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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. .   Also, about 2.2

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Even More Questions Answered

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Even though I am an EA with over 15 years of experience at the C-level, it seems that all the recruiting agencies I have approached still require an applicant to come in for an appointment to take their basic employment testing, and then only seem to be able to offer lower-level administrative jobs.

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13 Best Recruitment Podcasts Recruiters Need To Listen To [Updated]

Recruit CRM

. - Dualta Doherty In this podcast Dualta Doherty interviews Agency Recruitment leaders from all over the world. We explore how you can set up, scale and operate a world class recruitment company. Temp and Contract staffing makes up 90% of global recruitment revenue (*source: SIA). Think about that for a minute.