Offices and front desks

Reception, clerical, and office fill-ins.

A desk, a phone, a computer. Covering someone who is out, or a busy month.

I’m looking for work

Comfortable at a desk, a phone, and a computer? Offices around Honolulu hire temps for reception, filing, data entry, and covering someone who is out.

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I need to hire someone

Need a receptionist, clerk, or admin for a leave, a project, or a busy month? Send the hours and the must-have skills.

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How this work actually goes

Office temps on Oʻahu cover the unglamorous gaps: a receptionist on leave, a clerk during audit season, a front desk that cannot go dark, a pile of files that has to move before a deadline. Downtown, Kakaʻako, Bishop Street, the civic center, medical offices, small firms in Kaimukī and Kāneʻohe. The work is the same shape everywhere — phone, people walking in, software someone shows you on day one.

If you type, can sit for a full day, and can be kind on a phone, say that. Name Word, Excel, Google, a PMS, or a medical scheduler if you have them. If you only have school or retail customer service, that still maps to a front desk. Employers should say the hours (7:30–4:30 is not “business hours”), parking or bus, dress, and whether the person will sit alone at reception.

Short assignments run a day to two weeks. Leaves run a month or a quarter. Project help can be data cleanup with almost no public contact. Write which of those you want, or which of those you are hiring for.

Questions

Do I need a degree?

No. Reliability and a clear phone manner matter more for most temp desks.

Can I work part-time or school hours?

Say the hours you can actually do. A 9–2 desk is hireable if the employer asked for that.

How do employers describe the software?

Name it. “Our own system, we will train” is fine. “Must know Salesforce” is also fine — write it.

Is this temp-to-hire?

Sometimes. Ask. A leave replacement is often a backfill if the person does not return.

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For people who want this kind of temp work.

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For businesses that need a person to show up.