The phrase "interim assignment" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is generally used to refer to a temporary job or task that someone has been assigned to until a permanent solution or replacement can be found. Example: "Due to the unexpected resignation of our manager, John has been given the interim assignment of overseeing the department until a new manager is hired."
In January 2002, Brian Sobelman, 52, was hired for an interim assignment at New Weathervane Retail, a New Britain, Conn., retailer of teenage girls' clothing.
As skills and people move around in the job market, employers are deciding whether they are going to fill that position with a permanent individual or someone that is in the interim assignment.
For some executives, interim assignments offer relief, however brief, from unemployment.
However, according to research from interim management recruitment specialist Russam GMS around 60% of interim assignments come from the consultant's own networks.
Improvement and change are major aspects of interim assignments, so individuals who question ingrained behaviours, attitudes and ways of working – and who strive for continuous improvement – will have a much greater chance of success.
Robert Martin, an experienced finance and marketing interim executive sees the apolitical nature of interim assignments as a critical benefit to a corporate environment that often goes off course when politics come into play.
Her pregnancy and expected maternity leave have become yet another variable that the network will have to consider as it makes interim anchor assignments in Mr. Woodruff's absence.
A group of teachers and the district's educational services division created the assignment, but Interim Rialto Unified Supt.
Though KFC described the hiring of BBDO New York as interim, it appears that the assignment is the agency's to lose.
He recently completed a nine-month assignment outside London as interim vice president for worldwide sales and marketing at the AIT Group, a software company.
Offensive coordinator Clay Helton has been named interim coach — his second such temporary assignment since Kiffin was fired during USC's 2013 season.
