The Huron Expositor, 1994-12-14, Page 6Business Beat
Temporary employment agency to open
By Patrick Raftis
Lakeshore Advance
Need some interim or long-term
help for your business? If the idea
of adding a temporary employee
without the hassle of a lengthy
interview process and a lot of
paperwork sounds tempting, you
might want to give Temp -Ted, a
call.
Huron County's first temporary
employment agency will be open
for business in the new year.
Located in Zurich, Temp -Ted,
will begin taking applications from
prospective workers December 19,
in order to ready for the anticipated
January 2 start-up date, said
Martine MacDonald, a Westervelt
Business College graduate.
MacDonald, a Crediton native
who now lives in Zurich, decided
to start up her own temporary
employment agency, after finding
success in gaining long-term
employment through temporary
work herself.
Working as a "Temp" at London
Life led her to a full time job with
that company during a period of
rapid expansion several years ago,
she said.
"Then, when I moved up here, I
found myself getting into tempo-
rary work in this area."
Convinced she had discovered an
untapped "niche" in Huron County,
MacDonald enrolled in a small
business program at Conestoga
College, through the Huron
Business Development Centre and
did her marketing research on set-
ting up a temporary employment
agency.
She feels her knowledge of this
arca will be an asset in developing
contacts which will allow her to
match employers and workers.
14 "I was raised in Huron County, so
I.know people here and I have
some networking possibilities," she
said.
Temp -Ted's mandate, outlined in
the agency's promotional material
.is to "successfully service any and
all staffyrequests and to change
how we look at our employment
industry in Huron County."
MacDonald points out that hiring
temporary workers through an
agency frees employers from pay-
ments and paperwork involved in
Workers Compensation, Disability
Compensation and Unemployment
Insurance. Client employers make
a single payment to the agency,
which in turn pays the employee
and handles the paperwork.
Temporary employees, she said,
can he attractive alternatives in a
Cook's beans
earn honour
Cook's Division of Parrish &
Hcimbecker is the first company
in the Edible Bean Processing
Industry in North America to
achieve a QMI registration,
according to the company.
Cook's Division of Parrish &
Ilcimbecker received the QMI
registration for its adherence to
international quality standards in
the marketing, sales, condition-
ing and proccssing of coarse
grains, cereal grains, pulses and
sods.
The registration is effective
Nov. 28, and covers both of
Cook's processing facilities
located at Centralia, Ontario,
Canada and Hensall, Ontario,
Canada.
Cardiff nominees
good citizens
The Murray Cardiff Citizenship
trophy is donated by Murray
Cardiff to the 4-H member in
Huron County who best
exemplifies the goals and aims of
4-H. Their involvement in the 4-H
program, as well or organizations
in their community, church and
school are all considered. Other
aspects such as their leadership
roles, ability to communicate and
overall attitude are very important.
The nominees must be senior 4-H
members and have been involved
with 4-H for a number of years.
All club leaders were asked to
nominate someone from their club
who they felt qualified for the
award. The following people were
nominated: Nancy Stewart, Janet
Vanden Hoven, Andrea Postma,
Dree Park, Jennifer Black, Dennis
Johnston, Colleen Dalton and
Marilyn van den Elzen. The win-
ner of the award was Dennis
Johnston of RR3 Hollyrood.
While many of us arc thinking
how we might like to be good
citizens. Dennis. is already doing
it.
PATRICK RAFI7S PHOTO
NEED A HAND? - Martine MacDonald is preparing to open Temp -Ted, Huron County's first temporary
employment agency. The service, to be based in Zurich, serves Huron and area.
variety of situations, ranging from
maternity leaves, to seasonal or
peak workload demands, to one-
time projects and numerous others.
For the employer, the service
offers screening, selecting and
matching of employees to their
needs, as well as performance
checks to ensure employees are
operating to the client's satisfac-
tion.
For the workers, the benefits of
temporary work, in addition to a
pay cheque, are also numerous.
"A lot of unemployed people like
to take the opportunity to improve
the skills they have now, or acquire
new ones in order to expand their
possibilities for full-time employ-
ment."
Temp -Ted will also offer a
"Temp -to -Permanent" conversion
program, through which employers
have the opportunity to try out an
employee on a 12 -week basis.
"This will allow the employee to
work in the atmosphere of the
workplace and get a better idea if
they are suited to a particular job."
If an employer wants to add the
employee to their permanent staff,
all it takes is a call to the agency. If
Queensway residents in high gear
Christmas is a'coming and the
residents of Queensway Nursing
Home have been in high gear.
Residents had a very successful
Open House on Dec. 4 where many,
family and friends joined to help"'
celebrate Christmas. The Residents'
Council held a Christmas Raffle
and the winners were: 1st - a Purple
Poinsettia Wreath - Ken Hovius;
2nd - A Christmas Gift Basket -
Elaine Stebbins; 3rd - A Christmas
Candle Centrepiece - Carole
Cooper.
On Tuesday evening the Christian
Reform Singers .were in for their
monthly musical program. This
particular evening was their Christ-
mas tribute. Later in the week, the
classes of Mrs. Taylor (Grades 4/5)
and Mr. Snell (Grades 5/6) came
over to sing a Christmas program.
There was a variety of musical
talent provided from singing solos,
piano solos to step dancing and a
guitar solo. The children shared
A1onle.made chocolate chip cookies
and juke while visiting with the
seniors and giving them original
Christmas cards and candy canes.
Later in the evening, the
Calvineues from Exeter were in to
entertain as well. They sang a
number of hymns and Christmas
carols. Friday afternoon the resi-
dents gathered to do more Christ-
mas baking for upcoming entertain-
ment events.
Upcoming events: Dec. 15 - 7
p.m. Youth Piano Recital; Dec. 21 -
7 p.m. - Emmanuel Baptist Youth
Group; Dec. 23 - 2 p.m. - Christ-
mas Party; Dec. 29 - 7 p.m. - Birth-
day Party with Max Duchami.
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it doesn't work out, there's no com-
mitment, MacDonald explains.
"They don't have to fire someone.
It just means that particular assign-
ment has ended."
While MacDonald says her goal
is to see people who want it,
"employed full-time through the
service," she notes that some peo-
ple prefer "teinping" on a long-
term basis. Studies have shown
that 38 per cent of the temporary
work force who have been offered
permanent employment turned it
down because they like temporary
work so much."
While a common perception of
the typical "Temp" is an office
worker, MacDonald said the field
is actually much broader a wait-
ress, factory worker or farm hand
is just as likely io become involved
in ternporary employment.
"We'll provide employees for all
of the service sector, both clerical
and non clerical, as well as light
andtcavy industry, food services,
medical and health workers and
farm labor."
Temp -Ted, is located at 21 Main
Street, East. Zurich. The phone
number is 236-6434.
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