Agency work contributes to job creation

Agency work helps to create jobs that would not exist otherwise. Research shows that 80% of the existing agency workers fill jobs that would not have been created if agency work had not been available as  a flexible workforce solution. 
 

Agency work offers a stepping-stone to the labour market

Young people and first time entrants are significantly over-represented among the agency work population, as illustrated in the Ciett Report "The Agency Work Around the World".

Young people use agency work as a tool to acquire professional experience, to acquire skills and qualifiations needed and to gain access to the labour market.
 
In a similar way, agency work broadens labour market access for other groups (like long-term unemployed, disabled people or ethnic minorities).
 

Agency work facilitates skills enhancement

Agency work contributes substantially to enhancing qualifications, skills and the employability of workers.
 
By offering opportunities to acquire professional experience and by facilitating access to vocational training, agency work helps workers to adapt in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing labour market.