Temporary staffing revenue has grown by 10 percent year-over-year in May, according to the most recent Pulse Survey Report by Staffing Industry Analysts. Additionally, staffing companies reporting growth rose 2 percent to reach 73 percent of all firms.This means the business community in the U.S. is becoming accustomed to hiring temporary workers to fill jobs…

The American Staffing Association's staffing index has reached a 24-week high of 98. This is an increase of 4.59 percent year-over-year, and an increase of almost 1 percent from last week. The staffing index measures weeks starting from Monday and ending on the following Sunday. This week measured June 9 through June 15.Any increase is…

In another optimistic sign from the tech industry, 52 percent of North American IT firms plan to raise headcount, according to Computer Economics' annual IT spending and staffing benchmarks study. The survey asked over 200 IT groups what they plan to do for staffing.Many of these staffing jobs can be filled by professionals in the…

The producer price for employment services index rose 1.9 percent to 130.8, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The employment service industry includes temporary services and employers of record, among other staffing companies.Analysis by Staffing Industry Analysts showed this was the same growth rate as experienced in April.In spite of growth staying at the…

The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey demonstrates hiring confidence is up. In a survey of over 18,000 employers, 22 percent expect to increase their staff levels for the third quarter of 2014. Seventy-one percent expect to keep their staffing at the same level, and only 7 percent either don't know what they're going to do…

Impact Management Services, a staffing firm, found it was losing money as it became larger, according to Crain's Detroit Magazine.  It grew difficult from an HR perspective to keep track of employees and make sure they were getting paid."The complexities continued to mount. We were dedicating tremendous resources and effort to solve issues there and…

Nearly half of U.S. unemployed workers have stopped looking for work, according to a survey by Express Employment Professionals, reported by Staffing Industry Analysts. Those who have given up on finding work could try again with a temporary job. Temporary work would let unemployed people get back on their feet with jobs that give them…

The number of temporary workers is on the rise, according to the Associated Press. They account for 2.3 percent of all workers in the labor force, and do a variety of tasks. Some of the jobs that temps do include janitorial work, home-care and nursing, along with freelance photography and computer programming. Many work under contracts with…

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported there were 4.0 million job openings in March, which is a decline of 2.7 percent from February. The number of total hires declined by 1.6 percent month-over-month. However, the number of job openings in March of 2013 was only 3.88 million, for a total gain of about 3.5 percent year-over-year.Additionally,…

The U.S. Department of Labor recently sued a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, seeking back wages and liquidated damages for hotel staff whose hours, wages and overtime were improperly handled, according to Staffing Industry Analysts. Such an event came about because the management company, called Darpan, did not properly log hours for the workers. If the…