Use of short-term hires jumps more than 50 percent in 4 years WASHINGTON – Hiring is exploding in the one corner of the U.S. economy where few want to be hired: Temporary work. From Wal-Mart to General Motors to PepsiCo, companies are increasingly turning to temps and to a much larger universe of freelancers, contract workers and consultants. Combined, these workers number nearly 17 million people who have only tenuous ties to the companies that pay them ...
July 9, 2013 - The Nashua Telegraph
As economic confidence grows, Utah bucks temporary jobs trend The hiring of temporary workers is exploding across the U.S. economy — except in Utah. Outside the Beehive state, companies from Wal-Mart to General Motors to PepsiCo increasingly are turning to temps and to a much larger universe of freelancers, contract workers and consultants. Combined, those workers number nearly 17 million people who have only tenuous ties to the companies that pay them ...
July 8, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Temporary jobs becoming a permanent fixture in US as more employers seek 'just-in-time' labor WASHINGTON — Hiring is exploding in the one corner of the U.S. economy where few want to be hired: Temporary work. From Wal-Mart to General Motors to PepsiCo, companies are increasingly turning to temps and to a much larger universe of freelancers, contract workers and consultants.
July 7, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune