How would you advise a friend who wanted to get hired?

At the company where I work, temps and contractors are often hired to fill in for people on leave, work on short-term projects, etc.  Often, they wanted to get hired as a permanent employee.  When one of the temps I knew wanted to get hired on with the company, she asked my advice.  After advising her, I put an article up on my blog about it.  If you had been in my situation, where you wanted to help a friend get hired permanently, how would you have advised them?  If you're not interested in writing about that topic, is there an area where you have expertise that people often ask you about?  Is there advice you're asked for frequently?  If so, maybe you should offer that advice on your blog.