Labor Ready Staffing Service: Guide for Workers and Businesses

Labor Ready is a nationwide chain of temporary labor finders setup to help you find temporary work for those times you can't wait two weeks for the next paycheck and don't want to take out a payday loan or anyone without a job. Labor Ready can be found in pretty much every major city in the United States of America and most developed small towns. Labor Ready doesn't discriminate against any race, creed, religion or beliefs. They hold a 70 question pretest which ask you about how you would handle different stressful situations on the job site. Labor Ready branches open between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM depending on the branch, you will have to call your local branch to find out the exact opening time of the Labor ready in your area.

First time Labor Ready employees should show up early if you want to have time to fill out an application and work on the first day, your best bet is getting to Labor Ready the afternoon before you want to work and filling out all the papers needed so you can get out the next morning to work with no hassle. Applying at Labor Ready takes about 20 minutes depending on your information.

After the 70 question "stress" test you must take a safety quiz, Labor Ready enables you to read their safety book for as long as you need to before the quiz and most offices let you keep the book as you take the test. Besides paperwork the only thing you really need to get work out of Labor ready is a SSN and photo ID and be at least 18 years of age.

Work wise Labor Ready gets it all at some point in time. Construction, manufacturing, food service, assembly, manual labor, warehouse. tech support, driving jobs, forklift and many more. Any special skills you have under any skill trade should be known by Labor Ready from the first day you walk in the door, they have a "best match dispatch" system so those skills may get you a job faster and with better pay.

Jobs at Labor Ready can be just for one day or longer if the job needs workers to return. Labor Ready does have temp to perm jobs when available. Labor Ready is the only temp to perm company that does not require you to work so many days or pay an outright sum of cash to go from temp to perm, tell Labor Ready that you have been hired and your good to go. Pay rate can vary from job to job and from branch to branch, to get an idea of what your local Labor Ready pays just call your local office.