The Daily New represents a small portion of the information and research Staffing Industry Analysts provides. Here are a few of the most recent research items available to corporate members -- including Insights on which ways of sourcing find better workers, which temps work for which type of staffing firm and how important temp-to-perm possibilities are for temporary workers.

INSIGHT - 2009 Contingent Worker Survey: Do temporary workers sourced in some ways perform better than others?
*Good agency reputation brings in best-performing temps
*Temps from job fairs also outperform
*Worst: Temps referred by employers they inquired at

INSIGHT - 2009 Contingent Worker Survey: Which temps work for which type of agency?
*Temps evenly split between big agencies and small
*But w/in skills, temps cluster by type of agency
*Just five agencies account for 1/3 of high-end temps

INSIGHT - 2009 Contingent Worker Survey: How important to temporary workers are temp-to-perm possibilities?
*68% of temps seeking perm employment
*Temps take temp-to-perm very seriously
*Typical temp thinks odds of temp-to-perm: 40%