Here is the latest research from Staffing Industry Analysts:

INSIGHT - Staffing firms' anonymous advice to buyers
*400 staffing firms offer frank feedback
*Wanted: partnership, communication, respect
*"Price is NOT everything - you get what you pay for"

INSIGHT - Hottest (and coldest) metro markets update
*Seventy-nine metropolitan areas, ranked by trends in staffing employment
*Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux LA tops the list
*Stormy weather: Metros near Phoenix, Charlotte, Boston

INSIGHT - Historical Staffing Industry Growth Trends: 1995-2008
*Much of the industry growth has come with greater cyclicality
*Secular revenue growth driven by larger mix of professional jobs with higher bill rates
*Industry has grown more diversified

BRIEFING - Staffing Industry Stock Index analysis
*SISI up 2% in June
*9 gainers, 10 decliners
*Russell reshuffle: Barrett and CTG in, Hudson out