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The Dark Side of the Temp Economy

Small Business Labs

ProPublica's The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants are Getting Crushed covers the dark side of temporary work. Key quote on the life of low paid temps: Many get by on minimum wage, renting rooms in rundown houses, eating dinners of beans and potatoes, and surviving on food banks and taxpayer-funded health care.

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The Two Sides of the Temp Economy

Small Business Labs

The NY Times article The Rise of Permanent Temp Economy provides an interesting look at the history of temporary work in America.    The author argues the temp industry in America was created by exploiting gender stereotypes in the 1950s and 1960s.   And I agree many temp jobs are bad. .

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Is the Staffing Industry Facing a Kodak Moment?

Small Business Labs

These are good times for the temporary staffing industry. As the American Staffing Association chart below shows, the industry has been booming since the steep declines caused by the Great Recession.    2015 was another record setting year and pretty much everyone in the staffing industry is predicting good times ahead.

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Beyond the Org Chart: How Procedures Elevate Leadership in Administrative Professionals

All Things Admin

Before leaving, I was able to spend a few days going over the binder with my temp. Lá Shawn Sandifer, executive assistant, insurance industry, Chicago These experiences aren’t just personal victories; they were stepping stones on our professional development journeys. As a result, she felt more confident about covering for me.

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

Success

“We have a whole generation of millennials and college grads who have come out of college seeing how their parents were perhaps treated in 2008 and are choosing income security over job security” by freelancing, temping and so forth. Plus, if your industry hits the skids, you’d better have some options. A push for parity. Yes, totally!”

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News on the Growing Contingent Workforce

Small Business Labs

Lot's of recent news about the continued growth of the contingent workforce, which is the term the corporate world uses for what we call the independent workforce - freelancers, contractors, independent consultants, temps, etc. Recent articles on this topic from the corporate point of view include: 1.

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The Contingent Workforce and Public Decision Making

Small Business Labs

The Contingent Workforce and Public Decision Making is an article in the Spring issue of Public Sector Digest. As Dana Shaw, a Senior Vice President for Staffing Industry Analysts, sees it, “Currently,the average mix of contingents in the Fortune 100 is 20-30 percent of the workforce, but it will evolve to 50 percent” by 2020."

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