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570,000 new temp jobs for Europe?
March 30, 2009A European Union regulation approved last October could bring 570,000 new jobs for temporary workers within five years in France, Belgium, Germany and Spain, according to research cited... More
Are Staffing Companies Growth Stocks?
May 2, 2011In March, Financial Analysts at Morgan Stanley’s European Business Services Research team issued a report titled ‘Staffing Survey – Temporary Attractions are Peaking’. The report... More
Ho, Ho, No!
December 4, 2008Out of England comes a story of a staffing firm acting to protect its temporary workers from angry park guests.
The park was Lapland New Forest, a temporary Christmas attraction that... More
Buyer interest in diversity grows
November 21, 2008A majority of staffing buyers, 53%, are increasing their use of women- and minority-owned staffing firms, according to the "Insight Staffing buyer survey: strategies for managing... More
Bomb threats and other reasons for not going to work
November 19, 2008The (Manitowoc WI) Herald Times Reporter newspaper reported that Antonio Booker called in bomb threats Orion Energy Systems, where he was a temporary worker, causing an evacuation.... More
Staffing cited as good way to make a million
October 14, 2008How to make a million dollars? How about staffing?
Entrepreneur.com cited staffing as one of seven businesses with good potential for a person to become a millionaire, in an article... More
South Dakota, the next Hawaii?
September 19, 2008South Dakota may be the next Hawaii.
South Dakota has posted the lowest jobless rate among all states since January, according to numbers released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.... More
Reduce waist, raise revenue
August 25, 2008ABC News' "20/20" recently featured Salo LLC, a Minneapolis-based staffing firm, that took part in a Mayo Clinic study replacing some traditional work stations with treadmills.... More
Spies wanted
July 14, 2008Great Britain's spy agency, MI6, is known to movie fans as the employer of secretive Agent 007, James Bond. However, the Associated Press reported the agency has begun a not-so-secretive open... More
Jobless Need Not Apply?
February 25, 2011The practice of excluding unemployed workers from consideration for open jobs came into the spotlight as unemployment remains high.
On Feb. 16, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity... More