Jim,
This is just an idea but it is working for one of my part time employees...
She moved to town last year and after 20+ years as a histotech - part of 
that time as a supervisor - she didn't want to work full time either and 
benefits weren't an issue since her husband works for Sunquest.
She contacted all the hospitals in town surveying them on their need for 
per diem employees. Several of these (me included) hired her on as a per 
diem and now she sometimes works for more than 40 hours/week. In fact she 
is booked for the entire summer what with vacations and the like.
The beauty of this is, of course, that she can turn down any offer if she 
has other things to do or places to go. And she has done this without the 
help of any agency that may get a share in the take.
In our town per diem employees are paid quite handsomely so she does well 
when the paychecks come on top of everything else.
Andi Grantham


At 10:57 AM 5/4/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I just recently became unemployed and rather than look for another full 
>time position in histology. I have been kicking around the idea of hiring 
>out to a temporary service. Can anyone refer me to a reliable company that 
>has managed to keep her or or him gainfully employed while they were with 
>their firm. Are there allot of pitfalls that I should be made aware of 
>before I sign on with a temporary service. What is the average time 
>between assignments once you have established a good work ethic with the 
>company. How long does it usually take to get that first assignment, any 
>tips or hints on how to handle phone interviews would also be of great 
>help. I usually do very good with face to face interviews.
>   If any one knows of Temporary work in Columbus Ohio area Please let me 
> know.    histo007@hotmail.com
>
>I have 20 years of histology experience and several of these years were as 
>a supervisor, but I am only interested in a bench type of enviorment at 
>the present time. I am also a registered Medical Technologist.
>________________________________________________________________________
>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
>
>

.....................................................................
: Andrea Grantham, HT(ASCP)     Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy     :
: Sr. Research Specialist       University of Arizona               :
: (office:  AHSC 4212)          P.O. Box 245044                     :
: (voice:  520-626-4415)        Tucson, AZ  85724-5044    USA       :
: (FAX:  520-626-2097)          (email:  histo@u.arizona.edu)       :
:...................................................................:
           http://www.cba.arizona.edu/histology-lab.html