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America's Second-largest Employer Is a Temp Agency

Posted by samzenpus on from the get-a-job dept.

cold fjord writes "From the Examiner: '...the second-largest employer in America is Kelly Services, a temporary work provider. ... part-time jobs are at an all-time high, with 28 million Americans now working part-time. ... There are now a record number of Americans with temporary jobs. Approximately 2.7 million, in fact. And the trend has been growing. ... Temp jobs made up about 10 percent of the jobs lost during the Great Recession, but now make up a tenth of the jobs in the United States. In fact, nearly one-fifth of all jobs gained since the recession ended have been temporary.' The NYT has a chart detailing the problem."

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  1. Re:lack of unions and workers rights by HornWumpus · · Score: 4, Funny

    No doubt. Legitimate users of 1099s are competent, top of their field people. Obviously _you've_ never seen one.

    --
    John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
  2. I did temp work once by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Got a temp job at Deep 13. Never again!

  3. This is why population control matters by Ravaldy · · Score: 4, Funny

    In most countries the number of birth/1000 is decreasing and it appears to be tightly coupled with the economic state of each country. In addition, there is nothing new about humans being replaced by machines (Farmers, phone operations, lumber cutting...). It has been happening since before the 1800 yet we live hundreds of times better than they did in the 1800. Human kind has a way of making it work out. As long as we keep working on world issues we will make it.

  4. Re:Corporate executives are smart. by ebno-10db · · Score: 4, Funny

    Careful, the cognitive dissonance cause by the sudden introduction of "facts and figures" can be injurious to an ideologue's brain.

  5. Re:Stop using the term "Great Recession" by TheSync · · Score: 3, Funny

    The National Bureau of Economic Research defines a recession as:

    a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales.

    And according to the NBER, the last recession in the US lasted from 4Q2007 to 2Q2009. We are not currently in a recession.