The United States received some positive news earlier this month when the Labor Department revealed the national unemployment rate had dropped to 8.5 percent. However, Bloomberg reports that another factor not as regularly focused upon is the country's underemployment rate - which includes part-time employees or temporary workers who would prefer to have a full-time…

According to a recent poll from CareerBuilder and Harris Interactive, 36 percent of companies plan to hire temporary or contract workers in 2012. The figure marks an exponential increase going as far back as 2009, when just 28 percent of respondents reported they intended to hire temps. In 2010 this rose to 30 percent, and…

The U.S. unemployment rate declined again in December, dropping from November's 8.7 percent rate to 8.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Overall, 200,000 new jobs were added last month, with the biggest increases coming in transportation and warehousing (50,000), retail trade (28,000) and manufacturing (23,000). Construction remained stable, a positive sign given…

According to a recent Dice survey, 65 percent of internet technology hiring managers plan to add workers in the coming year. Furthermore, 42 percent expect payroll services to raise salaries for new hires in 2012. "It's the best time I've seen in years for people with IT skill sets to go find their dream jobs,"…

The transition from the military back to civilian life can be a difficult one, as war veterans have many factors working against them. For example, the Cronkite News reports that symptoms from post-traumatic stress disorder can be severely debilitating, as well as other physical ailments veterans may have incurred during their time in theater. Also,…

Sometimes, if a temporary worker is performing at a better-than-satisfactory level, the employee may find him or herself with a full-time position after the temping period ends. According to the American Staffing Association, 74 percent of job hunters seek full-time employment by temping first, Florida Today reports. Furthermore, a recent CareerBuilder report revaled that around…