How Staffing Companies Will Stand Out in 2012

1/20/2012 3:39:26 PM

Mom Corps featured as a staffing firm with a recipe for success in 2012!

What is the forecast for staffing industry in the year ahead?

In a word(s): The “big squeeze” in the staffing industry will continue in 2012 as clients maintain downward pressure on rates, reduce the number of staffing vendors and recruiters they work with and demand perfection from an American workforce of uneven quality.

The statistics show: Demand for contingent labor is still slack. Employment in the “temporary help services” category stagnated at about 2.3 million workers in the last three months of 2011, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And the supply of staffing firms tightened, only to the extent that many agencies folded or merged in the 2007-2009 recession and its lingering aftermath.

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By: John Rossheim, Monster Senior Contributing Writer

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