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…

In May, temporary staffing jobs hit a record 2.68 million. As the ACA looms, employers can avoid penalties for failing to provide benefits for full-time employees by hiring temporary workers. Staffing agencies are the employer of record for their contract workers, which means that the companies at which they are placed are not responsible for…

Advice on employee benefits administration abounds, but the best ideas might be the simplest.From the standpoint of employee benefits managers, health plans can produce a huge amount of data that is taxing to human resources back office staff. Consider getting health plan reports on an annual rather than a quarterly basis, Employee Benefit News suggests.…

Human resources management now is a different profession than it was in the past. "In the 1980s, HR managers were occupied mostly with compliance and legal issues – filling out paperwork, following anti-discrimination laws and generally avoiding being sued by employees and regulatory agencies," writes Lauren Weber, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal.In contrast,…

A majority of hiring managers say that they plan to make more new hires in the second half of the year than in the first, according to a survey conducted by Dice Holdings. When surveyed regarding their plans for the first half of 2013, only 46 percent of hiring managers reported that they would seek to…

Temporary workers account for almost 19 percent of all new jobs since June 2009. As reporter Jeff Green writes in Bloomberg, this is close to the record high percentage of temporary workers in the labor force in April 2000.Businesses that need new hires are still feeling tentative as they bounce back from the recession. They prefer, in…

Members of the newest crop of college graduates are looking for their first jobs, and contract and temporary work could be perfect for many of them. These positions are not jobs of last resort, but rather a desirable career move for many recent graduates. Contract work allows for exploration of different fields and positions, and…