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| Figure 1: The 2001 and the 2007–09 U.S. Recessions Defied the Common—Mistaken—Definition of Two Consecutive Quarters of Declining Gross Domestic Product. The Current Recession Started Well Before GDP Declined. |
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| Figure 2: U.S. Nonfarm Employment Peaked at 138.2 Million Jobs in December 2007, When the Unemployment Rate Was 4.9%. The U.S. Economy Has Shed Jobs Every Month Since, Boosting the Unemployment Rate to 8.9%. |
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| Figure 3: With the Diminishing Gross Domestic Product Characteristic of Recessions, Total Nonfarm Employment Declines, the Unemployment Rate Rises, and Temporary Help Jobs Drop Precipitously. Staffing Industry Job Cuts Were Dramatically Deeper in 2001 and 2008. |
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| Figure 4: America's Staffing Companies Match Millions of People to Millions of Jobs Every Business Day. |
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| Figure 5: Staffing Industry Employment Was Relatively Flat for 11 Consecutive Quarters in 2006–08. Even Before Dramatically Falling in the Fourth Quarter of 2008, the Industry's Typical Growth Pattern Had Been Absent Since 2005. |
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| Figure 6: After Being Remarkably Flat Around 99 in the First Half of 2008, the ASA Staffing Index—Which Tracks Changes in Temporary and Contract Employment—Declined Slightly in the Third Quarter. Contraction Sharply Accelerated in the Fourth Quarter. |
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| Figure 7: Timing of the Recessionary Effect on the Staffing Industry Has Shifted Markedly. Employment Started Contracting Well Before the 2001 Recession Began, Whereas It Started Contracting Well After the Current Recession Began. |
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| Figure 8: America's Staffing Companies Hired More Than 11 Million Employees Over the Course of 2008. Considering That the Industry Lost One-Fifth of Its Daily Employment Compared With 2007, the Decline in Annual Employment Was Quite Nominal Relative to the Previous Year. |
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| Figure 9: The Average Staffing Employee Works Just Under Three Months. Employment Tenure in 2008 Averaged 12.4 Weeks. Turnover Increased to 320%. |
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| Figure 10: Temporary and Contract Staffing Sales Decreased by 3.8% in 2008. |
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| Figure 11: Temporary and Contract Staffing Sales Contracted Sharply in the Third and Fourth Quarters of 2008. |
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| Figure 12: Total Staffing Industry Sales—Including Temporary and Contract, and Search and Placement—Decreased by 5.3% in 2008. |
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| Figure 13: Temporary and Contract Employees Work in All Occupations. |
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| Figure 14: U.S. Businesses Turn to Staffing Firms to Fill Work Force Gaps, Augment Their Own Staff, and Find New Employees. |
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| Figure 15: Businesses Tap a Full Range of Talent From Staffing Companies. |
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| Figure 16: 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. |
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| Figure 17: 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. |
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| Figure 18: Employment Services—Mostly Staffing—Expected to Be the Second Largest Job-Growth Industry. |
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