Number of Temps on the Job Highest in 5 Years
By: Reuters, Chicago Tribune, August 3, 2012
Stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs growth in July included another large contribution from the temporary help services sector, lifting shares of staffing companies in U.S. and European trading on Friday.
The fastest growth in U.S. temporary payrolls in more than a year also lifted the temp penetration rate — the percentage of temps in the workforce — to its highest level in more than five years. TO READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE, CLICK HERE.