Two new surveys by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) show the temporary staffing services industry is making major progress. According to the first survey, a study of staffing revenue shows the industry is maintaining a strong pace of growth. In March, growth stood at 10 percent, which is the same as it had been in January…

The unemployment rate dropped from 6.7 to 6.3, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released May 2. Additionally, employers in April added a total of 288,000 employees to the workforce. Unemployment is the lowest it has been for five and a half years, NBC News reports. However, the reason for the drop is…

The Conference Board (TCB), a non-profit business research group, predicts the market will soon begin to shift from buyers to sellers. According to their research, unemployment will reach 5.5 percent by late 2015. This trend will then continue, and unemployment could possibly go below 3.8 percent, which would be the lowest the number has been since…

Contract workers are a crucial part of IT, according to 69 percent of those in leadership roles for an IT department, Staffing Industry Analysts reported. Additionally, 35 percent of IT leaders expect temporary workers to make up between 11 and 25 percent of their total IT workforce. At the moment, only 25 percent of respondents…

Live Mint recently interviewed Anthony Abbatiello of Accenture, a management and consulting company, about the top trends in HR. Among his comments were those regarding what he calls the extended workforce. Companies are beginning to structure their workers in tiers. The top tier is a full-time employee that is hired on a regular basis. The second…

Jobless claims have risen by 24,000 to 329,000 according to the latest Department of Labor report.MarketWatch reports claims will often increase around the Easter Holiday because the holiday moves around and this can cause problems with making seasonal adjustments."This marks the fifth year in a row in which the reading for the week including Good…

The American Staffing Association's Staffing Index rose to 96 in April. This means employment in the staffing industry increased by 3.32 percent year-over-year. The ASA Staffing Index gets reported nine days after each workweek. Recently, the trend has been for the staffing index to rise, culminating in the current rating of 96.This news is good for…

The Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased in March for the third consecutive month. It now stands at 100.9. The index was begun in 2004, so a score of 100 would indicate the economy is doing as well as in 2004."The LEI rose sharply again, the third consecutive monthly increase," said Ataman Ozyildirim, Economist at The…

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…

Many at the annual Staffing Industry Analysts' Executive Forum are showing confidence in the staffing industry, according to Leslie Vickrey, writing for The Staffing Stream. She writes that the staffing industry, particularly temporary staffing, is in the midst of a positive economic cycle."Historically speaking, we likely have another two to four years of strong growth before…