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1: Economic Growth (GDP) Drives Demand for Labor, but Increased Productivity Tempers Employment. Conversely, a Tight Labor Market Constrains Staffing Employment Growth.
2: America's Staffing Companies Match Millions of People to Millions of Jobs Every Day.
3: America's Staffing Companies Hired More Than 12 Million Employees Over the Course of 2006.
4: Staffing Employee Turnover Remained Historically Low in 2006. The Average Employment Tenure for the Year Was 12.4 Weeks.
5: Temporary and Contract Staffing Sales Increased by 4.1% in 2006.
6: Total Staffing Industry Sales—Including Temporary and Contract, and Search and Placement—Increased by 6.2% in 2006.
7: Temporary and Contract Employees Work in All Occupations.
8: U.S. Businesses Turn to Staffing Firms to Fill Work Force Gaps, Augment Their Own Staff, and Find New Employees.
9: Businesses Tap Full Range of Talent From Staffing Companies
10. Room to Grow: On Average, Only 15% of U.S. Businesses use Staffing Services in a Given Year. The Bigger the Business, the More Likely It's a Staffing Client.
11: Growth in the Staffing Industry Reduces Unemployment. The 10-Year Average U.S. Unemployment Rate Has Been Falling for More Than 20 Years. And Peaks and Troughs Have Been Tempered.
12: Employment Services—Mostly Staffing—To Create More New Jobs Than Any Other Industry Through 2014.
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