Staffing industry employment set another record in the third quarter, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association, despite the summer softening of the nationís economy.
U.S. staffing firms employed an average of 2.98 million temporary and contract workers per day from July through Septemberóup 1.4% over the second quarter and more than any previous third quarteróbased on data from the ASA quarterly employment and sales survey.
The quarterly survey results correspond with the new ASA Staffing Index, which measures weekly changes in temporary and contract employment, says ASA president and chief executive officer Richard Wahlquist. The index showed a significant drop in early July with gradual and accelerating growth through the quarter.
U.S. sales of temporary and contract staffing services totaled $18.2 billion in the third quarter, according to the ASA survey, an increase of 1.9% over the same period last year and a new high for any third quarter on record.
ASA represents the U.S. staffing industry. ASA members provide a wide range of employment-related services and solutions, including temporary and contract staffing, recruiting and permanent placement, outsourcing and outplacement, training, and human resource consulting. Member companies operate more than 15,000 offices across the nationóof which approximately 10,000 were included in the surveyóand account for more than 85% of U.S. staffing industry sales.
Staffing Employment Nears 3 Million per Day
Results of Third Quarter National Survey
