The old days
- Temps were used primarily as replacements for sick and vacationing clerical workers
- Temps were warm bodies you bought for a short amount of time
- The temporary workforce numbered about 800,000
- Temps were the folks who couldn’t get work anywhere else
The way it is now
- Companies now use temps in more highly-skilled positions and in more strategic ways, such as handling work overload or for strategic projects as complicated as company mergers
- A recent study by the National Association of Temporary and Staffing Services (NATSS) indicates 56% of temporary assignments last more than 11 weeks (11% last longer than a year)
- Today, the temporary workforce is made up of more than 2.4 million workers—2% of the national workforce!
- Temps have become a great way to find full-time employees. More than one-third of all temporary accounting assignments turn into full-time positions.
Source: Caudron, Shari. “Permanent Solutions for Temporary Staffing.” Business Finance Article Archives. www.businessfinancemag.com/magazine/archives/article.html?artidleID=4102.
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