similar experience required and MUST be local to the Alpharetta area. $40,000 to $45,000.

Please submit resume to kathy@discoverstaffing.com. Only qualified candidates will be considered.

Human Resources Generalist

DISCOVER STAFFING is currently seeking a Human Resources Generalist for a position in Alpharetta. Must be very professional and have 2-5 years experience in an HR Generalist capacity. $40,000 to $50,000 per year.

Candidate must be local to the Alpharetta area. Please send your resume to laura@discoverstaffing.com for consideration.

Part Time Customer Service Representative

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DISCOVER STAFFING is currently seeking candidates for a Part Time Customer Service Representative in the Norcross area. Experience with selling tangible products helpful. Must have excellent customer service and computer skills. Hours are afternoons (approx 12pm to 5pm) Monday through Friday. Starting at $10 an hour.

Candidates must be local to the Norcross Area and have reliable transportation. Please send your resume to laura@discoverstaffing.com for consideration.

Inside Sales Professional

DISCOVER STAFFING is currently seeking an experienced Inside Sales professional for a client in Alpahretta. Will be working with current customers as well as generating leads for the outside sales team. Must be very comfortable on the phones and building relationships. $28K salary plus commission and bonuses. 2+ Years Inside Sales experience. Medical industry knowledge helpful but not required.

Candidates must be local to the Alpharetta area and have reliable transportation. Please send your resumes to laura@discoverstaffing.com for consideration.

Customer Care Associate

DISCOVER STAFFING is currently seeking an experienced Customer Care Associate for a health insurance provider in Alpharetta. Candidates must have 2+ years experience with Health Care Claims. Must have exemplary customer service skills and experience with Microsoft Office programs. Position is a temp to hire opportunity starting at $13.00 per hour.

Candidates must be local to the Alpharetta area and have reliable transportation. Only qualified candidates will be considered. Please send your resume to laura@discoverstaffing.com

Monster has long been the premier internet job search tool. Their advice pages offers a wide variety of helpful tools for job seekers. This article provides the author's insights about working temporary assignments.

Temp Work Can Have Permanent Benefits
By Peter Vogt, Monster Senior Contributing Writer 

Maybe you're about to graduate into the real world with little or no work experience. Or maybe you're feeling clueless about what career you should pursue or what type of organization you should work for. Or perhaps you just plain need to earn some money to pay for school, rent and food.

Whatever your particular circumstances, temping -- doing short-term work assignments for a temporary staffing agency that matches willing workers with employers that need work done -- can probably help you as a college student or recent graduate. Why? Because temping, while not the perfect solution to all of your problems, does offer a considerable number of potential benefits where your career is concerned.

Benefits and Drawbacks of Temping

If you work as a temp, whether for a few days, a few weeks or even a few months or years, you will:

Gain practical work experience, either in your chosen industry or a different field.

Make some money -- more than $10 an hour on average, according to the American Staffing Association (ASA), an industry trade group -- and often receive basic benefits like health insurance as well.

See your chosen field, or a different one, from the inside instead of simply reading or talking about it.

Get a glimpse of different companies and organizations, and see firsthand how they function.

Meet people who will actually get to know you and evaluate your work performance, just in case a full-time, permanent position opens up in the company you're working for. Some 72 percent of temps are offered permanent positions with the companies they temp for, the ASA reports.

Learn new skills on the job, as 70 percent of temps do, according to the ASA.

Receive formal training in new skill areas, as 90 percent of temps do, the ASA says.

You'll also have a flexible schedule -- since you can choose when and how much you want to work -- and be able to demonstrate your adaptability, your capacity to learn quickly and your ability to hit the ground running on the job.

There are potential downsides, of course. You may not get the type or number of work assignments you'd like, and at times you might feel like a second-class citizen surrounded by permanent employees who know you only as The Temp. You might also find yourself in the middle of political battles between permanent staffers, as in the case of one temp who was assigned to do absolutely nothing, literally, all day just so one permanent staffer could prove a point to a colleague. (The temp never did figure out what that point was supposed to be.)

But if you like variety and challenge, and you're interested in gaining new skills, new networking contacts, new experiences and new career insights, temping will likely be a good fit for you.

How to Get Started

To get going on your temping journey, check out the Monster job search, or look in your local yellow pages under headings like Employment Agencies or Employment Contractors -- Temporary Help to find temp firms in your area. Then call one or more of them to set up an initial appointment. (Note: Their services will be free to you as a job seeker; the employers using the agencies pay the bills.)

Typically, each agency you contact will have you fill out an application and submit your resume. You'll then participate in an interview with a company recruiter who will attempt to pinpoint both your skills and areas of interest. In many cases, you'll also take a battery of tests, particularly abilities and skills assessments, so plan on your meeting taking at least a couple of hours.

Once the recruiter has an idea of the types of assignments that will be a good fit for you, you'll be ready to start gaining the experience you need, exploring that industry you want to learn more about or making some money to pay the bills -- in many cases, all three!

DISCOVER STAFFING is a member of the Georgia Staffing Association and the American Staffing Association.

Please contact your nearest DISCOVER STAFFING branch to find out how we may be able to help you with temporary opportunities.

North Fulton area: alpharetta@discoverstaffing.com
Gwinnett area: gwinnette@discoverstaffing.com

Mortgage Processor

DISCOVER STAFFING is currently seeking a Mortgage Processor for a client in Marietta. Must have previous mortgage experience including title reports and appraisals. Must be comfortable with a lot of paperwork, have strong organizational and time management skills and be accurate. This is a temp to hire position starting at $10-$11 an hour.

Please send your resume to laura@discoverstaffing.com for consideration. Must be local to the Marietta area and have reliable transportation. Only qualified candidates will be considered.