contract jobs
Never forget that an agency always has their hands in your pocket. That's their job. They try to get (and eventually will be) paid by the airlines and the pilots.
I have recently applied for what seemed to be the same job with two different agencies. T&C where different like day & night. One agency even wanted to charge you for the screening. My advise is to choose the agency very carefully. Many agencies are useless - use the search function on PPRuNe (great help).
One agency once called me for a contract and when I mentioned that the pay is way below industry standard (=crap) the woman felt offended and said that she will call another candidate. Be my guest!
Best of luck to everyone!