According to a recent hiring trends survey from a large Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based staffing agency, commercial and administrative jobs are hiring at a more rapid pace than other sectors. The survey, which polled more than 17,000 of the company's current and former clients, revealed that 32 percent of respondents planned new hires in the commercial…

Unemployed Americans may look to staffing agencies to afford them opportunities as temporary workers due to not being able to find a full-time job. Temp work can bridge the gap between regular positions on a person's resume, and looks good to employers who prefer to hire someone currently in the job force over someone who's…

As the holiday season grows near, more companies are looking for temporary workers to help handle the impending rush of shoppers. The New York Times reports that 496,000 temporary workers were hired in the retail sector in November and December of last year, according to data from the National Retail Federation - a 49 percent…

According to September data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment numbers increased by 103,000. However, this was not enough to affect the current 9.1 unemployment rate. Despite the number of unemployed Americans remaining at around 14 million, 45,000 telecommunications workers returned to work after an August strike, accounting for nearly half of the…

Due to apparent uncertainty over which businesses fell under the National Labor Relations Board's jurisdiction, the NLRB has decided to postpone the date for employers to post a mandatory union rights poster in their offices. HR administration would likely be required to place the 11-by-17-inch poster in a visible area of their places of business.…

CareerBuilder recently released its Q4 job forecast, and parallel with year-end hiring trends from last year, jobs are expected to be slightly more scarce than usual over the next three months. A total of 21 percent of employers anticipate hiring full-time workers in Q4 - a slight decrease from Q3 but similar to this time…

According to a recent study from Applied Economic Strategies, employers continue to struggle to fill job openings, despite a slightly diminished unemployment rate. Data from the International Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Congressional Budget Office indicated that there were around 2 million unemployed people with mismatched skills in the…

Client feedback is an important and somewhat overlooked aspect of a staffing agency's responsibilities. A firm should be aware of how its placed contract workers are performing, and if a temp position is the right fit. The Globe and Mail reports that Tanya Sarakinis, CEO of Burlington, Ontario-based Emerg-Plus Healthcare Consulting Group, contracts with six…

A recent study conducted by the research institute of a New Jersey-based data processing company found that many companies' perceptions of HR services are skewed. The study, conducted in August 2011, polled decision-makers at more than 600 large U.S. enterprises and found that 75 percent of respondents believed their companies are equal or better than…

The quarterly Employment Confidence Survey from workplace culture website Glassdoor.com revealed a lack of employee confidence in the job market due to economic volatility. Glassdoor surveyed nearly 3,000 U.S. adults over the internet for the study, which found that 91 percent of unemployed job-seekers believe the roller coaster economy will negatively impact their careers and…