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Year-to-Year Gap Narrows, New Starts Down From Previous Week ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, August 2024 Staffing employment increased during the week of Aug. 12–18, with the ASA Staffing Index edging up by 0.4% to return a rounded value of 90. The index declined as usual over the July Fourth holiday and has seen a… More ›
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ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, July 2024 Week-to-Week: Staffing Employment Up Five Points, New Starts Up 30 Points Staffing employment improved during the week of July 8–14, with the ASA Staffing Index increasing by 5.2% to reach a rounded value of 88. The week before Independence Day, the index was at a rounded value of… More ›
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Staffing Employment Lost 186,000 Jobs From 4Q23 to 1Q24, a Q-to-Q Decline of 7.7% U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 2.2 million temporary and contract workers per week in the first quarter of 2024, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association—down by 186,000 from the fourth quarter of 2023. On a… More ›
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Staffing Employment Down Slightly, New Starts up Six Points ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, June 2024 Staffing employment improved during the week of June 10–16, with the ASA Staffing Index increasing by 0.9% to reach a rounded value of 90 for the first time in nine weeks. Staffing jobs were down 10.0% compared with the… More ›
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Staffing Employment Down Slightly, New Starts up Six Points ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, May 2024 Staffing employment edged down during the week of May 13-19, with the ASA Staffing Index declining by just 0.3% to hold at a rounded value of 89. Staffing jobs were down 10.9% compared with the same week last year,… More ›
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43% of U.S. Workers Say They are Burnt Out at Their Job According to the latest Workforce Monitor® survey commissioned by the American Staffing Association and conducted online by The Harris Poll, 68% of Americans prefer a hybrid or in-person work schedule. As companies around the country debate returning to the office, 39% of Americans… More ›
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New Starts Down and Four-Week Average Down From Prior Week ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, April 2024 Staffing employment held steady during the week of April 8-14, with the ASA Staffing Index edging up just slightly to hold at a rounded value of 90. Staffing jobs were down 7.6% from the same period last year;… More ›
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New Assignments Down, Four-Week Average Up, From Prior Week ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, March 2024 Staffing employment held steady during the week of March 11-17, with the ASA Staffing Index holding a rounded value of 90. Staffing jobs were down 8.4% from the same period last year. Staffing companies mentioned no one primary factor… More ›
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Year-to-Year Employment Down 12.5%, Year-to-Year Sales Down 10.5% U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 2.4 million temporary and contract workers per week in the fourth quarter of 2023. Compared with historic levels of growth in 2022 for the staffing industry, this marks a decrease of 16.8% from 2.9 million workers per week in 2022… More ›
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New ASA National Staffing All-Star Finalist Recognition and Industry Message Highlight Campaign Season The American Staffing Association is now accepting nominations for its National Employee of the Year and ASA Elevate Awards. As staffing continues to open new doors to opportunity in the labor market for job seekers, this year’s ASA awards will offer two… More ›
Experts in the staffing and recruiting industry, as well as professionals in other disciplines pertinent to staffing, are encouraged to submit their ideas to present at ASA events, in webinars, and for publication in articles.
