Soft skills are at least as important as hard skills, according to Business Management Daily. This may not seem to relate to being a temporary worker, but temps can gain soft skills in areas that permanent workers may not have the same access to. By working with many different people at many different jobs with…

Ninety-nine percent of all temporary workers who want a full-time job will get one, according to a study by the American Staffing Association. In fact, most of the temps who join an employer of record or similar staffing company want to have a permanent position within a company, according to the survey, so this is…

CNN Money reports that the labor force is in a complicated situation. It just might be the case that temporary staffing will help alleviate some of this burden. The White House expects that labor force participation will reach a plateau and stay there for a certain time, possibly even getting smaller. The problem is that…

Employment is growing, according to The Wire. In fact, the number of workers in the U.S. seeking unemployment has fallen. The theory is that many of these formerly unemployed workers are finding jobs. Additionally, it would also appear that layoffs are on the way out for now.Applications fell by 3,000 to 302,000 as of June, the U.S.…

A recent survey by CareerBuilder found that 33 percent of managers surveyed plan to hire contract or temporary workers. This indicates growth in the industry of 2 percent. On an industry level, information technology plans to hire the greatest number of people, followed by those in financial services."The results of this year's survey are indicative…

Finding qualified workers to fill open positions remains a challenge, according to a new survey by Express Employment Professionals, Staffing Industry Analysts report. Eighty-three percent of Express franchises reported it was either "somewhat difficult" or "very difficult" to recruit for positions."My advice to employers is to recognize that you won't always find the perfect fit —…

Job openings stood at 4.6 million in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. USA Today reported this was the greatest number of openings in seven years. However, hiring is falling behind what it was before, reducing from 4.8 million new hires to 4.7 million.Some economists believe the dip in hiring is because U.S.…

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index increased in June. It reads119.62 points, which is an increase from 119.03 points in May. This is a 6.3 percent gain year over year.The percentage of firms with positions they were unable to fill rose. Additionally, Real manufacturing and trade sales have risen, along with industrial production. The number of temps…

Employment is on the rise, both in the staffing sector and in business in general, according to the latest report by the Department of Labor. According to the latest report, temporary help services jobs rose by 10,100 in June. The penetration rate for temporary workers, according to Staffing Industry Analysts, reached 2.07 percent. This means that…

Employee confidence is at a seven-year high, according to research by Randstad, a U.S. recruiting company.  The firm recently did a survey that indicates its employee confidence index reached 46.7, an increase of 2.1 points from last month. Workers' confidence in their personal employment situations increased to 69.4 from 66.4, the highest level it has been since…