Compared to the first quarter, the number of workers employed is up 18.0%.

"Even as the pace of economic growth slowed, staffing firms added 360,000 new jobs during the second quarter," said ASA president and CEO Richard Wahlquist. "This is an encouraging sign that there is still some juice left in this recovery and that businesses across a wide spectrum of sectors continue to experience a slow but sustained uptick in demand for their products and services."