Producer price indexes, reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, track the change in prices received by service producers over time. The producer price index for employment services recently posted its highest year-over-year increase since December 2010. This increase reflects the growing demand for the services of employment agencies.As the economy recovers, temporary workers are…

Only 91 percent of millennials expect to stay at a job for more than three years. The number of 1099s, the tax form used by the contract workforce, filed in 2012 grew by 12 million. Clearly, contract workers are a natural fit in modern workplace culture. Companies should consider adjusting to this new reality, and…

Of those companies who quantify the quality of their hires, 59 percent say that the skills of the recruiter have a great impact on that measurement, according to a new study by Hudson RPO and HRO Today Institute. Human resources administration professionals should take note.Using a recruiting firm can lead to better hires, whether they are…

According to ManpowerGroup, U.S. employers expect to increase hiring in the third quarter of 2013. The expected growth is 12 percent, seasonally adjusted. This is greater than the same figure for the second quarter, as well as the last year's third quarter. The trend for the last five years has been cautious expansion, and continues with…

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows an increase in temporary staffing and professional services employment. Part of the result of this is a wider choice for companies seeking contingent workers. Traditional temporary workers are available, as well as contract workers and employees of professional services agencies. When should a business choose a certain…

Many hiring managers look askance at an applicant who has been out of work for a period of some months. However, a full 40 percent of the unemployed have been without a job for six months or longer, according to Department of Labor statistics cited at StaffingTalk.com. To discount this segment of the potential workforce is…

According to numbers from the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, temporary job growth rose by more than seven percent in May.Temporary workers now account for more than two percent of the total United States workforce. The healthcare industry added 10,700 new jobs in May, and the retail industry created 27,700. Both industries make use…

As the percentage of workers in the United States who are employed on a temporary or contract basis grows, business leaders are asking themselves how best to manage them. This is a question that directly concerns not only contingent workers, but the companies who employ them, recruiting and staffing agencies, as well as permanent employees who work…

Recruiting and hiring the best employees is a major concern of human resources services professionals. Certain tactics and technologies can make it easy. The most important element of recruiting top talent begins even before a post advertising an opening goes live. The job description needs to attract the right kind of prospective employee. "Believe it or…

A major concern among human resources services professionals is employee retention. Whether they are temporary workers or permanent hires, it is important to keep good employees at a company. Below is a list of tips to engage a workforce and make workers happy to stay:Allow staff to work from home, if possible. Something as simple…