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An Industry Overview 2.66 million staffing employees can be found at work in America's marketplaces on any given day.*
In 2008 the industry closed $86.2 billion strong.*
The Staffing Industry:
It is comprised of three industry affiliates:
- Staffing Employer
- Staffing Employee, and
- Staffing Client
It offers unlimited employment opportunities for everyone from:
It provides three primary employment options:
- Temporary or contract - Employed to work off-site, at staffing employer's client offices.
- Temp-to-perm or temp-to-hire - Trial employment to determine if there is a fit between employee and client.
- Direct hire or permanent placement - Recruited by staffing employer and hired by client after ninety-day
grace period.
It saturates practically every professional and trade occupation in the global marketplace:
- Health Care
- Industrial
- Office-Clerical
- Professional, Managerial
- Technical, Information Technology, and Scientific
It often grants it affiliates only a window-of-opportunity for true collaboration:
- As staffing employers use assignments to determine how well their employees will represent them
on future assignments, - Staffing clients use assignments to measure the employers' quality of service, by
their employees' workstyle, while - Staffing employees use assignments to gain or regain access to their cities' marketplace for a
multitude of reasons.
Three different goals to be achieved on one assignment, within a limited timeframe.
From Popular Beliefs to Industry Hallmarks
As a result of our research, what were once viewed as industry barriers:
Are now viewed as industry hallmarks, instrumental in gaining access to a global world of people, industries and technological advancements vital to developing successful business relationships and achieving career goals,
(see article, Our Beginning).
Seattle, Washington Denver, Colorado Miami, Florida San Francisco, California Chicago, Illinois
U.S. Market Position:
The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people: Their motivation and direction. Ken Gilbert |
Over Eleven million staffing employees were found at work in America's marketplace in 2008.*
Businesses tap a full range of talent from the staffing industry while staffing employers
provide employment opportunities for everyone in every industry and level of profession.*
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Staffing Statistics-Other Labor and Economic Research:
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