Many employers hire temporary workers to fill in during employee absences, provide specialized skills to complete projects, or offer support during busy seasons. Employers can also create temporary jobs to determine a worker’s fit with company culture or reduce staffing costs.
If an employer needs to hire a full-time employee, a temporary job could become a full-time position. Understanding how to position yourself as a potential employee increases the likelihood of being offered permanent employment.
These four methods can help turn your temporary job into a full-time position.
1. Maintain Professionalism
Display a professional appearance:
- Adhere to the company’s dress code.
- Demonstrate your fit with the company’s culture.
- Maintain a positive attitude.
- Be polite and respectful.
- Offer to help colleagues and your manager when needed.
- Encourage your manager, the human resources team, and company leaders to see you as a full-time employee.
2. Network
Build relationships with colleagues, coworkers, managers, supervisors, HR professionals, and company leaders. These employees impact whether you turn your temporary job into a full-time position:
- Introduce yourself to employees at all organizational levels.
- Get to know others so they view you as a permanent employee.
- Participate in team-building and company events.
- Talk with management, HR professionals, and company leaders about what they look for in employees.
- Discuss what you like best about working for the company.
3. Express Interest in a Full-Time Position
Let your manager know you would like a permanent job with the company:
- Emphasize your knowledge, skills, experience, accomplishments, and cultural fit.
- Share what you learned by working for the organization and the long-term value you can provide.
- Your manager can talk with company leaders about whether your temporary job could become a full-time position.
- If there are budgetary constraints or a hiring freeze, your manager could keep you in mind when a full-time position becomes available.
- Ensure your manager and the human resources team have your contact information to follow up.
4. Successfully Finish Your Tasks
Stay engaged and productive throughout the workday:
- Arrive early, work the full day, and stay late when needed.
- Quickly learn new information, systems, and processes.
- Ask questions when needed.
- Collaborate to show you are a team player.
- Complete quality work by the deadlines.
- Ask for additional tasks when your schedule permits.
- Build employer trust.
- Show your value.
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