There was a time when the only temporary office staff were (1) (TYPING) and (2) (TELEPHONING). Now, the boss may also be among the temps.
The interim (3) (EMPLOYMENT) agency GMS estimates that around 10,000 senior (4) (EXECUTIVES) are working on short-term contracts in the UK. The market is believed to be worth some 400 million pounds, up from 100 million pounds at the start of the 1990s. The phenomenon, which (5) (ORIGINATED) in the Netherlands, is also growing (6) (RAPIDLY) in Australia, Germany and Italy.
The great appeal is that it allows me to apply my (7) (MANAGEMENT) skills across a wide (8) (VARIETY) of businesses, 48-year-old manager David McNeil told the Financial Times. McNeil hAs 25 years of experience in food and drink (9) (MARKETING) and has recently taken on a number of short-term (10) (APPOINTMENTS), including a six-month contract with the supermarket Sainsbury.
1. He has been talking for 2 years about his trip to Australia.
2. He has been looking for his book all the morning.
3. I have been wondering if I couldn't study German a little more.
4. He hasn't been thinking about his girlfriend all the week.
5. We have been just talking about you.
6. I have been writing for you for about thirty minutes.
7. He hasn't been sitting in that chair all the evening.
8. Have we been traveling though Texas for 4 years?
9. We haven't been listening to the radio all the morning.
10. Has he been waiting for the bus for half an hour?