Temporary staffing agency jobs accounted for over 2 percent of U.S. employment last year. While this is already a significant contribution to the American economy, it doesn’t stop there. According to a report released by Staffing Industry Analysts, the U.S. temporary staffing industry is on track to grow 5% and reach $121 billion, an all-time high, […]
Why Staffing Agency Jobs Are in the Highest Demand in History
Reasons Why Businesses Choose Staffing Firms – ASA
The American Staffing Association published a fact sheet stating the main reasons why U.S. businesses choose staffing firms to fill workforce gaps, augment their own staff and find new employees. Businesses seek flexibility. It helps them compete in a fast-paced, ever-changing global economy. The larger the company, the more likely it is to use […]
What it Takes to Be an Expert Temp Staffing Recruiter
According to the American Staffing Association, there are about 20,000 staffing and recruiting companies in the United States. In Texas alone, staffing firms created about 1.2 million jobs in 2014. So, how does Tri-Starr Group stand out from the rest? Tri-Starr is unique from other staffing agencies because of their personable approach and relationship investment. […]
More Than Just Numbers: Direct Hire and Executive Recruitment
Tri-Starr Group helps pair temporary and permanent placement accounting and finance positions with the right talent. Alfred Perez is Tri-Starr’s Branch Operations Manager for the finance & accounting division at Tri-Starr Group. Alfred utilizes his expertise as a Recruiter, to fill direct hire, executive search, temporary, and entry level recruitment needs and build relationships with passive […]
Staffing Services Affected Minimally By NLRB Decision
This week’s U.S. National Labor Relations Board decision in Miller & Anderson will likely have little to no impact on the use of staffing services or on staffing firm relations with clients, according to Stephen Dwyer, general counsel of the American Staffing Association. “Although we cannot definitively predict the long-term impact of the decision,” he […]
ASA Report on Staffing Employment in First Quarter
Newly Rebenchmarked ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey Data U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 3.08 million temporary and contract workers per week in the first quarter of 2016, up 0.3% from the same period in 2015, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. Average weekly employment this January through March […]
Survey Results Show Personal Contacts Lead to Job Offers
More than three in four adult job seekers in the U.S. prefer personal contacts when searching for work rather than just relying on technology, according to the results of a new American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor survey, conducted online by Harris Poll. Personal Contacts Lead to Job Offers Three of the top five ways job seekers land a […]
Staffing Companies Add 9,300 Jobs in April – ASA News
Temporary help employment showed little change from March to April (0.3%), according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Staffing employment was 2.3% higher than in April 2015. Year-to-year staffing job growth averaged 3.3% over the past 12 months. Nonseasonally adjusted BLS data, which estimate the actual number of […]
ASA Skills Gap Index: Top 10 Hard to Fill Jobs
The American Staffing Association’s Skills Gap Index has identified the hardest-to-fill occupations in the U.S. for the first quarter of 2016, with the 10 most difficult being: Podiatrists Photographic process workers and processing machine operators Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers Oral and maxillofacial surgeons Psychiatrists Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists General internists Genetic counselors Merchandise displayers and […]
ASA Reports – Staffing Firms add 4,000 Jobs in March
Temporary help employment showed little change from February to March (0.1%), according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Staffing employment was 1.9% higher than in March 2015. Year-to-year staffing job growth averaged 3.5% per month over the past 12 months. Nonseasonally adjusted BLS data, which estimate the actual […]
