The American Staffing Association’s Staffing Employment and Sales Survey discovered that staffing companies in the United States employed an average of 3.2 million people in temporary and contract positions per week in the second quarter of 2018. This is the largest number of people employed in any second quarter since 2000. Q2 2018 also marks the largest year-to-year growth for any quarter in more than three years, with a 2.3 percent increase in staffing employment from this same quarter last year.
Temporary and contract staffing sales for the second quarter were up 4.3 percent from the second quarter of 2017. Sales totaled $34.6 billion in the second quarter.
On a quarter-to-quarter basis, staffing employment was up from the first quarter of 2018 by 3.1 percent. Sales increased 5.3 percent from the first quarter of 2018.
Data collected in the survey comes from the following staffing sectors:
- Office—clerical and administrative
- Industrial
- Engineering
- Healthcare
- Information technology
- Scientific
- Accounting and finance
- Management
- Sales and marketing
- Legal
- Other professional
- Search and placement
To be included in the next survey, fill out the American Staffing Association’s registration form. To view the full report, click here.
Looking for a Contract Job?
Since these employment opportunities continue to become available, it is the perfect time to start looking for contract jobs. Get a jump start by working with a staffing company. A staffing agency has a network of connections that can provide you with a longer list of potential jobs than you may be able to find on your own. In fact, many recruiting firms have exclusive access to certain jobs, which means that you may never find certain positions without contacting a staffing company.
Skip the hassle of searching for jobs online; get your resume out to numerous companies who are looking for qualified candidates such as yourself. With a recruiting firm like Austin Nichols, you are likely to get hired faster, so you can get a paycheck faster. Austin Nichols Technical Temporaries helps place people in temporary or contract positions, which allows us to help people looking for short-term employment as well as those looking for long-term positions.
Looking for Contract Workers?
With so many contract workers looking for jobs in the second quarter, we can hope that this trend will continue through the third quarter. If you are looking for contract workers, it is the perfect time to contact a staffing company to help find qualified workers in your area. When using a staffing company, such as Austin Nichols, the heavy lifting is done for you.
Not only will a staffing company locate qualified contract employees, but it will also help with resume reviewing, phone interviewing, and other tasks throughout the hiring process. Using a recruiting firm can make the whole hiring process much easier and less expensive for your company as you won’t be wasting valuable resources on the hiring process. Austin Nichols Technical Temporaries can help you find temporary or contract workers in a flash.
If you are located in the Kansas City Metro Area or are looking for a job here, contact Austin Nichols Technical Search today at 816-471-5575. Austin Nichols is an engineering and manufacturing focused recruiting firm that has been helping companies and candidates find the perfect employee and job matches since 1988.
