US staffing employment grew 4% in 2013
7 March 2014
Staffing companies in the US employed an average of 3m temporary and contract workers per week in 2013, up 4% from 2012, according to data released by the American Staffing Association (ASA).
Fri, 7 Mar 2014
Staffing companies in the US employed an average of 3m temporary and contract workers per week in 2013, up 4% from 2012, according to data released by the American Staffing Association (ASA).
Over the course of 2013, staffing firms hired a total of 11m temporary and contract employees.
In the fourth quarter of 2013, staffing industry payrolls averaged 3.2m employees per week, up 3.8% from the third quarter and an increase of 6.1% over the fourth quarter of 2012.
In addition to these figures, the US Labor department announced first-time claims for US unemployment benefits fell last week to a three-month low, but remained little changed from a year ago.
Initial jobless claims totalled 323,000 in the week ending 1 March, a decline of 26,000 from the previous week's revised reading of 349,000, the Labor Department said.
It was the lowest level of claims, a sign of the pace of lay-offs, since the last week of November.
Staffing companies in the US employed an average of 3m temporary and contract workers per week in 2013, up 4% from 2012, according to data released by the American Staffing Association (ASA).
Over the course of 2013, staffing firms hired a total of 11m temporary and contract employees.
In the fourth quarter of 2013, staffing industry payrolls averaged 3.2m employees per week, up 3.8% from the third quarter and an increase of 6.1% over the fourth quarter of 2012.
In addition to these figures, the US Labor department announced first-time claims for US unemployment benefits fell last week to a three-month low, but remained little changed from a year ago.
Initial jobless claims totalled 323,000 in the week ending 1 March, a decline of 26,000 from the previous week's revised reading of 349,000, the Labor Department said.
It was the lowest level of claims, a sign of the pace of lay-offs, since the last week of November.
