American Staffing Association News

Temporary staffing firms in Danville say they're busier than ever.

Three Dell employees filed a petition for benefits just eight days after the company said it was closing the plant as part of a strategy of sending more desktop-production work to offshore plants and third-party vendors. The petition was approved, and under it, temporary and contract employees, from several staffing firms, who worked at the plant are also eligible.

A gauge that monitors the state’s economic health showed continued improvement in January. Employment services payrolls, which include temporary employment firms—considered a bellwether in a recovering economy because businesses hire temporary workers before committing to adding workers—rose to their highest levels since February 2009.

The county’s jobless rate increased from 9.4% in December to 11% in January, according to figures released Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. One staffing executive said that businesses throughout the region have cut back on hiring: "It's slow everywhere."

New unemployment numbers show nearly one in every five living on the Central Coast are without a job. According to a local staffing firm, however, temporary positions are on the rise.

The recession has prompted many employers to take on temporary staff where they would have once hired permanent workers. This is prevalent at senior level, where executives may be drafted in to turn around the fortunes of an ailing company.

A record proportion of Japan's college students will be graduating this month without a job offer, a government survey showed. This is not the first time employers have shut young workers out. The collapse of the asset bubble in the early 1990s and fallout from the technology burst in 2000 created what people in Japan call a hiring “ice age” that forced the students who couldn’t secure work to hop between temporary jobs. The proportion of nonregular workers more than doubled between 1985 and 2008.

New England Democrats are trying to build bipartisan support in Congress to change a federal law that slashes the benefits of workers who take low-paying part-time or temporary jobs while collecting unemployment.

Tips are offered to entrepreneurs interested in opening temporary and contract staffing companies in the New Orleans area.

Alabama staffing firms say area companies are saving money where they can and hiring more people for more part-time positions.

High skill positions, such as those in accounting, will particularly benefit from an extension of unemployment benefits, according to area staffing firms and government-funded work force development groups.

Employment services revenue jumped 5.8% in the fourth quarter, confirming recent indications that U.S. businesses are relying on temporary workers while the economy recovers.

Americans' expectations about employment may be shifting away from traditional notions of what a job looks like: a recent poll asked respondents whether they were more likely to accept temporary work this year than last—and 75% said yes. ASA is cited.

Temporary help experienced substantial job growth in February, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. ASA is cited.

The beaten-down U.S. labor market has had a negative impact on a wide swath of corporate America, but some staffing firms are showing better results that may herald a stronger jobs rebound.

Nearly one in five Los Angeles businesses plan to add workers during the next fiscal quarter, an encouraging sign that the recession's grip is easing, according to a staffing firm survey. One staffing expert said employers are still hiring more temporary workers than filling permanent positions.

It is a pretty good time to be a temporary worker if you are trying to get back into the work force.

Perhaps another sign the job market may be warming up: temporary employment is on the rise.

A Suncoast staffing firm is seeing a slight increase in employers looking for temporary workers in certain sectors.

The continued rise in temporary employment signals that businesses are not convinced the recovery is under way. Temporary help provides the flexibility employers seek in uncertain times, letting them be more responsive to changes in market demand.